Semiramide as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Semiramide

What is the meaning of the name Semiramide ?

The baby name Semiramide is a Female name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced Italian: /se.miˈra.mi.de/ ; English approximation: /ˌsɛmɪˈræmɪdi/ (respelling: seh-mee-RAH-mee-dee).

Semiramide is in Origin.

Semiramide is the Italian form of Semiramis, the Greek (Σεμίραμις) rendering of an Akkadian royal name, commonly transcribed Šammuramat. The historical Šammuramat was a 9th‑century BCE Assyrian queen and regent; later Greco‑Roman and medieval lore magnified her into the legendary builder‑queen of Babylon. The name’s meaning is debated: proposals link it to Akkadian elements for “heaven/sky” (šamû) and “beloved” (râmu), to the theonym Ramat/Ishtar (“beloved/gift of [the goddess] Ramat”), or, in later folk etymology, to the dove - an animal associated with Near Eastern goddesses.

In Italy the name remains rare but gained cultural resonance through Voltaire’s tragedy Sémiramis (1748) and Rossini’s opera Semiramide (1823). International variants include Semiramis (English/Latin), Sémiramis (French), Semíramis (Spanish/Portuguese), and Semiramida (Slavic). Scholarly forms include Šammuramat/Shammuramat. Short forms such as Mira or Semi occur in modern usage. The name evokes regal ambition, ancient myth, and operatic drama.

⚙ Semiramide is rarely chosen. We count 14 recorded uses of it across 1 country.