Pandora

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Pandora is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English77%

  The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Greek mythical figure

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Spanish5.8%

  Gr. Pandōra, de pan 'todo' + dōron 'don': 'la de todos los dones'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Pandora, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Andromeda
• Cassiopeia
• Medea
• Circe
• Calypso
• Eris
• Hera
• Minerva
• Titania
• Hestia
• Eurydice
• Leda

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Pandora is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Bugambiĺias

• Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Spain

  Also written Pandra

• Polish given name10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Bulgaria, United States, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Пандора

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Pandora is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, Pandora (woman who released evil into the world)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Tutti i doni

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Lithuanian, Pandora, the world's first woman

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Pandora Stevensb. 1959(born 1959)
• Pandorab. 1970SESwedish singer, recording artist, musician
• Pandora Colinb. 1972GBBritish actress
• Pandora Boxxb. 1972USAmerican drag queen
• Pandora Cliffordb. 1972GBBritish actress
• Marie Medina, Pandorab. 1981USAmerican Dancer, Popper
• Pandora McCormickb. 1984IEIrish actress (born 1984); daughter of Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, and Sophie McCormack
• Eva Pandora Baldursdóttirb. 1990ISIcelandic politician
• Pandora Nåtbyb. 2004SESwedish ice hockey player
• Pandora Reineckebotanist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Pandora mean, and where does it come from?

The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Pandora a male or female name?

Pandora is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Albania (INSTAT Albania).

How do you pronounce Pandora?

It depends on the language: in English /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /panˈdoɾa/ (Wiktionary).

In which country does Pandora have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Pandora, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pandora.

Where is Pandora most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Pandora is densest in Albania — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Pandora?

In the United States, the national register counted 2,414 people named Pandora in 2020, about 1 in 138 thousand residents.