Artemisia

Locally spelled Αρτεμησια in GR Greece.

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.

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

• Cressida
• Desdemona
• Cassiopeia
• Demetria
• Callista
• Calliope
• Calista
• Hypatia
• Cordelia
• Cosima
• Cleopatra
• Celestine

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.

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

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Artémisia

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Artemísia

• Ukrainian given name10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Артемізія, Артемизия, Артемисия, Артемісія, Artemiziya

27 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.

Artemisia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Greek; belonging to Artemis

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• In Greek, from Artemis

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• In Greek, Belonging To Artemis

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• Dedicata ad Artemide

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• In Latin, Artemisia I of Caria (Queen of Halicarnassus, Cos, Nisyros, and Calyndos circa 480 BC; daughter of Lygdamis and mother of Pisindelis; commander-in-person of her forces at the naval battles of Artemisium and Salamis during the Greco-Persian Wars)

  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.

• Artemisia I of Cariab. 500TR5th century BC queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos
• Artemisia Gentileschib. 1593ITItalian Baroque painter (1593-1651)
• Mary Artemisia Lathburyb. 1841USAmerican poet, illustrator, and hymnwriter (1841-1913)
• Artemisia Bowdenb. 1879American activist (1879–1969)
• Artemisia Calcagni Abramib. 1940ITItalian librarian (1940-2018)
• Artemisia Toussaintb. 2002FRFrench actress
• Artemisia II of CariaTR4th-century BC female ruler of Caria

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

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

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

Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Artemisia?

It depends on the language: in Portuguese /ɐɾtemiziɐ/; in English /ɑːtɪˈmɪzɪə/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /aɾ.t̪eˈmi.sja/ (Wiktionary); in Italian /ar.teˈmi.zja/ (Wiktionary). Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Artemisia a male or female name?

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

In which country does Artemisia have the most bearers?

In Cyprus, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Αρτεμισια, more than in any other country we hold.

How common is the name Artemisia?

In Brazil, the national register counted 713 people named Artemisia in 2022, about 1 in 297 thousand residents.