Entry № 0192 · Greek origin

Anteia Anteia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ an-TAY-ah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Antaeus's tribe (Bellerophon's accuser)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "antaeus's tribe (bellerophon's accuser)".

Anteia (Ἄντεια) — also called Stheneboea in later tradition. The queen of Tiryns who, when **Bellerophon refused her advances, falsely accused him to her husband Proetus** — leading to Bellerophon's trials and the slaying of the Chimaera. The Greek Potiphar's wife.

Featured in Homer's Iliad Book 6.

The Greek Potiphar's wife. Falsely accused Bellerophon.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Ἄντεια

Transliteration: Ánteia
Pronunciation: / ænˈteɪ.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Anteia stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Anteia · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Anteias before her.

Real people

Anteia

Greek mythological figure.

In fiction

Anteia

Homer's Iliad 6.

Names connected to Anteia.

Numerology

The number behind Anteia.

The Humanitarian

Anteia reduces to nine — the number of Tiryns queen.

Parents on Anteia

Why families chose this name.

"Tiryns queen. Six letters. Anteia."

Eleni · Mother of one · Tiryns