Entry № 0195 · Greek origin

Antikleia Antikleia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ an-tee-KLAY-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Odysseus's mother"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "odysseus's mother".

Antikleia (Ἀντίκλεια) combines the Greek anti (against) and kleos (fame). **The mother of Odysseus** — wife of Laertes. She died of grief during her son's twenty-year absence at Troy and on his wanderings home, and he met her shade in the Underworld.

Featured in Homer's Odyssey Book 11.

Odysseus's mother who died of grief during his wanderings.

The name in its native script.

Ἀντίκλεια
Transliteration
Antíkleia
Pronunciation
/ ˌæn.tɪˈkleɪ.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Antikleia stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Antikleia · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Antikleias before her.

Real people
Antikleia
Greek literary figure.
In fiction
Antikleia
Odysseus's mother.
Homer's Odyssey 11

Names connected to Antikleia.

The number behind Antikleia.

6

The Nurturer

Antikleia reduces to six — the number of Homeric mother.

Why families chose this name.

"Odysseus's mother. Nine letters. Antikleia."
Eleni · Mother of one · Ithaca