Entry № 0238 · Greek origin

Artemisia Artemisia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ar-teh-MEE-zee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Italian Baroque painter (Gentileschi)"
Syllables
5
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Greek)

A name that means "italian baroque painter (gentileschi)".

Artemisia is from the Greek goddess Artemis. **Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c. 1656)** was the **most important female Baroque painter** — best known for her dramatic *Judith Slaying Holofernes* (c. 1620), one of the most powerful canvases of the Italian Baroque. **The first woman ever accepted into Florence's Accademia delle Arti del Disegno** in 1616. **Survived sexual assault as a teenager** by her father's collaborator Agostino Tassi, whom she publicly testified against in a notorious 1612 trial.

Subject of Mary Garrard's *Artemisia Gentileschi* (1989).

Of Artemis. The Italian Baroque master whose Judith Slaying Holofernes shocked her era.

The name in its native script.

Artemisia
Transliteration
Artemisia
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑːr.təˈmiː.zi.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Artemisia stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Artemisia · 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 · —

Artemisias before her.

Real people
Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian Baroque painter.
1593 – c. 1656
Artemisia I of Caria
Persian War naval commander.
5th c. BCE
In fiction
Artemisia
Subject of Artemisia film.
1997

Names connected to Artemisia.

The number behind Artemisia.

4

The Builder

Artemisia reduces to four — the number of Italian Baroque master.

Why families chose this name.

"Italian Baroque master. Nine letters. Artemisia."
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