Entry № 2057 · Greek origin

Euridice Euridice — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yoo-REE-dee-cheh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Wide justice (Greek Eurydice + Orpheus Underworld myth)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "wide justice (greek eurydice + orpheus underworld myth)".

Euridice is from the Italian Euridice — Italian rendition of Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurydiceeurys wide + dike justice). A modern American baby name in the broader Greek-classical mythological heritage aesthetic. Euridice is one of the foundational classical Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Eurydice — foundational dryad wife of foundational Orpheus (Thracian musician-poet) + foundational subject of foundational Orpheus and Eurydice myth (foundational Orpheus's descent to Underworld to retrieve dead Eurydice + foundational don't look back condition + foundational archetypal lost-love tragedy + foundational subject of foundational Virgil Georgics + Ovid Metamorphoses) — central to foundational pan-Western artistic heritage + foundational *Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice*** (1762 — foundational opera + foundational reform opera + foundational pan-European opera heritage). Foundational Greek mythological feminine name.

Featured throughout Greek heritage.

Wide justice (Greek mythology-Italian). Foundational Greek-classical mythological feminine + foundational Eurydice foundational dryad wife of Orpheus Thracian musician-poet + foundational Orpheus and Eurydice myth + foundational Orpheus's descent to Underworld to retrieve dead Eurydice + foundational don't look back condition + foundational archetypal lost-love tragedy + foundational Virgil Georgics + Ovid Metamorphoses + foundational Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice 1762 + foundational reform opera + foundational pan-European opera heritage.

The name in its native script.

Εὐρυδίκη
Transliteration
Eurydikē
Pronunciation
/ juːˈriː.di.tʃɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Euridice stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Euridice · last year
88 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 · —

Euridices before her.

Real people

In fiction
Eurydice
Greek dryad wife of Orpheus + Underworld myth.
Virgil Georgics + Ovid Metamorphoses

Names connected to Euridice.

The number behind Euridice.

9

The Humanitarian

Euridice reduces to nine.

Why families chose this name.

"Greek Eurydice. Eight letters. Euridice."
Calliope · Mother of one · Athens