Entry № 1033 · Greek origin

Hippodamia Hippodamia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hip-poh-dah-MEE-ah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Horse-tamer (Pelops's wife)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "horse-tamer (pelops's wife)".

Hippodamia (Ἱπποδάμεια) combines the Greek hippos (horse) and damao (to tame) — "horse-tamer." The princess of Pisa whom Pelops won in a deadly chariot race against her father King Oenomaus — ancestress of the House of Atreus and mother of Atreus, Thyestes, and Pittheus.

Featured on the eastern pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

Horse-tamer. Won by Pelops in a deadly chariot race.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Ἱπποδάμεια

Transliteration: Hippodámeia
Pronunciation: / ˌhɪ.poʊ.dəˈmiː.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Hippodamia stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Hippodamia · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Hippodamias before her.

Real people

Hippodamia

Greek mythological figure.

In fiction

Hippodamia

Pelops's wife.

Pindar's Olympian Ode 1

Names connected to Hippodamia.

Numerology

The number behind Hippodamia.

The Nurturer

Hippodamia reduces to six — the number of Greek horse-tamer.

Parents on Hippodamia

Why families chose this name.

"Pelops's wife. Ten letters. Hippodamia."

Eleni · Mother of one · Olympia