Entry № 5897 · Greek origin

Ligeia Ligeia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ lih-JEE-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Clear-voiced; a siren"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Antiquity

A name that means "clear-voiced; a siren".

Ligeia was one of the Sirens, her name meaning clear-voiced or shrill-sweet — the beauty of an irresistible song.

Musical and a little mysterious, it hums with melody.

Clear-voiced; a siren — a name from Greek myth.

The name in its native script.

Ligeia
Transliteration
Ligeia
Pronunciation
/ liˈdʒe.a /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ligeia stands.

Ligeia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ligeias before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Ligeia.

The number behind Ligeia.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ligeia reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.