Entry № 8306 · Greek origin

Psamathe Psamathe — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAM-ah-thee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Goddess of the sand"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "goddess of the sand".

Psamathe was a Nereid, the goddess of sandy shores; her name comes from the Greek for sand.

She calls to mind the soft, sunlit beaches where the sea meets the land.

Goddess of the sand — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Psamathe
Transliteration
Psamathe
Pronunciation
/ ˈsa.ma.θe /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Psamathe stands.

Psamathe 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.

Psamathes before her.

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In fiction

Names connected to Psamathe.

The number behind Psamathe.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Psamathe reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.