Entry № 2405 · Greek origin

Tethys Tethys — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TEH-thiss /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Greek titan of the sea"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "greek titan of the sea".

Tethys (Τηθύς) is the Greek Titaness of fresh water and the sea — sister-wife of Oceanus, mother of all rivers and the three thousand Oceanids. The ancient name for the prehistoric ocean (the Tethys Ocean) honors her.

Saturn's moon Tethys is named for her.

Greek Titaness of the sea. Mother of all rivers.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Τηθύς

Transliteration: Tēthýs
Pronunciation: / ˈtɛ.θɪs /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Tethys stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Tethys · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Tethyss before her.

Real people

Tethys

Greek Titaness.

In fiction

Tethys

Mother of the Oceanids.

Hesiod's Theogony

Names connected to Tethys.

Numerology

The number behind Tethys.

The Pioneer

Tethys reduces to one — the number of Greek sea-titan.

Parents on Tethys

Why families chose this name.

"Mother of all rivers. Six letters. Tethys."

Eleni · Mother of one · Athens