Ianthe

The meaning of Ianthe is ‘violet flower' and it is a name of Greek origin. Traditionally, it is a name given to girls. It is formed from the Greek words ‘iole’ which means 'violet' and ‘anthos’ which means 'flower'. According to Greek mythology, Ianthe was the name of a sea nymph who was the daughter of the Titan god, Oceanus. She was an Oceanid, a word that referred to all the offsprings of Oceanus and Tethys. Her parents were married siblings of their parents, Uranus and Gaia. They inhabited the world’s freshwater. Ianthe's beauty was so cherished that the gods planted delicate purple flowers around her grave after she died. In Roman mythology, it is the name of a girl who married Iphis, a woman who was raised as a man but was later turned into a male by the goddess Isis. Ianthe is the name of a character in the poem titled ‘Queen Mab’ written by the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Gender

Girl

Meaning

purple flower

Origin

Greek

Numerology

I is for intense, your zest of living.

A is for able, for you surely are.

N is for natural, the genuine side of you.

T is for teacher, you truly are.

H is for handy, the helpful you.

E is for elate, you make others happy.

Lucky

Ianthe lucky number is 3.

The number 3 has always held powerful symbolism. Think about good things coming in 3s, the birth-life-death cycle, the mind-body-soul connection, the 3 acts of a typical story. Wherever the number 3 shows up in your life, it's generally an omen of creativity, communication, optimism, and curiosity!

Famous People Named Ianthe

• Ianthe Elizabeth Brautigan American writer
• Ianthe Eliza Shelley (1813 1876), daughter of the poet Shelley and his first wife Harriet Westbrook

Ianthe in Pop Culture

• Ianthe Thomson character in Rosamond Lehmann's "The Ballad and the Source" (1944)
• Miss Ianthe Broome is a charming refined young woman in a Barbara Pym novel.
• Ianthe character in John Polidori's "The Vampyre" (1819)
• Ianthe (Demon Spawn) character in Sarah J. Maas's series "A Court of Thorns and Roses" (A Court of Mist and Fury)
• Ianthe Violet Sin Ohne character in Sherin Subhan's YA series on Wattpad "The Von Meer Academy"