Aspasia (first name)
Aspasia is a female given name of ancient Greek origin meaning "the welcome", "the lovely" or "the desired". The male form of the first name is Aspasios or Aspasius .
Name bearer
First name
- Aspasia (* 1st century AD), Greek doctor for obstetrics and gynecology
- Aspasia, priestess of Artemis in Ekbatana (see article on Darius )
- Aspásia Camargo (* 1946), Brazilian sociologist, environmental activist, political teacher and member of the PSDB
- Aspasia Giaidzi (* 1971), Greek chess player
- Aspasia Ioannidis , a Greek who with the award Righteous Among the Nations was honored
- Aspasia Kalambakou (* 1993), Greek basketball player
- Aspasia Karatzá (1905–?), Miss Greece in 1929
- Aspasia Kralli , Greek actress
- Aspasia "Aspa" Lekka (* 1989), Greek handball player
- Aspasia Matsa (1885-20th centuries), Greek tennis player
- Aspasia of Miletus , (around 470 BC - around 420 BC), Greek philosopher and speaker
- Aspasia Manos (1896–1972), Greek aristocrat
- Aspasia Mengkou , Greek, wife of Jonas King
- Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault (1800–1857), American plantation owner
- Aspasia Petradaki , Greek swimmer
- Aspazija , actually: Elza Pliekšāne (1865–1943), Latvian writer
Intermediate name
- Mária Henrica Aspasia Le Marcant ditte de Montval (1804–1875), wife of Count Kázmér Miklós Esterházy de Galántha (protector in the Bratislava church music association near St. Martin )
- Veva Genoveva Maria Katharina Aspasia Tončić Noble von Sorinj , also: Veva Treuberg-Tončić (1912–1992), Austrian visual artist
Fictional people
- Aspasia, character in the action-adventure computer game Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Aspasia Glen, character in the short story The Dead Harlequin by Agatha Christie
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Meaning, origin and history of the name Aspasia - Behind the Name , accessed November 6, 2019