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

• Aspasia
• Aspasios
• Aspasius

Individual evidence

1. ^ Meaning, origin and history of the name Aspasia - Behind the Name , accessed November 6, 2019