Artemisia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-tuh-MEE-zhuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Artemisia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Artemis”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Artemisia mean?
Greek: from Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt
“of Artemis”
Borne by the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi and by Artemisia I of Caria, a naval commander at Salamis.
Is Artemisia a girl's or a boy's name?
Artemisia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Artemisia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Artemisia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
How popular is Artemisia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Artemisia, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Artemisia in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Artemisia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Artemisia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Arabella Amelia Alessia Ophelia Aurelia Emilia Sophia Ariella Lyra Anabia Anastasia
Names related to Artemisia
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Artemisia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/artemisia, updated 20 October 2026.