Fun Facts About the Name Artemisa
- 241 babies named Artemisa: U.S. records list 241 babies given the name Artemisa from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Artemisa Mean?
Artemisa is a Spanish and Portuguese form of Artemisia, a feminine name built on the Greek goddess's name. The Greek original is Ἀρτεμισία (Artemisia), a feminine form of Ἀρτεμίσιος (Artemisios), which derives from Ἄρτεμις (Artemis). Taken literally, the name means "of Artemis" or "belonging to Artemis," the goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and childbirth. What Artemis itself means is not settled. One long-standing explanation links it to the Greek word artemes, "safe" or "unharmed," which would suit a goddess invoked for protection. Many modern scholars, however, treat the goddess's name as pre-Greek - a word taken over from an older Aegean language - and so not explainable from Greek roots. The literal sense of Artemisa as a personal name is therefore "of Artemis"; the deeper meaning of the goddess's name remains uncertain.
Artemisa Name History & Origins
Artemisia was a personal name in the Greek world well before it entered modern European languages. Herodotus records Artemisia I of Halicarnassus, a queen of Caria who commanded ships in Xerxes' fleet at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC and who is remembered for her advice to the Persian king. A later ruler, Artemisia II of Caria, governed in the fourth century BC and was responsible for the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the tomb built for her brother and husband Mausolus and counted among the wonders of the ancient world. The name passed into Latin as Artemisia and remained in use in the Greek-speaking and later European world; the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 - about 1656) is among its best-known bearers.
In Spanish and Portuguese the name commonly appears as Artemisa, with the i before the s dropped, alongside the fuller Artemisia. The same spelling is used as a place name in Spanish-speaking countries. A separate line of use comes from botany: Artemisia is the genus that includes wormwood and mugwort, a name traditionally connected with the goddess or with Artemisia II, who was said to have studied plants. That botanical use has kept the word in circulation independent of the personal name.
How Popular is the Name Artemisa?
Artemisa has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1928. Its best rank was #2,392 in 1928.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,048 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,598 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #13,781 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #16,777 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #13,637 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,335 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #9,641 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #9,198 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #9,874 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #8,514 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #6,667 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #8,053 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #5,508 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #3,924 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #5,343 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1941 | #4,451 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #3,797 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #4,382 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,926 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #4,375 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #3,075 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1929 | #3,708 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #2,392 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1927 | #2,875 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1926 | #3,897 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1925 | #2,627 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1924 | #3,414 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #4,410 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #3,688 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #4,499 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #5,028 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1918 | #4,325 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #4,642 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1915 | #4,328 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1911 | #2,500 | 5 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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