Fun Facts About the Name Eleftheria
- 265 babies named Eleftheria: U.S. records list 265 babies given the name Eleftheria from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Eleftheria Mean?
Eleftheria is a Greek feminine name meaning "freedom" or "liberty." It comes from the Greek noun ἐλευθερία (eleutheria), which is the ordinary Greek word for freedom. The noun is built from the adjective ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros), "free," and the abstract noun ending -ία (-ia). The literal sense is "freedom." In later use, the word can also stand for spiritual freedom in Christian writing or national liberty in Greek patriotic language, but those are symbolic applications of the same meaning, not a separate etymology.
Eleftheria Name History & Origins
In ancient Greek, ἐλευθερία was a common noun for freedom, used in political, philosophical, and religious texts. It appears in the New Testament, including Galatians 5:1 and 2 Corinthians 3:17, where it is translated "freedom" or "liberty." Greek religion also had a personified figure named Eleutheria, associated with liberty and identified by the Romans with Libertas, and festivals called Eleutheria were held in several Greek cities to celebrate freedom.
The given name Eleftheria is the feminine form of the Greek name Eleftherios. Both come from the same root. The name is used in Greece, Cyprus, and Greek-speaking communities. In Greek Orthodox tradition, the martyr Eleutherios, a bishop in Illyria, is commemorated on December 15, and Greeks named Eleftherios or Eleftheria often observe their name day on that date. The masculine short form Lefteris is common; the feminine name is sometimes shortened to Ria. In modern Greek, ελευθερία remains the standard word for freedom.
How Popular is the Name Eleftheria?
Eleftheria 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 1976. Its best rank was #4,696 in 1976.
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 | #12,266 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #12,486 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #15,836 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #11,491 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #12,555 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #11,383 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #16,561 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,091 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #15,117 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #12,325 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #11,534 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #12,788 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #11,035 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #13,037 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #14,012 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #15,042 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #14,677 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #12,443 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #15,115 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,488 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #8,537 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #14,160 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,044 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #9,849 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #10,607 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #13,603 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #11,141 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #9,466 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #7,602 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #9,415 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #9,321 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #7,852 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #8,750 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #4,696 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1975 | #4,941 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #9,152 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #8,629 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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How the Name Eleftheria Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are fine when in harmony but changeable when in discord, because many of your best qualities are then reversed. You are entertaining but may be impulsive. Freedom is a necessity, and you find it difficult to settle down. Your versatility results in many changes, and often brings travel. Your fine intellect is capable of high honors if applied seriously. You are capable of inspired thinking applied to material things. You can be restless, changeable, and very sexy. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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