Fun Facts About the Name Illythia
- 5 babies named Illythia: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Illythia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Illythia Mean?
Illythia is a spelling variant of Ilithyia, a Greek name whose literal meaning is uncertain. It is best known as the name of the Greek goddess of childbirth, Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια). Ancient writers sometimes connected the name with a Greek verb meaning "to come," explaining the goddess as "the one who comes" to help in labor; modern scholarship often regards that derivation as traditional rather than certain, and sometimes treats the name as pre-Greek. The customary association with childbirth is a religious identification, not a secure translation.
Illythia Name History & Origins
The Greek name Eileithyia is attested in Mycenaean Greek Linear B as e-re-u-ti-ja, showing that she was already a named deity in the Late Bronze Age. In Greek myth she is a daughter of Hera and a goddess who attends women in labor; the Homeric Hymn to Apollo tells how she was summoned to Leto's delivery on Delos. Her cult is associated especially with the cave sanctuary at Amnisos on Crete, which is mentioned in the Odyssey.
Greek Εἰλείθυια was Latinized as Ilithyia, and Roman writers identified Eileithyia with Juno Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth. The spelling Illythia is an English-language variant of Ilithyia; its doubled l is not part of the ancient Greek spelling. The name comes into English through the Greek divine name, not through a separate root with its own meaning.
How Popular is the Name Illythia?
Illythia 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 2013. Its best rank was #17,587 in 2013.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | #17,587 | 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 Illythia Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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