At a Glance
- Meaning
- The concept and personification of hope
- Origin
- Greek
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- EL-pis
Elpis is a Greek girl's name meaning “the concept and personification of hope”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Elpis
Meaning: The concept and personification of hope.
Origin: Greek.
A common claim: Hope, the spirit left behind in Pandora's box. Actually: The container in the original story was a jar, not a box — 'Pandora's box' comes from a later mistranslation — but Elpis herself does represent hope.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Elpis
EL-pisIPA /ˈɛlpɪs/
Popularity of Elpis
Elpis doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Elpis
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