name
Greek
Mythology
Endymion
en-DIM-ee-un
/ɛnˈdɪmiən/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
endymion
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Greek mythology (ancient Greece)
- Meaning
- One who dives in; diver
- Gender
- male
Pronunciation tips
Beautiful youth beloved by Selene (the Moon); Zeus granted him eternal sleep so Selene could watch over him forever; a symbol of perfect, unchanging beauty; Keats wrote a poem about him
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