Gender Feminine
Scripts მედეა (Georgian)
Meaning & History
From Greek μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning" [1] . In Greek mythology Medea was a sorceress from Colchis (modern Georgia) who helped Jason gain the Golden Fleece. They were married, but eventually Jason left her for another woman. For revenge Medea slew Jason's new lover and also had her own children by Jason killed.
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classic mature formal upper class devious strong refined strange complex serious
Sources & References
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry mh=dos1, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dmh%3Ddos1.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026