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Artemis

Girl name · 7 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Artemis: 7 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 4 births in 2023.

From Greek mythology, Artemis means “safe” or “unharmed” and was the name of the goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and the moon. The name gained modern prominence through Artemisia Gentileschi, a pioneering Baroque painter, and appears in literature as the brilliant boy genius Artemis Fowl. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, shares her name, as does the plant genus Artemisia (mugwort). In recent years, NASA’s Artemis program—aiming to return humans to the Moon—has given the name a fresh, scientific dimension, while its strong, gender-neutral quality attracts Scottish parents seeking something distinctively classical yet contemporary.