Persephone is an Ancient Greek name used in reference to Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring and the Greek underworld.
Popularity
Usage of the name has increased in recent years. Parents might have been influenced by the popularity of names associated with the natural world or by other long, similar sounding Greek names such as Penelope. Names from Greek mythology and names with positive associations also gained popularity for babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been among the one thousand most popular names for newborn girls in the United States since 2019.
Notable people
Persephone Borrow, English immunologist
Persephone Swales-Dawson (born 1997), British television actress
Fictional characters
Persephone (The Matrix), a fictional character in the Matrix film trilogy
Persephone or Rachel Blake, a character in The Lost Experience
Persephone, a character in Jeff Noon's novel Pollen
Persephone, a character in Stripperella
Persephone, the Goddess of Life in the computer game Sacrifice
Persephone, a character in Herc's Adventures
Persephone "Sephy" Hadley, main character in the Noughts & Crosses series of novels by Malorie Blackman Persephone, an Amazon in the 2009 Wonder Woman film Persephone, the daughter of Admiral Lockwood, and object of Commander Kydd's affections, in the book The Admiral's Daughter Persephone, a Fairy character who sells upgrades in the Activision computer game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Persephone "Persie" Towyn, sister of Lady Agnes Holland in the BBC TV Series Upstairs Downstairs Persephone, a nickname of Eo of Lykos from Red Rising by Pierce Brown.