Niobe

NI-ah-BEE or nee-O-bee

Greek mythology name

Niobe Origin and Meaning

The name Niobe is a girl's name of Greek origin.

The mythological queen whose perpetual weeping for her slain children turned her into a stone has always cast a pall over this name. Still, when other names with less-than-savory associations -- Delilah, Ophelia, Persephone -- are becoming popular, parents might want to consider this one of the more unusual mythology names for girls.

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Famous People Named Niobe

• Niobe Thompson Canadian male filmmaker and anthropologist

The name Niobe in Pop Culture

• Niobe ancient myth queen of Thebes. Her children were slain by Artemis and Apollo because of her hubris, she was turned into a weeping stone by the twins
• Niobe of the Voreni character on TV's "Rome"
• Niobe character in the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony
• Niobe character in the Matrix movies