Elysium

eh-LEE-see-um

Latin from Greek

"home of the blessed after death"

Elysium Origin and Meaning

The name Elysium is a girl's name meaning "home of the blessed after death".

In Greek mythology, Elysium, or the Elysian Fields, was the paradise inhabited by the blessed and righteous after death. Greek poet Homer attested that the Elysian Fields were on the western edge of Earth.

Elysium could be a name to watch, with its spiritual connotations and particularly name-like sound, a la Alicia. It first broke the charts in 2001 for girls, and now makes the list for both sexes.