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The name is of uncertain origin or derivation, it is borne in Greek mythology by the goddess of love, beauty, sexuality and fertility, much of her story seems to be based off the Semitic goddess, Astarte, which is why scholars have recently suggested an unknown Semitic origin of her name. For centuries, her name was associated with the Greek aphrós (ἀφρός) (sea-foam), as suggested by Hesiod as she was legendarily believed to be borne from the sea-foam. Many contemporary scholars have rejected this origin.

I could write essays on the exploits and attributes of Aphrodite and I feel I would not do her story justice.

It’s modern Greek form of Afroditi has remained a staple throughout the centuries in Greece, also being the name of numerous Christian saints.

In the English-speaking world, the name has only been in use since the 18th-century.

A notable bearer is American author, Aphrodite Jones (b. 1958), who herself is half Greek.

Forms include:

• Afërdita (Albanian)
• Afrodite Աֆրոդիտե (Armenian, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian)
• Afradyta Афрадыта (Belarusian)
• Afrodita Афродита Афродіта (Bulgarian, Czech-Slovak, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Spanish, Ukrainian)
• Aphrodite (Dutch, English, French, German)
• Apru (Etruscan)
• Afraidíté (Gaelic)
• Aprodit’e აფროდიტე (Georgian)
• Afroditi Αφροδίτη (Greek)
• ʻAperodite (Hawaiian)
• Aphrodité (Hungarian)
• Afródíta (Icelandic)
• Afrodît (Kurdish)
• Afrodīte (Latvian)
• Afrodyta (Polish)
• Afrodit (Turkish)

Sources

• https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/aphrodite
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite