Meaning:
Its source is klytie, a Greek name meaning "The bright, magnificent one."
Languages:
This girl's name is used in Greek.
Narrative:
In Greek mythology, this name was borne by a water nymph who fell in love with the sun god Apollo. However, he did not return her love.
Sympathetic to her plight, the other Olympian gods transformed her into a kind of sunflower, called the heliotrope. Ever since then, during daylight hours, her face has been turned toward her loved one as he crosses the sky in his flaming chariot.