Meaning: Its source is parthenos, a Greek name meaning "Maiden."

Narrative: This name brings to mind the Parthenon of Athens, Greece. That temple mount was named after one of the aspects of the divine patroness of the city, Athena Parthenos (''Athena the Maiden'').

Athena was one of three virgin goddesses of ancient Greek mythology, the other two being Artemis, goddess of the moon, and Hestia, goddess of the hearth.