Meaning and Origin
What does the name Echo mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Echo
User Submitted Origins
Greek
67%
English
17%
Indian (Sanskrit)
8%
American
8%
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Washington, U.S. says the name Echo means "A nymph who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice" and is of Greek origin.
- A user from Italy says the name Echo means "Nymph".
- According to a user from Colorado, U.S., the name Echo means "Ecko is the name of a great person who will do great things good".
- A submission from Texas, U.S. says the name Echo means "God with Us".
- A submission from Florida, U.S. says the name Echo means "The gift of music" and is of English origin.
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Ech"o
Senses
- A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound."The babbling echo mocks the hounds." [Shak.]"The woods shall answer, and the echo ring." [Pope.]
- Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer."Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them." [Fuller.]"Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart." [R. L. Stevenson.]
- [Myth. & Poetic]
A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.
"Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell." [Milton.] - [Gr. Myth]
A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
"Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch." [Milton.]
- [Myth. & Poetic]
- [Whist, Contract Bridge]
- A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signaled for trumps.
- A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
"I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again." [Shak.]
- A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signaled for trumps.
Etymology: L. echo, Gr. 'hchw` echo, sound, akin to 'hchh` 'h^chos, sound, noise; cf. Skr. vāç to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. écho
verb Ech"o
Senses
- To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate."Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng." [Dryden.]"The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever." [Keble.]
- To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt."They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they envied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them." [Macaulay.]
verb Ech"o
To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.
Other Dictionary Sources
- An imitation or repetition ("the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life")
- A close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc. ("his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau" and "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man")
- The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves ("she could hear echoes of her own footsteps")
- A reflected television or radio or radar beam
- A reply that repeats what has just been said
- (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
- To say again or imitate ("followers echoing the cries of their leaders")
- Ring or echo with sound
- Call to mind ("His words echoed John F. Kennedy")
Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ, “sound”).
- (Greek mythology) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.
- (astronomy) 60 Echo, a main belt asteroid.
Echo was also found in the following language(s): Translingual and German