Meaning of Names?

There is a family at my job who has two girls: Ephemia and Kassiani. What are the meanings of these names? I think the family is Greek if that helps?

Meaning of Names?
I couldn't find Ephemia, but found a name similar to it, Euphemia.





EUPHEMIA


Gender: Feminine


Usage: Ancient Greek, English


Other Scripts: 螘蠀蠁畏渭喂伪 (Ancient Greek)


Pronounced: yoo-FEM-ee-a (English) [key]


Means "to speak well", derived from Greek 蔚蠀 "good" and 蠁畏渭喂 (phemi) "to speak". Saint Euphemia was an early martyr who was burnt at the stake.





Kassiani wasn't found either. Sorry. Closest was Cassia.





CASSIA


Gender: Feminine


Usage: English, Ancient Roman


Pronounced: KA-sha (English) [key]


Either means "cassia" from the name of the spice tree (see KEZIA), or else is a feminine form of CASSIUS
Reply:Kassiani


Meaning: Pure


Gender: Girl


Origin: Greek


Kassiani (also Kassiane, Kassia, Ikasia, or Eikasia) was a Greek-Byzantine poet, composer, and hymnographer. She is one of the first medieval composers whose scores are both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. Approximately fifty of her hymns are extant and twenty-three are included in Orthodox Church liturgical books.





Ephemia (a 4-syllable girl's name)


Means: Auspicious; fairest; spoken.


Origin:Greek


July 11th in Greece, the Feast of Ephemia is celebrated. Women who are named after Ephemia celebrate their name day on this day. It is often wandered if these women get two birthdays.





Hope this helps!
Reply:The meaning of the name Euphemia is Well Spoken





The origin of the name Euphemia is Greek





Cant find Kassiani
Reply:I don't know I checked every web site I could think of and those names aren't on any site so who knows.
Reply:http://www.babynames.com/Names/name_disp...





Ephemia means well spoken





Yes i know the link is for Euphemia but i'm sure they would mean the same since they are pretty much the same!





I cannot find Kassiana


I FOUND IT:


pure virginal.





http://www.aussiethings.com.au/babynames...
Reply:The meaning of the name Euphemia is Well Spoken





The origin of the name Euphemia is Greek





I can't find anything on Kassiani - are you sure it is spelled correctly?





A close match is:


The meaning of the name Cassia is Cinnamon





The origin of the name Cassia is Greek