According to Hesiod, why was Pandora given that name?

According to Hesiod, Pandora was named because all the gods gave her gifts.

The name Pandora is commonly interpreted from Greek elements meaning “all-gifted” or “all-giving.” In Works and Days, the gods contribute qualities or adornments to the woman created at Zeus’s command. Her name reflects that collective divine involvement.

This detail is sometimes simplified into the claim that Pandora herself gave every gift to humanity. That is not the same as Hesiod’s explanation. The name emphasizes the gifts bestowed on her by the gods, while the later vessel episode makes her the figure through whom troubles enter the human world.

Different retellings also add or rearrange the individual gifts. Hesiod names several divine contributors, but later artists and writers freely adapted the scene. The stable point is the name’s connection with gifts from the gods, not a single object or power bestowed by one deity.