Pandora is the Greek name often translated as “all-gifted.”
The name is usually connected with the Greek elements pan, meaning “all,” and doron, meaning “gift.” It suits Hesiod's account because the gods give Pandora different attributes and adornments. The name can also be interpreted as “all-giving,” and scholars discuss how its precise nuance fits the myth.
Pandora is not simply a later name attached to an anonymous woman. In Hesiod's narrative, she is deliberately created and named as part of Zeus's response to Prometheus's theft of fire. Her name reinforces the idea that the gods collectively equip her before sending her to Epimetheus.
Modern retellings sometimes describe Pandora as the first woman, but ancient versions are not identical in every detail. The stable point is that Hesiod gives the woman a name tied to gifts and places her at the center of the story about the jar and the arrival of suffering.