The Greek name of the woman in Hesiod’s myth is Pandora.
Pandora is written Πανδώρα in Greek and is commonly explained as meaning “all-gifted” or “gifted by all.” The name reflects the story’s structure: several gods contribute qualities, clothing, ornaments, or abilities to the woman created for humanity.
The name is sometimes interpreted in another way, “all-giving,” because Greek compounds can support different grammatical readings. The “all-gifted” interpretation is especially common in modern reference works, but the ambiguity is an important reason scholars discuss the name carefully.
Pandora is not originally described as a curious woman opening a box in the earliest surviving account. Hesiod’s Works and Days calls her a beautiful evil for humans and places the opening of a storage jar within a larger story about Prometheus, fire, and the origins of suffering.