It's a woman's name of Greek origin. It means the superior intelligence, very intelligent, wise. In the Odyssey is the name of a very terrible sorceress, who turned men into wild animals. In the Catholic saint is the name of a saint. It is also the name of a variant of the game of chess, in which you can re-enable the captured or lost pieces, but in the initial position. CIRCE is also the name of the Research Center of the University of Zaragoza, in Spain.