It's the same as Yante, Yanté or Ianthe. In Greek mythology the name of a woman, daughter of Telestes who married Ifis. Ifis was born a child and was the daughter of Teleusa and Ligdo. Ligdo wanted to have a male and had sworn to kill his daughter if he was born a girl. Teleusa with the help of the gods hid the birth of the girl and always raised him as a boy behind Ligdo's back. On the day of the wedding Ifis was transformed into a man with the help of Isis and Juno.
