In this list, we’ve handpicked 175+ Greek mythology baby names Athena and Apollo , to rare and unique names like Nyx and Orpheus .
If you prefer a name symbolizing wisdom, courage, love, or the natural elements, you’ll find a meaningful choice here for your little one.
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Greek Mythology Baby Names with Meanings
Name Gender Meaning / Inspiration Zeus Boy King of the gods, sky & thunder Hera Girl Queen of the gods, marriage Poseidon Boy Sea, earthquakes, horses Hades Boy Underworld, wealth Demeter Girl Harvest, agriculture Athena Girl Wisdom, strategy Apollo Boy Sun, light, music Artemis Girl Moon, hunt, wilderness Ares Boy War, courage Aphrodite Girl Love, beauty Hermes Boy Messenger, travelers Hestia Girl Home, hearth Dionysus Boy Wine, festivity, theatre
Name Gender Meaning / Inspiration Chaos Unisex The void, beginning of creation Gaia Girl Earth mother Uranus Boy Sky father Nyx Girl Night Eros Boy Love, desire Thanatos Boy Death Morpheus Boy God of dreams Hemera Girl Daylight Erebus Boy Darkness, shadow Ananke Girl Necessity, fate Chronos Boy Time Aether Boy Upper air, light Nemesis Girl Divine retribution Tyche Girl Fortune, chance
Name Gender Meaning / Inspiration Cronus Boy Titan of time & ages Rhea Girl Mother of Olympians Oceanus Boy Ocean god Tethys Girl Sea goddess Hyperion Boy Heavenly light Theia Girl Sight, mother of the sun & moon Coeus Boy Intellect, axis of heavens Phoebe Girl Radiance, prophecy Iapetus Boy Mortality Themis Girl Divine law, justice Mnemosyne Girl Memory Atlas Boy Endurance, holds the heavens Prometheus Boy Forethought, gave fire to man Epimetheus Boy Afterthought Astraeus Boy Stars, dusk Selene Girl Moon goddess Helios Boy Sun god Eos Girl Goddess of dawn Metis Girl Wisdom, cunning
Name Gender Meaning / Inspiration Achilles Boy Trojan War hero Hector Boy Trojan prince, brave warrior Odysseus Boy Cunning hero of The Odyssey Perseus Boy Slayer of Medusa Theseus Boy Defeated the Minotaur Jason Boy Leader of the Argonauts Heracles (Hercules) Boy Strongest hero Bellerophon Boy Tamed Pegasus, slew Chimera Cadmus Boy Founder of Thebes Orpheus Boy Legendary musician, ventured into underworld Meleager Boy Hunter of Calydonian Boar Aeneas Boy Trojan hero, ancestor of Romans Diomedes Boy Warrior in Trojan War Atalanta Girl Swift-footed huntress Ariadne Girl Helped Theseus with labyrinth Medea Girl Sorceress, helper of Jason Andromeda Girl Rescued by Perseus Helen Girl Helen of Troy, beauty that launched a war Penelope Girl Wife of Odysseus, symbol of loyalty Cassandra Girl Cursed prophetess Electra Girl Daughter of Agamemnon, symbol of vengeance Iphigenia Girl Daughter sacrificed in Trojan War Antigone Girl Tragic heroine, symbol of loyalty
Name Gender Meaning / Inspiration Calliope Girl Muse of epic poetry Clio Girl Muse of history Erato Girl Muse of love poetry Euterpe Girl Muse of music Melpomene Girl Muse of tragedy Polyhymnia Girl Muse of hymns Terpsichore Girl Muse of dance Thalia Girl Muse of comedy Urania Girl Muse of astronomy
Name Gender Meaning / Inspiration Calypso Girl Nymph who kept Odysseus Echo Girl Mountain nymph cursed to repeat sounds Daphne Girl Laurel tree nymph Syrinx Girl Nymph turned into reeds Thetis Girl Sea nymph, mother of Achilles Amphitrite Girl Sea goddess, wife of Poseidon Galatea Girl Sea nymph loved by Cyclops Chloris Girl Goddess of flowers Phaedra Girl Sister of Ariadne Eurydice Girl Wife of Orpheus Harmonia Girl Goddess of harmony Pasithea Girl Goddess of relaxation & meditation Clytie Girl Water nymph who loved Helios
Name Gender Meaning / Inspiration Medusa Girl Gorgon with snake hair Pegasus Boy Winged horse Chimera Girl Fire-breathing creature Cerberus Boy Three-headed guard dog of underworld Hydra Girl Multi-headed water serpent Phoenix Unisex Immortal bird of fire & rebirth Sphinx Girl Guardian of riddles Griffin Boy Half-lion, half-eagle beast Typhon Boy Father of monsters Pan Boy God of shepherds, wild nature
