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Boy names
| Name | Inspiration |
|---|---|
| Adonis | handsome youth from Greek mythology |
| Ajax | mythical Greek hero |
| Apollo | Greek god of light, twin of Artemis |
| Ammon | god of Thebes from Egyptian mythology |
| Angus | Celtic god |
| Anubis | jackal-headed god from Egyptian mythology |
| Ares | Greek god of war |
| Arthur | mythical British king |
| Atlas | Greek god who held up the heavens |
| Balder | Norse god |
| Beowulf | from the Old English epic |
| Castor | hero from Greek mythology, twin brother of Pollux |
| Damon | from Greek mythology, Damon and Pythias story |
| Davy | Davy Jones' locker |
| Dionysius | Greek god of wine |
| Dylan | Celtic sea creature |
| Finn | from Fionn mac Cumhaill, hero from Irish mythology |
| Gawain | Knight of the Round Table from Arthurian legend |
| Gerd | Norse god |
| Grendel | monster in Beowulf |
| Griffin | from the Greek monster, the gryphon |
| Hector | hero from Greek mythology |
| Hermes | Greek god of travel, roads |
| Jason | of Jason and the Argonauts from Greek mythology |
| John Henry | American folk hero |
| Kana | Maui god |
| Leander | tragic youth from Greek mythology |
| Loki | Norse God |
| Mars | Roman god of war |
| Merlin | wizard from Arthurian legend |
| Odin | Norse god |
| Odysseus | Greek hero from the Iliad and Odyssey |
| Osiris | God of the underworld from Egyptian mythology |
| Pan | Greek god of flocks |
| Paris | Trojan prince from Greek mythology |
| Paul | Bunyan, from American folklore |
| Priam | king of Troy from Greek mythology |
| Pollux | hero from Greek mythology, twin brother of Castor |
| Robin | Hood, from English folklore |
| Tom | Hickathrift, from English folklore |
| Thor | Norse god |
| Tristan | Cornish knight from Arthurian myth |
| Troilus | Trojan prince from Greek mythology |
| Troy | legendary city from Greek mythology |
| Týr | God from Norse mythology |
| Ulysses | variant of Odysseus |
| Wak | Ethiopian supreme god |
| Wieland | legendary smith from Germanic mythology |
| Zeus | king of the gods in Greek mythology |
Girl names
| Name | Inspiration |
|---|---|
| Aja | forest goddess from Yoruba mythology |
| Aphrodite | Greek goddess of love |
| Anat | ancient Semitic goddess of fertility and war |
| Artemis | Greek goddess of hunting, wilderness, and wild animals |
| Astraea | Greek goddess of justice |
| Athena | Greek goddess of wisdom |
| Calliope | Greek muse of epic poetry |
| Camilla | warrior maiden from Roman legend |
| Carman | Celtic goddess of destructive magic |
| Ceres | Roman goddess of agriculture |
| Clio | Greek muse of history |
| Clytemnestra | wife of Agamemnon |
| Cressida | from the Trojan War epic |
| Cybele | Roman goddess, mother of the gods |
| Daphne | daughter of Greek river god |
| Demeter, Demetra | Greek goddess of the harvest |
| Europa | Greek princess |
| Eurydice | Greek maiden, wife of Orpheus |
| Freyja | Norse goddess |
| Grace | after the Greek Graces |
| Guinevere | queen from Arthurian legend |
| Gwenn | Celtic goddess of motherhood, Gwenn Teir Bronn |
| Helen | of Troy, legendary beauty from Greek mythology |
| Hera | Greek goddess of women, married to Zeus |
| Hestia | Greek goddess of the hearth |
| Isis | goddess from Egyptian mythology |
| Isolde | Irish princess from Arthurian legend |
| Jocasta | mother of Oedipus in Greek mythology |
| Juno | Roman name for Hera, goddess of women |
| Leda | queen of Sparta in Greek mythology |
| Leto | mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology |
| Lilith | demon from Jewish folklore |
| Lorelei | maiden turned siren from German folklore |
| Medea | helped Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology |
| Nanna | Norse goddess |
| Marian | from the English Robin Hood myth |
| Morgan | sorceress from Arthurian legend |
| Olwen | maiden from Welsh mythology |
| Oya | warrior goddess from Yoruba mythology |
| Pax | Roman goddess of peace |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus from Greek mythology |
| Persephone | represents spring in Greek mythology |
| Phoebe | after Phoebus, one of the Greek Titans |
| Rhea | Greek Titan, mother of the gods |
| Rhiannon | horse goddess from Welsh mythology |
| Sabrina | Celtic river goddess |
| Selene | Greek goddess of the moon |
| Sheila | after Sheila-na-gig, Celtic goddess of fertility |
| Theia | one of the Greek Titans |
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Last reviewed: December 2019
