Baby names inspired by mythology
Written by Charlotte McClure
Mythology offers a rich territory for baby names, so don't be afraid to venture into the realm of fantastical creatures, folk heroes, and gods and goddesses for naming ideas.
For even more mythological inspiration, check out our girls' names and boys' names from the world of myth and legend.
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Boy names
Name | Inspiration |
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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 |
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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 |
For even more mythological inspiration, check out our girls' names and boys' names from the world of myth and legend.
Found a name you love? Add it to your personalised baby names list.
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