World Mythology Themed Baby Names

World Mythology baby names drawn from the greatest myths of the world — timeless, powerful, and filled with ancient magic.

Gods • Goddesses • Heroes • Legends • Ancient Tales • Eternal Stories

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Our World Mythology Themed Baby Names

World Mythology Baby Names

World Mythology Baby Names

Gods • Goddesses • Heroes • Legends • Ancient Tales • Eternal Stories

Names drawn from the greatest myths of the world — timeless, powerful, and filled with ancient magic.

Mythology Girl Names (100)

NameOriginMythological Meaning
AthenaGreekGoddess of wisdom and warfare
ArtemisGreekGoddess of the hunt and moon
FreyaNorseGoddess of love, beauty, and magic
IsisEgyptianGoddess of magic and motherhood
BastetEgyptianCat goddess of protection
HeraGreekQueen of the gods
DemeterGreekGoddess of harvest
PersephoneGreekQueen of the underworld
AphroditeGreekGoddess of love
FriggNorseGoddess of marriage and prophecy
IdunNorseGoddess of youth and apples
SifNorseGoddess of golden hair and earth
LakshmiHinduGoddess of wealth and prosperity
SaraswatiHinduGoddess of knowledge and arts
ParvatiHinduGoddess of love and power
KaliHinduGoddess of time and destruction
BrigidCelticGoddess of fire, poetry, and healing
CerridwenWelshGoddess of inspiration and transformation
RhiannonWelshGoddess of horses and the moon
MorriganIrishGoddess of war and fate
DanuIrishMother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann
BentenJapaneseGoddess of music and eloquence
AmaterasuJapaneseSun goddess
IzumiJapaneseFountain — sacred springs
SeleneGreekMoon goddess
NyxGreekPrimordial goddess of night
GaiaGreekEarth mother
RheaGreekMother of the Olympians
ThetisGreekSea nymph, mother of Achilles
CalypsoGreekNymph who detained Odysseus
CirceGreekEnchantress who turned men to animals
PenelopeGreekFaithful wife of Odysseus
AndromedaGreekPrincess saved by Perseus
CassandraGreekProphetess of Troy
HelenGreekHelen of Troy — most beautiful woman
ElectraGreekTragic daughter of Agamemnon
AriadneGreekPrincess who helped Theseus
MedeaGreekSorceress who aided Jason
AtalantaGreekSwift-footed huntress
PandoraGreekFirst woman, bearer of gifts
PsycheGreekSoul — beloved of Eros
EuropaGreekPrincess abducted by Zeus as bull
DaphneGreekNymph turned into laurel tree
CalliopeGreekMuse of epic poetry
ClioGreekMuse of history
EratoGreekMuse of love poetry
ThaliaGreekMuse of comedy
TerpsichoreGreekMuse of dance
UraniaGreekMuse of astronomy
PolyhymniaGreekMuse of sacred poetry
EosGreekGoddess of the dawn
IrisGreekGoddess of the rainbow
HebeGreekGoddess of youth
NikeGreekGoddess of victory
TycheGreekGoddess of fortune
NemesisGreekGoddess of retribution
HathorEgyptianGoddess of love and music
NutEgyptianSky goddess
NephthysEgyptianGoddess of mourning
SekhmetEgyptianLioness goddess of war
Ma'atEgyptianGoddess of truth and justice
AnuketEgyptianGoddess of the Nile
OshunYorubaGoddess of love and rivers
YemayaYorubaMother goddess of the ocean
AineIrishFairy queen of love
BadbIrishCrow goddess of war
MachaIrishGoddess of sovereignty
EponaCelticHorse goddess
SulisCelticGoddess of healing springs
DurgaHinduInvincible warrior goddess
RadhaHinduBeloved of Krishna
SitaHinduIdeal wife from Ramayana
DraupadiHinduFiery princess from Mahabharata
AmaterasuJapaneseSun goddess
IzanamiJapaneseCreator goddess
KannonJapaneseGoddess of mercy
Chang'eChineseMoon goddess
GuanyinChineseGoddess of compassion
MazdaPersianWisdom goddess (variant)
AnahitaPersianGoddess of water and fertility
FreyjaNorseVariant of Freya
SkadiNorseGiantess goddess of winter
HelNorseGoddess of the underworld
EirNorseGoddess of healing
SifNorseGolden-haired goddess
VarNorseGoddess of oaths
AstartePhoenicianGoddess of love and war
InannaSumerianGoddess of love and war
IshtarBabylonianGoddess of love and war
TiamatBabylonianPrimordial sea goddess
AsherahCanaaniteMother goddess
AtargatisSyrianMermaid goddess
PeleHawaiianVolcano goddess
SednaInuitGoddess of the sea
KokopelliHopiFeminine twist on fertility deity
White BuffaloNative AmericanSacred prophetic woman
CoyoteNative AmericanFeminine trickster spirit
SpiderNative AmericanSpider Woman — creator
ChangingNative AmericanChanging Woman — Navajo
EstsanatlehiNavajoChanging Woman
PachamamaIncaEarth mother goddess
IntiIncaFeminine twist on sun god
MamaIncaMama Quilla — moon goddess
QuillaIncaMoon goddess
ViracochaIncaFeminine twist on creator
XochiquetzalAztecGoddess of beauty and flowers
ChalchiuhtlicueAztecGoddess of water
MayahuelAztecMaguey goddess
TlazolteotlAztecGoddess of purification
CoatlicueAztecMother of gods

Mythology Boy Names (100)

NameOriginMythological Meaning
ZeusGreekKing of the gods
PoseidonGreekGod of the sea
HadesGreekGod of the underworld
ApolloGreekGod of music and prophecy
AresGreekGod of war
HermesGreekMessenger god
DionysusGreekGod of wine
HephaestusGreekGod of fire and forge
OdysseusGreekHero of the Odyssey
AchillesGreekGreatest Greek warrior
PerseusGreekSlayer of Medusa
TheseusGreekSlayer of the Minotaur
JasonGreekLeader of the Argonauts
OrionGreekGiant hunter constellation
OdinNorseAllfather, god of wisdom
ThorNorseGod of thunder
LokiNorseTrickster god
TyrNorseGod of war and justice
BalderNorseGod of light and purity
FreyrNorseGod of fertility and peace
HeimdallNorseWatchman of the gods
VidarNorseSilent god of vengeance
RaEgyptianSun god
OsirisEgyptianGod of the afterlife
HorusEgyptianSky god with falcon head
AnubisEgyptianGod of embalming
SetEgyptianGod of chaos
ThothEgyptianGod of wisdom and writing
PtahEgyptianCreator god
KrishnaHinduAvatar of Vishnu
RamaHinduHero of the Ramayana
ShivaHinduGod of destruction and transformation
VishnuHinduPreserver god
GaneshaHinduRemover of obstacles
HanumanHinduDevoted monkey god
LughCelticGod of light and skills
CernunnosCelticHorned god of nature
DagdaIrishGood god, father figure
NuadaIrishKing with silver arm
CúchulainnIrishGreat Ulster hero
FionnIrishFionn mac Cumhaill — warrior
AmaterasuJapaneseMale twist on sun god
SusanooJapaneseStorm god
TsukuyomiJapaneseMoon god
RaijinJapaneseThunder god
FujinJapaneseWind god
InariJapaneseFox god of rice
AhuraPersianAhura Mazda — wise lord
MithrasPersian/RomanGod of light and truth
IntiIncaSun god
ViracochaIncaCreator god
QuetzalcoatlAztecFeathered serpent god
TezcatlipocaAztecSmoking mirror god
HuitzilopochtliAztecGod of war and sun
TlalocAztecRain god
KukulkanMayaFeathered serpent
ItzamnaMayaCreator god
ChaacMayaRain god
EnkiSumerianGod of water and wisdom
EnlilSumerianGod of wind
MardukBabylonianChief god
GilgameshSumerianEpic hero king
AnuSumerianSky god
EaBabylonianGod of wisdom
BaalCanaaniteStorm god
YahwehHebrewGod of Israel
CupidRomanGod of love (Eros)
MarsRomanGod of war
JupiterRomanKing of gods
NeptuneRomanGod of the sea
PlutoRomanGod of the underworld
JanusRomanGod of beginnings
VulcanRomanGod of fire
MercuryRomanMessenger god
BacchusRomanGod of wine
SaturnRomanGod of time
FaunusRomanGod of nature
PerunSlavicThunder god
VelesSlavicGod of the underworld
SvarogSlavicHeavenly smith god
JariloSlavicGod of spring
ChernobogSlavicGod of darkness
BelobogSlavicGod of light
AnansiAfricanTrickster spider god
OgunYorubaGod of iron and war
ShangoYorubaGod of thunder
ObatalaYorubaCreator god
EshuYorubaTrickster messenger
RavenNative AmericanTrickster creator
CoyoteNative AmericanTrickster
ThunderbirdNative AmericanPowerful thunder spirit
ManitouAlgonquianGreat spirit
MauiPolynesianDemigod trickster
TangaroaPolynesianSea god
PeleHawaiianMale twist on volcano god
KaneHawaiianGod of creation
LonoHawaiianGod of fertility
KuHawaiianGod of war
SusanooJapaneseStorm god
AmaterasuJapaneseMale twist on sun god
IzanagiJapaneseCreator god