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HEKATE:
Original Greek form of Latin Hecate, meaning "far
off."
HEKUBA:
Variant of Greek Hecuba, possibly meaning "far
off."
HELEN:
Greek myth name of the most beautiful mortal woman ever to exist whose
abduction by Paris caused the Trojan
war. The name has been disputed for a long time. There have been attempts to
link it with Greek helene "torch" or selene
"moon." However, recently it has been compared by scholars to
Vedic Saranyu, wife of Surya,
who was abducted just as Helen of Greek mythology was; the name may
therefore be from the Proto-Indo-European root *sel "to
elope" and have been borrowed from the older Hindu myth of the
abduction of the goddess of dawn.
HERA:
Greek myth name of the wife of Zeus. Her
name is not Greek or Indo-European, it is therefore believed that she may be
a female deity of the Minoan pantheon or of some other unidentifiable
pre-Greek people. Her Roman name Juno
means "vital force."
HERMIA:
Feminine form of Greek Hermes, meaning
"of the earth."
HERMIONE:
Greek myth name of the daughter of Menelaus
and Helen, derived from the name of
the Greek god Hermes, meaning
"of the earth."
HERO:
Greek myth name of the lover of Leander,
meaning "hero."
HESTIA:
Greek myth name of the goddess of the hearth, meaning "hearth,
fireside."
HIPPOLYTE:
Feminine form of Hippolytos,
meaning "horse-freer." Greek myth name of the daughter of Ares.
HYPATIA:
Feminine form of Greek Hypatos,
meaning "most high, supreme."
IANTHA: Variant of Greek Ianthe,
name meaning
"violet flower."
IANTHE:
Greek myth name of an ocean nymph, meaning "violet flower."
IANTHINA:
Elaborated form of Greek Ianthe,
meaning "violet flower."
IO:
Greek myth name of a princess loved by Zeus. Also the name of a moon of
Jupiter. Meaning unknown.
IOANNA:
Feminine form of Greek Ioannes, meaning
"God is gracious."
IOKASTE: Original Greek form of Latin
Jocasta, possibly meaning
"violet tinted (clouds)."
IOLA:
Variant of Greek Iole, meaning "violet."
IOLANTA:
Variant of Greek Iolanthe, meaning "violet
flower." Name of an opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, based on the Danish
play "King Rene's Daughter," by
Henrik Hertz. The first
performance took place in St. Petersburg in 1892.
IOLANTHE:
Greek name, apparently coined by Gilbert and Sullivan for their play of the
same name first produced in London on November 25, 1882. It is composed of the Greek
elements iole "violet" and anthos
"flower."
IOLE:
Greek myth name of a woman loved by Herakles,
meaning "violet."
IPHIGENIA:
"Strong-born." Greek myth name of the daughter of King Agamemnon,
composed of the elements iphios "strong" and genes
"born."
IRIS:
English name derived from the name of the "iris flower," itself
from the name of the Greek rainbow goddess, meaning "rainbow."
ISIS:
This name literally means "(female) of throne," which is usually
translated "Queen of the throne." However, the Egyptian hieroglyph
for her name means "(female) of flesh," in other words
"mortal woman." Isis is a Greek corruption of her true name which is
unknown because Egyptian hieroglyphs left out most of the vowels.
ISMEME:
Greek myth name of the daughter of Oedipus,
derived from the element isme, meaning "knowledge."
KALLIOPE:
Greek name meaning "beautiful voice," from kallos
"beauty" and ops "voice."
KALLISTO:
Greek myth name of a nymph loved by Zeus,
derived from the word kallistos, meaning "most beautiful."
KALLISTRATE:
"Beauty-army." Ancient Greek name composed of the elements kallos
"beauty" and stratos "army."
KALYPSO:
Original Greek form of Calypso, probably meaning "she that
conceals," from the word kalypto, meaning "to
cover/conceal."
KANDAKE:
Greek form of Candace which has
several possible origins.
KASSANDRA:
Original Greek form of Latin Cassandra,
meaning "she who entangles men."
KASSIOPEIA:
Original Greek form of Latin Cassiopeia,
meaning "she whose words excel."
KHRYSEIS:
Greek myth name of a Trojan girl mentioned briefly in Homer's Iliad, derived
from khrysos, meaning "gold."
KHTHONIA:
Greek myth name, meaning "of the earth/underworld." It is another epithet of
Hekate
or Persephone.
KIRKE:
Original Greek form of Latin Circe,
meaning "bird."
KLEIO:
Greek myth name of a muse of poetry and history, derived from the word kleos, meaning "glory."
KLEOPATRA:
"Glory of the father." Greek form of Latin Cleopatra, derived from
the elements kleos "glory" and patēer
"father."
KLOTHO:
"Spinner." Greek form of Latin Clotho,
myth name of one of the three Fates (Moirae).
KLYMENE:
"Praiseworthy might." Greek form of Latin Clymene,
name of several mythological
characters including the Oceanid who was the mother of Atlas
and Prometheus.
KLYTAIMNESTRA:
Greek form of Latin Clytemnestra,
a myth name derived from the elements klytos "famous,
praiseworthy," and mnestria "wooing."
KLYTIE
(Klytië): Greek form of Latin Clytia,
myth name of a nymph who was buried alive in sand and transformed into a sunflower,
derived from Greek klytos, meaning "famous."
KORE
(Korë): Greek myth name borne by Persephone,
a goddess of the underworld, meaning "maiden."
KORINNA:
Greek name derived from Korë,
meaning "maiden."
KYNTHIA:
Greek form of Latin Cynthia,
meaning "woman from Kynthos."
KYRIAKE:
Variant of Greek Kyriaki, meaning "of the lord."
KYRIAKI:
Feminine form of Greek Kyriakos, meaning "of the lord."
KYRILLOS:
Greek name derived from kyrios, meaning "lord."
LACHESIS:
Greek myth name of one of the three Fates, meaning "apportioner."
LEDA:
Greek myth name of the mother of Castor,
Pollux and Helen,
meaning "woman."
LETO:
Greek myth name of the mother of Apollo
and Artemis, meaning "the hidden one."
LIGEIA:
Greek myth name of one of the Sirens, derived from the word ligys, meaning
"shrill whistling voice."
LYSISTRATE:
"Liberation army." Ancient Greek name composed of the elements
lysis "freeing, loosening,
a release" and stratos
"army, expedition, multitude."
MAEJA:
Variant of Greek Maia,
meaning "mother."
MAIA:
Greek myth name of the eldest of the Pleiades and mother of Hermes
by Zeus. The name is said to have
originated from the babbling of an infant trying to say "mother,"
thus the name is usually translated "mother."
MARGARITES:
Greek name derived from the word margaron, meaning "pearl."
MEDEIA:
Original Greek form of Latin Medea, meaning
"cunning."
MEDOUSA:
Greek form of Latin Medusa, meaning
"guardian."
MEGAIRA:
Original Greek form of Latin Megaera, meaning "to
grudge."
MELAINA:
Greek name derived from the word, melaina, meaning
"black, dark."
MELANTHA: Female
Greek name meaning "dark flower."
MELETE:
"Exercise, practice." Greek myth name of one of the three original
Muses, before their number was increased to nine.
MELINA:
Greek name derived from the word méli, meaning "honey."
MELISSA: Greek
myth name of a nymph who cared for Zeus
in his infancy, derived from the
word melissa, meaning "honey-bee."
MELITA:
Variant of Greek Melitta, meaning
"honey-bee."
MELITTA:
Old Greek form of Melissa, meaning
"honey-bee."
MELPOMENE:
Greek myth name of the muse of tragedy, meaning "choir."
MINTA:
Variant of Greek Minthe, meaning "mint."
Sometimes used as a nickname for Amynta,
meaning "defender."
MINTHE:
Greek myth name of a water nymph who was turned into a mint plant, meaning
"mint."
MNEME:
"Memory." Greek myth name of one of the three original Muses,
daughters of Mnemosyne.
MNEMOSYNE:
Greek myth name of the personification of "memory," a Titaness and
daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the three original Muses, Mneme,
Aoide, and Melete.
MYRINE:
Greek myth name of a warrior queen of the Gorgon Amazons, possibly meaning
"swiftly bounding."
NARKISSA: Feminine form
of Greek Narkissos, possibly
meaning "numbness; sleep."
NATASA:
Greek pet form of Latin Anastasia,
meaning "resurrection."
NEMESIS:
Greek myth name of the goddess of justice and vengeance, meaning
"retribution; righteous anger."
NEPHELE:
Greek myth name of a goddess of the clouds and mother of the centaurs, meaning "cloudy."
NEPHTHYS:
Greek form of Egyptian Nebt-Het, meaning "lady
of the house."
NIKE:
Greek myth name of a goddess of victory, meaning "victory."
NIKEPHOROS:
"Bearer of victory." Ancient Greek unisex name composed of the
elements nike "victory" and phoreo "to
bear/carry."
NIKOLETA:
Feminine form of Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victory
of the people."
NYX:
Greek myth name of a goddess of night, meaning "night."
OINONE:
Original Greek form of Latin Oenone, meaning
"wine."
OLYMPIA:
Variant of Greek Olympias, the feminine form of
Greek Olympos, "home of the
gods," of which the true meaning is unknown.
OLYMPIAS:
Ancient Greek name of the mother of Alexander
the Great, meaning "from Olympus." It is the feminine form of
Greek Olympos, "home of the
gods," of which the true meaning is unknown.
OPHELIA:
Feminine form of Greek Ophelos,
meaning "help." This name was used by Shakespeare for an
ill-omened character in Hamlet.
OURANIA:
Greek myth name of a muse of astronomy, derived from the word ouranios,
meaning "heavenly."
PALLAS: Greek
unisex name derived from the element pallô, meaning
"to brandish, to wield (a weapon)." It is the name of many characters in Greek mythology:
a son of Evander; a giant son of Uranus and
Gaia;
a Titan son of Crius and Eurybia;
the father of the 50 Pallantids; a daughter of Triton;
and it is an epithet of Athena.
PANAGIOTA:
Feminine form of Greek Panagiotis,
meaning "all-holy."
PANDORA:
"All-gift." Greek myth name of the first mortal woman whose
curiosity unleashed evil into the world, composed of the elements pan
"all" and doron "gift."
PARASKEVE:
Greek name meaning "preparation."
PARTHENIA:
"Virgin." In Greek mythology an unnamed river nymph is said to have been the mother of a Trojan hero who fought against the Greeks.
She is known only by the title Naias Parthenia, meaning "Naias Nymphe of the River
Parthenios (in Paphlagonia, Anatolia)."
Parthenia and Parthenios were both derived from the Greek word parthenos,
meaning "virgin."
PARTHENOPE:
"Virgin voice." Greek myth name of one of the Sirens, composed of
the elements parthenos "virgin" and ops
"voice."
PENELOPE:
Greek myth name of the patient wife of Odysseus who waited
ten years for
his return during which she refused several proposals of marriage by
princes. The name is composed of the elements pene "needle"
and lopas "spool," which is taken to mean "weaver
of cunning," denoting someone whose motives are hard to decipher.
PERSEPHONE:
"Person-slayer." Greek myth name of a daughter of Zeus
and Demeter, probably composed of
the elements perso "person; human being" and phonos
"murderer, slayer."
PERSIS:
Greek biblical name of a woman mentioned by Paul in his epistle to the
Romans, meaning "Persian woman."
PHAIDRA:
Original Greek form of Latin Phaedra, meaning
"bright."
PHANESSA:
Feminine form of Orphic Phanes, a
primeval, golden-winged hermaphroditic god, meaning
"appear."
PHERENIKE:
Original Greek form of Greek Berenike,
the name from which English Berenice
derived, meaning "bringer of victory."
PHILE:
Feminine form of Greek Philon,
meaning "to love."
PHILOMELA:
Greek name composed of the elements philos "dear, sweet"
and melos "song," usually rendered "sweet singer;
nightingale."
PHILOMENA:
Feminine form of Greek Philomenes,
meaning "love-strong."
PHOIBE:
Original Greek form of Latin Phoebe. This is the
feminine form of Greek Phoibos,
meaning "shining one."
PHOTINE:
Greek name derived from the word phos, meaning "light."
PHYLLIDOS:
Variant of Greek Phyllis, meaning
"foliage."
PHYLLIS:
Greek myth name of a girl who killed herself over love and was transformed
into an almond tree, meaning "foliage."
PODARGE:
"Fleet-foot." Greek unisex myth name of several characters: 1) one
of the Harpies who was the mother of Balius
and Xanthus; 2) it was another name that the rainbow goddess Iris
was known by; and 3) it was Priam's
birth name; he changed it after buying his life from Herakles.
POLYMNIA:
Original Greek form of Latin Polyhymnia, myth name
of the muse of dance and sacred songs, composed of the elements polys
"much" and hymnos "hymn, song."
POLYXENE:
"Very hospitable (esp. to foreigners/strangers)." Original Greek form of Latin
Polyxena,
myth name of a daughter of Priam and Hecuba,
composed of the elements polys "much" and xenoi
"hospitable (esp. to foreigners/strangers)."
PSYCHE:
"Animating spirit, soul." Greek myth name of a maiden loved by Eros,
derived from the Greek word psykhe, meaning "the soul, mind,
spirit, breath, life."
PSYKHE:
Original Greek form of Psyche, meaning "animating
spirit, soul."
PTOLEMA:
Feminine form of Greek Ptolemy,
meaning "aggressive, warlike."
REAH:
Variant of Greek Rhea, meaning "menstruation;
birth-waters."
RHEA:
Greek myth name of the wife of Cronus
and mother of Zeus, meaning
"menstruation; birth-waters."
RHODA:
Greek biblical name of a servant in the house of Mary
mother of John, meaning
"rose."
ROXANE:
Greek name of Persian origin, meaning "dawn." This was the name of
Alexander the Great's wife.
SAPPHEIRE:
Original Greek form of biblical Sapphira, derived from the
word sappheiros, meaning "lapis lazuli; sapphire."
SAPPHO:
Greek name, possibly derived from the word sappheiros, meaning
"lapis lazuli; sapphire."
SARA:
Greek, Latin and Scandinavian variant of Sarah,
meaning "princess."
SELENE:
Greek myth name of a moon goddess, meaning "moon."
SEMELE:
Greek myth name of a lover of Zeus. It
is the Phrygian form of Greek Khthonia,
meaning "of the earth/underworld."
SOFIA:
Variant of Greek Sophia, meaning "wisdom."
SOPHIA:
Greek name meaning "wisdom."
SOPHRONIA:
Feminine form of Greek Sophronios,
meaning "self-controlled."
SOSTRATE:
"Safe-army." Greek name composed of the elements sos
"safe, sound" and stratos "army."
SOTIRIA:
Feminine form of Greek Sotiris,
meaning "salvation."
SOUSANNA:
Greek form of Hebrew Shoshannah,
meaning "lily."
SPYRIDOULA:
Feminine form of Greek Spyridon,
meaning "spirit."
STAMATIA:
Feminine form of Greek Stamatios,
meaning "stop."
SYNTYCHE:
Greek biblical name of a woman mentioned by Paul
in one of his epistles, meaning "common fate."
TANIS:
Greek form of Phoenician Tanith, meaning "serpent
lady."
TASOULA:
Greek pet form of Latin Anastasia,
meaning "resurrection."
TEODORA:
Feminine form of Greek Theodoros, meaning "gift of
God."
TERPSICHORE:
Greek myth name of a muse of dance, meaning "enjoying the dance."
THAIS:
Greek name, possibly meaning "bandage."
THALIA:
Greek myth name of the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. The name derives
from the Greek word thallein, meaning "blooming,
flourishing."
THECLA:
Variant of
Greek Thekla, meaning "glory of God."
THEKLA:
Abbreviated form of Greek Theokleia, meaning
"glory of God."
THEMIS:
Greek myth name of a Titan who was the mother of the three original Fates by
Zeus, meaning "law."
THEOKLEIA:
"Glory of God." Greek name composed of the elements theos
"god" and kleos "glory."
THEOPHANIA:
Feminine form of Greek Theophanes,
meaning "manifestation of God."
TIMO:
Feminine form of Greek Timon, meaning
"honor."
TISIPHONE:
"Avenging murder." Greek myth name of one of the Erinyes, composed
of the elements tisis "vengeance" and phone
"murder." Virgil named two others: Megaera
"grudging," and Alecto
"unceasing."
TRYPHAINA:
Greek name derived from the word tryphe, meaning "delicate,
soft."
TRYPHOSA:
Greek name derived from the word tryphe,
meaning "delicate, soft."
VASILIKI:
Feminine form of Greek Vasilis, meaning
"king/queen."
XANTHE:
Greek name derived from the word xanthos, meaning "yellow."
XANTHIA:
Elaborated form of
Greek Xanthe, meaning "yellow."
XANTHIPPE:
Feminine form of Greek Xanthippos,
meaning "yellow horse."
XENE: Feminine form of
Greek Xenon, meaning "foreigner; stranger."
XENIA:
"Hospitable
(esp. to foreigners/strangers)."
Ancient Greek name
derived from the word Xenia, itself from xenos
"stranger, foreigner." Zeus
was sometimes referred to as Zeus
Xenia because he was also a god of
"travelers." For this reason the ancient Greeks considered it a
religious obligation to be "hospitable" to travelers. In fact, the
Trojan war began as a result of a violation of Xenia, for Paris
had been a guest of Menelaus and
violated Xenia by abducting his host's wife.
ZENAIS:
Greek name, possibly meaning "of Zeus."
ZENOBIA: Old Greek name
meaning "life
of Zeus."
ZENOVIA:
Variant of Greek Zenobia, meaning "life
of Zeus."
ZEPHYRA: Feminine form of
Greek Zephyr,
meaning "west wind."
ZINOVIA:
Variant of Greek Zenobia, meaning "life
of Zeus."
ZOE: Greek name meaning "life."
ZONA: Greek name meaning "belt;
girdle."
ZOSIME: Feminine form of Greek
Zosimos, meaning "likely to
survive; survivor."
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