Mythological Names

Names from Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic and Egyptian myth. Worth reading the story before choosing: a great many of these figures come to spectacularly bad ends, and the name usually outlives the plot.

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19 names, most popular first in United States

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Atlas Atlas is a boy's name from Greek myth, where Atlas is the Titan condemned to hold up the sky.
Greek #75 in US
Jason Jason is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "healer."
Greek #165 in US
Adonis Adonis is a boy's name of Greek origin borrowed from a Semitic word for lord.
Greek #241 in US
Ares Ares is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the god of war.
Greek #290 in US
Orion Orion is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the mythological hunter and the constellation named for him.
Greek #334 in US
Leandro Leandro is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "lion-man," borne by a lover who drowned swimming a strait to reach her.
Italian #406 in US
Hector Hector is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "holding fast," borne by the Trojan prince who is the most sympathetic figure in the Iliad.
Greek #409 in US
Apollo Apollo is a boy's name of Greek origin naming the god of light, music, prophecy and healing.
Greek #446 in US
Odin Odin is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning roughly "the frenzied one".
Norse #502 in US
Conor Conor is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "lover of hounds," from the Irish Conchobhar.
Irish #844 in US
Cian Cian is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "ancient" or "enduring."
Irish #1,313 in US
Conan Conan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little hound" or "little wolf," from the Irish cú with a diminutive ending.
Irish #1,681 in US
Fionn Fionn is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "fair" or "white," and by extension bright or blessed.
Irish #4,179 in US
Oisin Oisin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little deer" or "fawn," from the Irish os, a deer.
Irish #4,566 in US
Conall Conall is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "strong wolf," borne by the Ulster Cycle hero who avenges Cú Chulainn.
Irish #5,056 in US
Léandre Léandre is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "lion man," the French form of Leander.
French #5,280 in US
Daire Daire is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "fruitful" or "fertile," borne by the man who owns the brown bull at the center of Ireland's national epic. It ranks 48th in Northern Ireland.
Irish #6,576 in US
Achille Achille is a boy's name of Greek origin, the French form of Achilles, the hero of the Iliad.
French #8,348 in US
Ulysse Ulysse is a boy's name of Greek origin, the French form of Odysseus, whose own name is glossed in the Odyssey as "the one who is hated."
French 13,554 births

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