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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59 names, most popular first in the United States

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Cliodhna Cliodhna is a girl's name of Irish origin borne by a queen of the sidhe whose name gave a wave in Glandore harbor its title.
Girl Irish #12,693 in US
Fianna Fianna is a girl's name taken from the warrior bands of Irish legend, and it is a collective noun rather than a personal name.
Girl Irish #13,110 in US
Aurore Aurore is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "dawn," the French form of Aurora and the name of the Roman goddess of daybreak.
Girl French 68,485 births
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."
Boy French 13,554 births
Olympe Olympe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "of Olympus," and in France it belongs above all to the woman who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman.
Girl French 7,663 births
Eimear Eimear is a girl's name of Irish origin borne by Cú Chulainn's wife, who by tradition had the six gifts of womanhood.
Girl Irish 7,636 births
Sadhbh Sadhbh is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "sweet" or "good."
Girl Irish 3,239 births
Naoise Naoise is a unisex name of Irish origin whose meaning is lost, belonging to the young warrior at the center of Ireland's oldest love story.
Unisex Irish 2,016 births
Laoise Laoise is a girl's name of Irish origin, usually read as "radiant," and it shares its spelling with the county of Laois.
Girl Irish 1,678 births
Doireann Doireann is a girl's name from Irish legend whose meaning is disputed — sullen and daughter of Finn are both proposed, and neither is settled.
Girl Irish 1,384 births
Fódhla Fódhla is a girl's name taken from one of Ireland's three ancient names, borne by the goddess who lost the naming contest to her sister Ériu.
Girl Irish 159 births

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