- ADELPHA:
Greek name meaning
"dear sister."
- ADELPHE:
Variant of Greek Adelpha, meaning "dear sister."
- ADELPHIE:
Variant of Greek Adelpha, meaning "dear sister."
- ADONIA:
Feminine form of Greek Adonis, meaning "my lord."
- ADRASTEIA:
Feminine form of Greek Adrastos, meaning
"he who stands his ground," in other words "courageous."
- AELLA:
"Whirlwind." Greek myth name of an Amazon warrior who was killed
by Herakles. She was known for wielding a double-axe.
- AGAPE:
Greek name
meaning "love."
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AGATHANGELOS:
"Good angel." Ancient Greek name composed of the elements agathos
"good" and angelos "angel."
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AGATHE:
Original Greek form of English Agatha, derived from
the Greek word agathos, meaning "good."
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AGAUE:
"Illustrious; noble." Greek myth name of one of the four daughters
of Kadmos, king of Theben in Boiotia, and his wife
Harmonia. The name derives from agauos "noble,"
itself possibly from agasthai "to wonder at," from gaiein
"to rejoice," with the intensive prefix a-.
- AGLAIA:
Greek myth name of one of the three Graces, meaning "beauty,
splendor." The other two are Thalia,
"blossoming, luxuriant," and Euphrosyne, "joy, merriment."
- AGLEA:
Variant of Greek Aglaia, meaning "beauty,
splendor."
- AIGLE:
Greek form of Latin Aegle, meaning "light,
radiance."
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AIKATERINA:
Variant of Greek Aikaterine, meaning
"pure."
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AIKATERINE
(Aikaterinē): Greek name from which we got the name Katherine. The name is of unknown
etymology, but the earliest sources that mention the name are in Greek and
associate it with the Greek adjective katharos, meaning
"pure." The suggestion that it may have been derived from Hekate,
the pagan goddess of sorcery, is not convincing.
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AIRLA:
Variant of Greek Airlea, meaning "ethereal."
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AIRLEA: Greek name meaning
"ethereal."
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AIRLIA:
Variant of Greek Airlea, meaning "ethereal."
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AKANTHA:
Greek myth name of a nymph loved by Apollo,
meaning "thorn."
- ALALA: Greek
myth name of the personification of the "war cry."
- ALCESTIS:
Greek myth name of a princess who was
rescued by Hercules when she descended into Hades in place of her
husband, meaning "might of the home."
- ALCMENE:
Greek myth name of the mortal mother of Hercules
by Zeus, meaning "might of the
moon."
- ALEKTO:
Original Greek form of Latin Alecto, meaning
"unceasing."
- ALEXA: Feminine form of Greek
Alexius,
meaning "defender."
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ALEXIA:
Feminine form of Greek Alexius, meaning
"defender."
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ALEXINA:
Pet form of Greek Alexia, meaning "defender."
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ALEXIS:
Feminine form of Greek Alexius, meaning
"defender."
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ALEXUS:
Variant of Greek Alexis, meaning "defender."
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ALKIPPE:
Original Greek form of Latin Alcippe, meaning
"mighty mare."
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ALKYONE:
Original Greek form of Latin Alcyone, meaning
"kingfisher."
- ALTHAIA:
Original Greek form of Latin Althea, possibly meaning
"healing."
- AMALTHEIA:
Original Greek form of Latin Amalthea, meaning
"to soothe."
- AMARANTOS:
Old Greek flower name derived from the name of the amaranth flower, amarantos,
meaning "unfading."
- AMBROSIA:
Feminine form of Greek Ambrosios,
meaning "immortal."
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AMINTA:
Variant of Greek Amynta, meaning "defender."
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AMINTAH:
Variant of Greek Amynta, meaning "defender."
- AMYNTA:
Feminine form of Greek Amyntas, meaning
"defender."
- ANAITIS:
Greek form of Persian Anahita, meaning
"immaculate."
ANDROMACHE:
"Man/warrior battle." Greek myth name of the kidnapped wife of Hector, derived from the elements andros "of a man/warrior"
and mache "battle."
ANDROMEDA:
"Thinks like a man/warrior." Constellation name, and Greek myth name
of the daughter of Cassiopeia who was
to be sacrificed to the sea monster Medusa but was rescued by
Perseus.
Andromeda was said to be an Ethiopian princess. Ancient Ethiopians
considered Perseus and Andromeda the progenitors of the black race.
Derives from Greek andros "man/warrior" and medomai
"to think."
- ANEMONE:
Greek myth name of a nymph who was turned into a
wind-flower, derived from the Greek word anemos, meaning
"wind."
- ANTHEIA:
"Flower." Greek myth name of a goddess of
flowers, gardens, love, marshes, and swamps. She was
worshiped on Crete.
- ANTHOUSA:
Greek name derived from the word anthos, meaning "flower."
ANTIGONE:
"Counter-generation." Greek myth name of the sister of
Priam, daughter
of Oedipus, derived from the elements anti
"against; counter" and gone
"birth; generation."
- ANTIOPE:
Greek myth name of a daughter of Ares and
Hippolyte (a
queen of the Amazons) who was kidnapped and married by Theseus, making her the first Amazon ever to marry. The
meaning of her name is debatable. The first half, Anti-,
could have derived from anti "against;
counter," or antios "set against."
The second half, -ope, could have derived from ope
"hole," ops "voice," or opsis
"face."
- AOEDE:
Variant of Greek Aoide, meaning
"to sing."
- AOIDE:
Greek myth name of the one of the three original Muses
before their number was increased to nine, meaning "to sing."
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APHRODISIA:
Feminine form of Greek Aphrodisios,
meaning "risen from the foam."
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APHRODITE:
"Risen from the foam." Greek myth name of the goddess of love and mother of
Eros, composed of the elements afros "foam"
and dity "dive; rise."
- APOLLONIA:
Feminine form of Greek Apollonios,
possibly meaning "destroyer."
- APPHIA:
Greek biblical name mentioned in the
New Testament, meaning "increasing."
- APPOLONIA:
Variant of Greek Apollonia, possibly meaning
"destroyer."
- ARACHNE:
Greek myth name of a young
girl who was turned into a spider by Athena,
meaning "spider."
- ARCADIA:
Feminine form of Greek Arkadios,
meaning "of Arcadia." The
place name Arcadia was derived from the word arktos, meaning
"bear."
- ARETHOUSA:
"The waterer." Greek myth name of one of the Hesperides, and a
water nymph (Nereid), daughter of Nereus, who was pursued by
Alpheus, the
river god. Artemis changed her into a fountain.
- ARIADNE:
Greek myth name of the daughter of King Minos, meaning "utterly
pure."
- ARISTODEME:
Greek myth name of a daughter of Priam, king of Troy, derived from the
elements aristos "excellence" and demos "the
people."
- ARISTOMACHE:
"Excellent battle." Greek name derived from the elements aristos
"excellence" and mache "battle."
- ARTEMIS:
Greek myth name of a daughter of Zeus and
Leto and twin sister to Apollo.
The name is of uncertain origin. It may be related to the word artamos
"a butcher" or artemes "safe."
- ARTEMISIA:
Feminine form of Greek Artemisios, a
name derived from the name Artemis, meaning either
"safe" or "butcher."
- ASPASIA:
Greek name derived from the word aspasios,
meaning "welcome."
- ASTARTE:
Greek form of Phoenician Ashtoreth,
myth name of a goddess of fertility and war,
equivalent to the Semitic goddess Ishtar. Meaning is unknown.
- ASTRAIA:
Greek myth name of a goddess of justice, derived from
the word aster, meaning "star."
- ATALANTE:
Greek myth name of the fleet-footed maiden who refused
to marry any man who could not beat her in a foot-race.
ATHANASIA:
Feminine form of Greek Athanasios,
meaning "immortal."
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ATHENA:
Greek myth name of the goddess of wisdom. Plato fancifully derived her name from A-theo-noa,
meaning "mind of God," but the true meaning is
unknown.
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ATHENAIS:
Greek name derived from the name of the goddess Athena,
the meaning of which is unknown.
- ATROPOS:
Greek myth name of one of the original three Fates, known
as the "inevitable" or "inflexible."
- BARBARA:
"Foreign; strange." This popular Greek name found also in English, French,
German, Polish, and many other languages, derives from Greek barbaros, a word once used to refer to the unintelligible
chatter of foreigners which sounded like "bar-bar" to the
Greeks.
- BERENIKE:
Original Greek form of Berenice. It is most likely a Macedonian form of Greek
Pherenike,
meaning "bringer of victory," which probably originated in the Egyptian royal house of Macedon.
- CALISTO:
Variant of Greek Callisto, meaning "most
beautiful."
- CALLIDORA:
Greek name meaning "gift of beauty," from kallos
"beauty" and doron "gift."
- CALLIGENIA: Greek name meaning
"beauty-born," from kallos
"beauty" and genes "born."
- CALLISTO:
Greek myth name of the daughter of Lycaon, king of Arcadia. She may also
have been a nymph. The name derives from the Greek word kalliste,
meaning "most beautiful."
- CELANDINE: Greek bird and flower name.
It is the name of a yellow wildflower whose name derives from chelidon,
meaning "a swallow bird."
- CHARA:
Greek name meaning "happiness."
- CHLOE: "Green
shoot." In Greek mythology, this is another name of the goddess
Demeter. This name is also mentioned in the
bible by Paul.