Greek female nameswere a big favorite of Shakespeare's, with such Greek names as Desdemona and Cressida playing a major part in some of his greatest tragedies. If Greek girl names are good enough for the Bard, surely our list of Greek names for girls is worth exploring!
97.Konstantina.The Greek female form of Constantine, this beautiful girls’ name exudes power, especially when you think of Constantine the Great, who was the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity as the empire’s religion. He also moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium, which he renamed...
Artemis, one of the key figures of the female Greek pantheon, is the ancient virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, childbirth, and a protector of young girls, later associated with the moon. Artemis is the equivalent to the Roman Diana, but a fresher and more distinctive, if of...
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Brenna is common as a single name and a popular Irish female given name. Brenna is very stylish when it comes to flower and plant names. It translates to “birch tree tree” in the Irish language. If you choose this name for your daughter, she will bring forth the image of a beautiful...
Parthenios may not be the best first name for a baby, but it could be an original middle name. 39. Perseus Perseus was another one of Zeus’ sons — he was perceived as a godly hero. Perseus is one of those names that sound so old that it may be a unique modern-day choice. Plu...
First, we will discuss the fact that the overwhelming majority of these nouns are feminine, while neuter nouns are considerably less represented and masculine nouns are almost nonexistent. As feminine is taken to be the semantically marked gender in the case of animate nouns, asserting female sex...
Many baby girl names might sound nice, but you should also consider what the name means or the associated meaning in mythology before choosing it for your baby. For example, Pandora is a popular name, but her role in Greek mythology isn’t a good one because she was the first mortal wom...
GREEK NAMES: Female ABDERA: "from Abdera" ACACIA: "Resurrection; thorny; naive." Some variants include Cacia, Cacie, Casey, Casia, Cassie, Cassy, Kacey, Kacia, Kacie, Kasey, Kasi, Kassie, Kassja, and Kassy. ACANTHA: "thorn." Variant Akantha exists. ADARA: "Beauty." Also an Arabic ...
Margaret has been one of the most Christian and royal of female names—attached to the patron saint of women in childbirth and to various queens and princesses. Maryam Maryam is a Greek variation of either Mary or Miriam. Mary means “bitter” while Miriam means “wished-for child”. ...