Names Honoring Pagan Deities

Pontia -Pontia means "of the deep sea". It is an epithet of Aphrodite and could also honor Poseidon.

Proserpina -Proserpina is the Roman name given to the Greek Goddess Persephone, Goddess of rebirth and the underworld. The name Proserpina means "to shoot forth" or "to emerge". Prosperpina is the daughter of the Roman grain Goddess Ceres.

Rhea -The name Rhea may come from the Greek era meaning "earth" or it may come from rheos meaning stream. Either way Rhea is the name of the mother of Zeus, Hera and other Gods. Roman lore says that Remus and Romulus were born to a woman name Rhea Silvia

Rhianna -Rhianna is a Welsh name relating to a female nature spirit or faerie woman and related the Rhiannon of Welsh lore.

Rhiannon -Rhiannon is a name from Welsh myth. According to legend, Pwyll prayed to see a wonder and he saw a lady riding leisurely down the lane on her horse. No matter how fast he and his men rode they could not catch her though she never seemed to pick up her pace. Finally he asked her to stop and she did. This was Rhiannon a woman from the otherworld and they fell in love and married. She is considered by many to be the Goddess of Horses similar to Epona.

Salina -The name Saline may refer either to the moon by relating to the Goddess Selene or to salt

Sekhmet -Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian Goddess of war. She was often shown with the head of a lioness. The name means "powerful one".

Selene -Selene is the Greek Goddess of the moon.

Seth -Seth or Set is the Ancient Egyptian God of discord and destruction. He murdered his brother Osiris and fought with Horus for the throne of Egypt.

Shiva -Shiva is a Sanskrit name meaning "Auspicious one". He is the major God in Hindu tradition.

Silvan -Silvan means "of the forest". Silvanus was the Roman God of the forest.

Snaedis -Snædís is an Icelandic name meaning "snow Goddess" or "snow spirit"

Srecha -Russian Goddess of fate who spins and cuts the thread of life.

Tara -Ancient Tara was the site of the "stone of destiny" of Irish Pagan lore. This interpretation of the name Tara may mean "place of great prospect". It is also one of the many names of the wife of Shiva of Hindu lore.

Tethys -Tethys is the name of a Greek Sea Nymph and the Titan wife of Oceanus. Her name means "to dispose" or "to order"

Themis -The name Themis derives from the Greek tithenai meaning "to order" or "to dispose". Themis is the Goddess of divine order who divided the ancient Greek year into 13 months marked by the new moon and two seasons, marked by the solstices.

Theodore -Theodore is a Greek name from theos meaning "God" and doron meaning gift.

Theron -Theron is a name of Greek origin meaning "hunter". Note one of Artemis's epithets is Potnia Theron.

Thora -Thora is a name of Norse origin meaning either "Thunder" or a feminized form of Thor.

Thurman -Thurman is a name of Germanic origin meaning "Thor's protection"

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