Names that Honor Goddesses

Aditya -Aditya is Sanskrit. It means "Belonging to Aditi". It is a collective name for the Hindu Gods that are known as the children of the mother Goddess Aditi.

Adrasteia -Adrasteia is a Greek name and an epithet of Nemesis. It means "the inescapable one" or "one who cannot be turned.".

Aesir -The Æsir is the principle race of Gods in Norse mythology
It is a plural word, áss being the sigular. (or ǫ́ss, ás)
feminine ásynja, feminine plural ásynjur

Agrona -Agrona is an old Celtic name meaning "battle, slaughter". It was the name of the Brythonic Goddess of war and death.

Ala -Mother Goddess and guardian of societal law of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria. She who creates the living and rules the dead being a Goddess of fertility and Queen of the Underworld. Her symbol is the crescent moon.

Alfdis -Álfdís is a Norse name meaning "immortal woman". The world alfr means "elf". The ending -dis means "goddess or female guardian spirit"

Amaretat -Ameretat is the name of the Zorastrian Goddess of plants and long life. Amardad is another version of the same. The name means "immortality".

Amaterasu -Amaterasu is the Shinto sun Goddess. Her name means "shining over heaven".

Anahita -Persian Goddess of water and fertility. The name means "pure" or "undefiled".

Andraste -Boudicca invoked the Goddess Andraste before her revolt against Rome. The name means "invincible".

Anona -From the Latin meaning "pineapple". The name relates to a Goddess concerned with watching over supplies and provisions.

Aphrodite -Aphrodite is the name of the Greek Goddess of passion and desire. Her name means "risen from the sea foam".

Artemio -The name Artemio is Greek in origin. It may mean "gift of Artemis" or it may mean "whole and perfect".

Artemis -Artemis is the Greek Goddess of wilderness, the hunt, protectress of children and also bringer of plague and death in childbirth. The name may come from the proto-indo-European root for the word "bear" or it may come from the Greek artemes "strong limbed" or artao "to cut up"

Artemisa -The name Artemisa derives from the name of the Greek Goddess Artemis. It means "gift of Artemis" or may also mean "whole and perfect".

Artemisia -The name Artemisia derives from the name Artemis. It is also a genus of plants that are considered sacred or at the least magically useful by many Witches, including Wormwood, Southernwood, Mugwort and Tarragon

Astrid -Astrid is a name of Old Norse origin meaning "fair, beautiful, goddess".

Aurea -Aurea is a variant of the Latin Aurora, Aurelia and Aura meaning "golden, dawn, wind"

Basileia -Basileia is an ancient Greek name meaning Princess. It is an epithet of Hebe.

Bridget -Brigid is a pan-Celtic fire Goddess honored by many modern Pagans and Heathens. And the popular St Brighid of Ireland. The name means "exulted one"

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