Names that Honor Goddesses

Marzanna -Marzanna is a Russian goddess who personifies winter.

Maya -Maya is a girl's name that carries a great deal of meaning.

Mnemosyne -In Greek lore, Mnemosyne is the personification of memory and mother of the Muses. She presides over a river in the underworld which bears the same name.

Mokosh -Mokosh is a Russian Earth Goddess who rules over fertility and midwifery, marriage and household chores.

Morena -Morena is the Slovakian Goddess of death and rebirth.

Neith -Neith is an ancient Egyptian Goddess of war and hunting also associated with maidens and weaving. The name may mean "weaver"

Nicholas -Nicholas is a name of Greek origin meaning "Victory for the people" it is related to Nike Greek Goddess of Victory.

Nichole -Nichole is a name of Greek origin meaning "Victory for the people" it is related to Nike Greek Goddess of Victory.

Nicole -Nicole is a name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people". This name honores Nike Greek Goddess of victory

Nike -Nike is the name of the Greek Goddess of victory.

Nyx -Nyx is the name of a Greek Goddess of night and darkness. At night Nyx draws the veil of darkness across Aether, her son, to bring darkness to the earth and each morning his wife Hemera draws the veil away again. Morpheus, God of Dreams, is also a son of Nyx.

Ourania -Ourania is a Greek name from ouranios meaning "heavenly. In myth She is the muse of Astronomy, the daughter of Mnemosyne and mother of Linus by Apollo. Also an epithet of Aphrodite.

Parvati -The name Parvati is a Sanskrit name meaning "daughter of the mountain". It is the name of Lord Shiva's consort in Hindu lore.

Pomona -Pomona is a Latin name meaning "fruit tree" referring to apples. Pomona is the Roman Goddess of Fruit.

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

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".

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