Althea -From the Greek word for healing, Althea is the name of the mother of Meleager. She was told on her son's birth that when a bit of firewood was fully consumed he would die. The word althea also refers to soothing medicinal herbs of the mallow family.
Amalthea -Amalthea was the name of the goat who nursed the infant Zeus. This name means "to soften" or "soothe".
Ammon -Ammon is an Greco-Egyptian name meaning hidden or "the hidden one"
Anastasia -The name Anastasia derives from the Greek anastasis meaning "resurrection".
Anatol -Anatol is a Greek name meaning "Dawn" or "the East".
Andrew -Andrew is a name of Greek origin meaning "man, warrior".
Andromeda -Andromeda was a princess saved from sacrifice by Perseus. It is also the name of a constellation and the name given to the galaxy closest to our own.
The name may mean "ruler or man" or "thought of man".
Anemone -Anemone is a genus of flowers, known also as windflowers which is fitting because the word comes from anemos meaning wind in Greek.
Anthony -The root of this word comes from the Greek "anthos" meaning "flower".
It is a Roman clan name. Means "Highly praiseworthy".
In history and literature Marc Antony was a Roman general who loved Cleopatra.
Aphrodite -Aphrodite is the name of the Greek Goddess of passion and desire. Her name means "risen from the sea foam".
Apollo -Apollo is the name of the Greek God of prophecy, poetry, enlightenment and medicine. He leads the choir of muses. The name means "apple" or perhaps "destroy".
Ares -Ares is the Greek God of violent war. The name means "battle strife".
Arete -Arete is a Greek word meaning "excellence" or "greatness".
Argos -The name Argos is featured in many Greek myths. It is the name of a many eyed monster that served Hera, the name of Odysseus's loyal dog and the Argo is the ship that the Argonauts sailed on. The name means "bright".
Ariadne -The name Ariadne means "very holy one". According to Greek myth, Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur only to be abandoned by him later. But she was rescued by Dionysus who made her his wife.
Ariano -Ariano is a name of Greek origin that means "warlike". This name relates to that of Ares, Greek God of War.
Aristeides -Aristeides is an ancient Greek name meaning "best figure"
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"
Asta -Asta is a name with origins in both Old Norse and Greek. It means "star-like" and "Love"
Aster -The name Aster comes from the Greek work for Star. It refers in modern usage to a genus of daisy-like rayed flowers
