Greek Names

Atalante -Atalante was a maiden from Greek myth who declared that she would marry no man who could not beat her in a foot race. She was eventually defeated and married, he cheated and she fell for it. The name means "balanced". The name may also be associated with the Titan Atlas.

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

Belinda -The name Belinda is probably a combination of the Germanic lindi meaning serpent and the Latin bellus meaning beautiful.

Calypso -The name Calypso means "hidden" or "concealed". It is the name of one of Saturn's moons and a species of orchid and a musical genre. In the Odyssey, Calypso was the name of a nymph who fell in love with Odysseus and kept him hidden on her island for seven years.

Candice -Candice is a girl's name of Greek origin which means "fire white" or of Latin origin meaning "pure".

Cassandra -Cassandra was a Trojan princess loved by Apollo who granted her the gift of prophecy but when she spurned him he cursed her that no one would ever believe her. She was captured in the Trojan war by Agammemnon who took her home to be his bride. His wife Clytemnestra killed her. And him. Her name means "she who entangles men".

Charon -The name Charon is of Greek origin and it means "fierce gaze". It refers to flashing, or feverish eyes. Charon is name of the ferryman of the Underworld in Greek myth.

Chloe -Chloe was the most popular name for baby girls from 1997-2002. The name comes from the Greek meaning "young green shoot".

Clytemnestra -Clytemnestra is the name of the wife of Agammemnon whom she murdered along with his lover Cassandra and sister of Helen of Sparta and mother of Orestes, Electra Chrysothemis, and Iphigeneia. The name's meaning is a bit muddled. It may mean "noble or famous woo-er" or seducer? Or it may mean "famous schemer".

Daira -Daira is the name of an Okeanid nymph who was associated with the well in Eleusis. The name means "the knowing one" or "the teacher". This name has been used as an epithet associated with both Persephone and Hecate.

Damian -The name Damian is derived from the Greek name Damianos which means "to tame".

Damiana -Damiana is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "to tame". Damiana is also a plant often used by witches and Shamans for various purposes.

Daneus -Danaeus ordered her daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. This all did but one, Hypermnestra, who spared her husband Lynceus.

Denise -Denise is a French name with Greek roots related to the word Dionysius
The name means "devoted to Bacchus" or "Servant of Dionysus" the Greek/Roman God of wine and religious ecstasy

Dennis -Dennis is a French name with Greek roots related to the word Dionysius
The name means "devoted to Bacchus" or "servant of Dionysus" the Thracian God of wine & religious ecstasy
Masculine form of Denise

Variants: Denis, Denys, Deon, Deonne, Deonte, and Dion, Dionice

Dionysus -Dionysus is the Greek God of wine and religious ecstasy.

Dorek -Dorek is a form of Isidoros meaning "Gift of Isis"

Draco -The name Draco comes from the Greek drakon meaning "dragon" or "serpent".

Eileithyia -Eileithyia is the Greek Goddess of Childbirth and midwifery of Minoan origin. She is often associated with Artemis.

Eleanor -Eleanor is a name of Greek origin meaning "sun ray" or "shining light" and there may be some connection to the Greek "eleos" meaning "compassion".

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