ANCIENT GREEK
FEMALE NAME
(Greek Community)
HAGNE:
Greek name meaning "chaste; pure," from hagnos "holy." This is the original Greek form of English Agnes.
HALKYONE:
Variant of Greek Alkyone, meaning "kingfisher."
HARMONIA:
Greek myth name of the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, meaning "concord, harmony."
HATHOR:
Greek form of Egyptian Het-Heru, meaning "house of Horus."
HEBE (Hêbê):
Greek myth name of a goddess of youth, derived from the word hebos, meaning "young."
HECUBA:
Variant of Greek Hekabe, myth name of the mother of Cassandra and Polydorus by Priam, possibly meaning "far off."
HEKABE:
Original form of Greek Hecuba which may be a variant of Latin Hecate, meaning "far off."
HEKATE:
Original Greek form of Latin Hecate, meaning "far off."
HEKUBA:
Variant of Greek Hecuba, possibly meaning "far off."
HELEN:
Greek myth name of the most beautiful mortal woman ever to exist whose abduction by Paris caused the Trojan war. The name has been disputed for a long time. There have been attempts to link it with Greek helene "torch" or selene "moon." However, recently it has been compared by scholars to Vedic Saranyu, wife of Surya, who was abducted just as Helen of Greek mythology was; the name may therefore be from the Proto-Indo-European root *sel "to elope" and have been borrowed from the older Hindu myth of the abduction of the goddess of dawn.
HERA:
Greek myth name of the wife of Zeus. Her name is not Greek or Indo-European, it is therefore believed that she may be a female deity of the Minoan pantheon or of some other unidentifiable pre-Greek people. Her Roman name Juno means "vital force."
HERMIA:
Feminine form of Greek Hermes, meaning "of the earth."
HERMIONE:
Greek myth name of the daughter of Menelaus and Helen, derived from the name of the Greek god Hermes, meaning "of the earth."
HERO:
Greek myth name of the lover of Leander, meaning "hero."
HESTIA:
Greek myth name of the goddess of the hearth, meaning "hearth, fireside."
HIPPOLYTE:
Feminine form of Hippolytos, meaning "horse-freer." Greek myth name of the daughter of Ares.
HYPATIA:
Feminine form of Greek Hypatos, meaning "most high, supreme."
IANTHA:
Variant of Greek Ianthe, name meaning "violet flower."
IANTHE:
Greek myth name of an ocean nymph, meaning "violet flower."
IANTHINA:
Elaborated form of Greek Ianthe, meaning "violet flower."
IO:
Greek myth name of a princess loved by Zeus. Also the name of a moon of Jupiter. Meaning unknown.
IOANNA:
Feminine form of Greek Ioannes, meaning "God is gracious."
IOKASTE:
Original Greek form of Latin Jocasta, possibly meaning "violet tinted (clouds)."
IOLA:
Variant of Greek Iole, meaning "violet."
IOLANTA:
Variant of Greek Iolanthe, meaning "violet flower." Name of an opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, based on the Danish play "King Rene's Daughter," by Henrik Hertz. The first performance took place in St. Petersburg in 1892.
IOLANTHE:
Greek name, apparently coined by Gilbert and Sullivan for their play of the same name first produced in London on November 25, 1882. It is composed of the Greek elements iole "violet" and anthos "flower."
IOLE:
Greek myth name of a woman loved by Herakles, meaning "violet."
IPHIGENIA:
"Strong-born." Greek myth name of the daughter of King Agamemnon, composed of the elements iphios "strong" and genes "born."
IRIS:
English name derived from the name of the "iris flower," itself from the name of the Greek rainbow goddess, meaning "rainbow."
ISIS:
This name literally means "(female) of throne," which is usually translated "Queen of the throne." However, the Egyptian hieroglyph for her name means "(female) of flesh," in other words "mortal woman." Isis is a Greek corruption of her true name which is unknown because Egyptian hieroglyphs left out most of the vowels.
MELINA:
Greek name derived from the word méli, meaning "honey."
MELISSA:
Greek myth name of a nymph who cared for Zeus in his infancy, derived from the word melissa, meaning "honey-bee."
MELITA:
Variant of Greek Melitta, meaning "honey-bee."
MELITTA:
Old Greek form of Melissa, meaning "honey-bee."
MELPOMENE:
Greek myth name of the muse of tragedy, meaning "choir."
MINTA:
Variant of Greek Minthe, meaning "mint." Sometimes used as a nickname for Amynta, meaning "defender."
MINTHE:
Greek myth name of a water nymph who was turned into a mint plant, meaning "mint."
MNEME:
"Memory." Greek myth name of one of the three original Muses, daughters of Mnemosyne.
MNEMOSYNE:
Greek myth name of the personification of "memory," a Titaness and daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the three original Muses, Mneme, Aoide, and Melete.
MYRINE:
Greek myth name of a warrior queen of the Gorgon Amazons, possibly meaning "swiftly bounding."
NARKISSA:
Feminine form of Greek Narkissos, possibly meaning "numbness; sleep."
NATASA:
Greek pet form of Latin Anastasia, meaning "resurrection."
NEMESIS:
Greek myth name of the goddess of justice and vengeance, meaning "retribution; righteous anger."
NEPHELE:
Greek myth name of a goddess of the clouds and mother of the centaurs, meaning "cloudy."
NEPHTHYS:
Greek form of Egyptian Nebt-Het, meaning "lady of the house."
NIKE:
Greek myth name of a goddess of victory, meaning "victory."
NIKEPHOROS:
"Bearer of victory." Ancient Greek unisex name composed of the elements nike "victory" and phoreo "to bear/carry."
NIKOLETA:
Feminine form of Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victory of the people."
NYX:
Greek myth name of a goddess of night, meaning "night."
OINONE:
Original Greek form of Latin Oenone, meaning "wine."
OLYMPIA:
Variant of Greek Olympias, the feminine form of Greek Olympos, "home of the gods," of which the true meaning is unknown.
OLYMPIAS:
Ancient Greek name of the mother of Alexander the Great, meaning "from Olympus." It is the feminine form of Greek Olympos, "home of the gods," of which the true meaning is unknown.
OPHELIA:
Feminine form of Greek Ophelos, meaning "help." This name was used by Shakespeare for an ill-omened character in Hamlet.
OURANIA:
Greek myth name of a muse of astronomy, derived from the word ouranios, meaning "heavenly."
PALLAS:
Greek unisex name derived from the element pallô, meaning "to brandish, to wield (a weapon)." It is the name of many characters in Greek mythology: a son of Evander; a giant son of Uranus and Gaia; a Titan son of Crius and Eurybia; the father of the 50 Pallantids; a daughter of Triton; and it is an epithet of Athena.
PANAGIOTA:
Feminine form of Greek Panagiotis, meaning "all-holy."
PANDORA:
"All-gift." Greek myth name of the first mortal woman whose curiosity unleashed evil into the world, composed of the elements pan "all" and doron "gift."
PARASKEVE:
Greek name meaning "preparation."
PARTHENIA:
"Virgin." In Greek mythology an unnamed river nymph is said to have been the mother of a Trojan hero who fought against the Greeks. She is known only by the title Naias Parthenia, meaning "Naias Nymphe of the River Parthenios (in Paphlagonia, Anatolia)." Parthenia and Parthenios were both derived from the Greek word parthenos, meaning "virgin."
PARTHENOPE:
"Virgin voice." Greek myth name of one of the Sirens, composed of the elements parthenos "virgin" and ops "voice."
PENELOPE:
Greek myth name of the patient wife of Odysseus who waited ten years for his return during which she refused several proposals of marriage by princes. The name is composed of the elements pene "needle" and lopas "spool," which is taken to mean "weaver of cunning," denoting someone whose motives are hard to decipher.
PERSEPHONE:
"Person-slayer." Greek myth name of a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, probably composed of the elements perso "person; human being" and phonos "murderer, slayer."
PERSIS:
Greek biblical name of a woman mentioned by Paul in his epistle to the Romans, meaning "Persian woman."
PHAIDRA:
Original Greek form of Latin Phaedra, meaning "bright."
PHANESSA:
Feminine form of Orphic Phanes, a primeval, golden-winged hermaphroditic god, meaning "appear."
PHERENIKE:
Original Greek form of Greek Berenike, the name from which English Berenice derived, meaning "bringer of victory."
PHILE:
Feminine form of Greek Philon, meaning "to love."
PHILOMELA:
Greek name composed of the elements philos "dear, sweet" and melos "song," usually rendered "sweet singer; nightingale."
PHILOMENA:
Feminine form of Greek Philomenes, meaning "love-strong."
PHOIBE:
Original Greek form of Latin Phoebe. This is the feminine form of Greek Phoibos, meaning "shining one."
PHOTINE:
Greek name derived from the word phos, meaning "light."
PHYLLIDOS:
Variant of Greek Phyllis, meaning "foliage."
PHYLLIS:
Greek myth name of a girl who killed herself over love and was transformed into an almond tree, meaning "foliage."
PODARGE:
"Fleet-foot." Greek unisex myth name of several characters: 1) one of the Harpies who was the mother of Balius and Xanthus; 2) it was another name that the rainbow goddess Iris was known by; and 3) it was Priam's birth name; he changed it after buying his life from Herakles.
POLYMNIA:
Original Greek form of Latin Polyhymnia, myth name of the muse of dance and sacred songs, composed of the elements polys "much" and hymnos "hymn, song."
POLYXENE:
"Very hospitable (esp. to foreigners/strangers)." Original Greek form of Latin Polyxena, myth name of a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, composed of the elements polys "much" and xenoi "hospitable (esp. to foreigners/strangers)."
PSYCHE:
"Animating spirit, soul." Greek myth name of a maiden loved by Eros, derived from the Greek word psykhe, meaning "the soul, mind, spirit, breath, life."
PSYKHE:
Original Greek form of Psyche, meaning "animating spirit, soul."
PTOLEMA:
Feminine form of Greek Ptolemy, meaning "aggressive, warlike."
REAH:
Variant of Greek Rhea, meaning "menstruation; birth-waters."
RHEA:
Greek myth name of the wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus, meaning "menstruation; birth-waters."
RHODA:
Greek biblical name of a servant in the house of Mary mother of John, meaning "rose."
ROXANE:
Greek name of Persian origin, meaning "dawn." This was the name of Alexander the Great's wife.
SAPPHEIRE:
Original Greek form of biblical Sapphira, derived from the word sappheiros, meaning "lapis lazuli; sapphire."
SAPPHO:
Greek name, possibly derived from the word sappheiros, meaning "lapis lazuli; sapphire."
SARA:
Greek, Latin and Scandinavian variant of Sarah, meaning "princess."
SELENE:
Greek myth name of a moon goddess, meaning "moon."
SEMELE:
Greek myth name of a lover of Zeus. It is the Phrygian form of Greek Khthonia, meaning "of the earth/underworld."
SOFIA:
Variant of Greek Sophia, meaning "wisdom."
SOPHIA:
Greek name meaning "wisdom."
SOPHRONIA:
Feminine form of Greek Sophronios, meaning "self-controlled."
SOSTRATE:
"Safe-army." Greek name composed of the elements sos "safe, sound" and stratos "army."
SOTIRIA:
Feminine form of Greek Sotiris, meaning "salvation."
SOUSANNA:
Greek form of Hebrew Shoshannah, meaning "lily."
SPYRIDOULA:
Feminine form of Greek Spyridon, meaning "spirit."
STAMATIA:
Feminine form of Greek Stamatios, meaning "stop."
SYNTYCHE:
Greek biblical name of a woman mentioned by Paul in one of his epistles, meaning "common fate."
TANIS:
Greek form of Phoenician Tanith, meaning "serpent lady."
TASOULA:
Greek pet form of Latin Anastasia, meaning "resurrection."
TEODORA:
Feminine form of Greek Theodoros, meaning "gift of God."
TERPSICHORE:
Greek myth name of a muse of dance, meaning "enjoying the dance."
THAIS:
Greek name, possibly meaning "bandage."
THALIA:
Greek myth name of the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. The name derives from the Greek word thallein, meaning "blooming, flourishing."
THECLA:
Variant of Greek Thekla, meaning "glory of God."
THEKLA:
Abbreviated form of Greek Theokleia, meaning "glory of God."
THEMIS:
Greek myth name of a Titan who was the mother of the three original Fates by Zeus, meaning "law."
THEOKLEIA:
"Glory of God." Greek name composed of the elements theos "god" and kleos "glory."
THEOPHANIA:
Feminine form of Greek Theophanes, meaning "manifestation of God."
TIMO:
Feminine form of Greek Timon, meaning "honor."
TISIPHONE:
"Avenging murder." Greek myth name of one of the Erinyes, composed of the elements tisis "vengeance" and phone "murder." Virgil named two others: Megaera "grudging," and Alecto "unceasing."
TRYPHAINA:
Greek name derived from the word tryphe, meaning "delicate, soft."
TRYPHOSA:
Greek name derived from the word tryphe, meaning "delicate, soft."
VASILIKI:
Feminine form of Greek Vasilis, meaning "king/queen."
XANTHE:
Greek name derived from the word xanthos, meaning "yellow."
XANTHIA:
Elaborated form of Greek Xanthe, meaning "yellow."
XANTHIPPE:
Feminine form of Greek Xanthippos, meaning "yellow horse."
XENE:
Feminine form of Greek Xenon, meaning "foreigner; stranger."
XENIA:
"Hospitable (esp. to foreigners/strangers)." Ancient Greek name derived from the word Xenia, itself from xenos "stranger, foreigner." Zeus was sometimes referred to as Zeus Xenia because he was also a god of "travelers." For this reason the ancient Greeks considered it a religious obligation to be "hospitable" to travelers. In fact, the Trojan war began as a result of a violation of Xenia, for Paris had been a guest of Menelaus and violated Xenia by abducting his host's wife.
ZENAIS:
Greek name, possibly meaning "of Zeus."
ZENOBIA:
Old Greek name meaning "life of Zeus."
ZENOVIA:
Variant of Greek Zenobia, meaning "life of Zeus."
ZEPHYRA:
Feminine form of Greek Zephyr, meaning "west wind."
ZINOVIA:
Variant of Greek Zenobia, meaning "life of Zeus."
ZOE:
Greek name meaning "life."
ZONA:
Greek name meaning "belt; girdle."
ZOSIME:
Feminine form of Greek Zosimos, meaning "likely to survive; survivor.
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