Ancient mythology stories are fascinating.
They are filled with intense adventures, unbelievable conquests, and strong characters.
Here are some of the most underrated mythical names that still sound beautiful, even to this day.
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This name might be best for a pet, its still anepicname for a child.
This name means living.
This name means the unseen.
Apollo
Apollo is considered one of the most complex of the Greek gods.
The son of Zeus and the twin brother of Artemis.
He is the god of light, truth, and archery, and the master of poetry and music.
He established the great Oracle of Delphi and the teacher of the nine Muses.
Ares
Ares is the Greek god of war.
This name means destroyer.
Poseidon
Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus.
He was also considered the god of earthquakes and identified as the earth-shaker.
When angry, he made the oceans swell up and shake from end to end.
This might be a better pet name than a baby name, but still a powerful one nonetheless.
The name means husband of the earth.
He was clever and arrogant a master thief.
He was also known as the soul-bearer, the one who transports the dead from Earth to Hades.
This name means merchant or commerce.
She was worshipped all over Greece and was the principal cause of the Trojan War.
The name means foam, after Aphrodite being born from the white foam.
She was sometimes associated as the goddess of the moon.
This is a gender-neutral name meaning butcher.
Athena
She is a goddess of wisdom, reason, and purity.
She emerged from Zeus head.
She is associated with war just as much as shes associated with cleverness and wit.
She is often pictured armed and considered one of the most powerful Olympian Gods.
This name meaning is praise.
Celeste
In Greek mythology, Celesta is the goddess of death.
Interestingly enough, in Latin, the word caelestis means heavenly.
Hera
She is Zeus wife and sister and the protector of the sacred institution of marriage.
She was very powerful and strong, but also known for being jealous.
Zeus infidelity makes her spiteful and vicious and when crossed, she can be cruel.
This name means queen.
Chloe
This Greek name means fertility or blooming.
In Greek mythology, Chloe was the goddess of harvest and fertility.
Dion
According to Greek mythology, Dion(e) was a Titan goddess and an oracle.
She was most likely the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and possibly the first wife of Zeus.
This is a pretty gender-neutral name that means god of wine and revelry.
She made the earth fruitful and protected the trees, plants, and grains.
She lived in mourning after Hades takes her daughter, Persephone.
Phoebe
The Titan goddess of bright intellect, she was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea.
She was also well known for her prophetic powers at the Oracle of Delphi.
Her name means shining or bright.
Astraea
In ancient Greek religion, Astrea is the daughter of Eros and Astraeus.
She is the goddess of purity and innocence.
Her name means star-maiden or starry night.
She is often depicted with the other goddesses as naked or almost naked, holding each other close.
However, in Latin, the name means of Gods grace.
Its a very biblical name.
Harmony
In Greek mythology, Harmonia is an immortal goddess of harmony and concord.
It is been said that her powers were in it, which was why it was cursed.
Interestingly though, the name means perfect unity.
Irene
Irene was known as the Greek goddess of peace and the season of Spring.
She was depicted as the personification of peace.
The name is sometimes written as Irini, which means peace in Greek.
Maya
In Greek, this name means good mother.
Melanie
This name, in Greek mythology, was given to Demeter, the goddess of fertility.
It means obscure, blackness, darkness.
This Greek mythological name means bringer of destruction.
Adrastos
This is typically a boys name, meaning inescapable.
In Greek myth, he is a legendary King of Argos.
Aeolus
This boy name is of Greek origin, meaning variable, changeable.
In Greek myth, he is the god of winds.
He also plays a key role in HomersOdyssey.
Andreas
This name derives from Greece, meaning man.
The name is typically for a boy and it means to carry.
He is also commonly identified as Cupid, a winged cherub.
He sometimes performs romantic mischief.
This name means love.
Damon
This Greek boys name means to overpower, to conquer, to tame.
Kai
In Greek mythology, Kaikias was the god of the northeast wind.
He is often depicted as a bearded man with a shield full of hail-stones.
The name has various meanings: it means sea in Hawaiian; in Japanese, forgiveness.
It also has origins of Welsh, Scandinavian, and Greek, meaning keep of the keys, earth.
A cute name for your baby would be Kai!
Linus
Linus was, in Greek mythology, a well-known and well-loved musician and lyricist.
There is the belief that he was also the Greek hero Heracless music master too.
This name means flax.
Pandora
Pandora was a mortal woman, married to Epimetheus.
The name Pandora means all-gifted or all-giving.
This name means most holy.
The Golden Fleece was a symbol of authority and kingship.
This female-given name means to ponder or cunning.
Aria
This name has multiple meanings in different languages.
In Italian, it means song or melody, but in Greek, it means lioness.
In Greek mythology, she was a Crete woman who bore a son with Apollo.
Arianna
In Greek mythology, Arianna was the daughter of Minos, the King of Crete.
This name means most holy.
Cynthia
This name could have a few relations to Greek mythology.
Cynthia was originally an epithet of Artemis, who was born on Mount Cynthus/Kynthos.
However, the Greek goddess Selene was sometimes called Cynthia too.
The name means from Mount Kynthos.
Cassandra
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of Priam, the last king of Troy.
Therefore, she was one of the princesses of Troy, and one of the most beautiful.
She was also gifted with the ability to foresee the future.
The name Cassandra means the one who shines and excels over men.
The name literally means destiny or fate or to determine.
In Greek mythology, Delia was a festival held in honor of the Greek god Apollo.
Apollo loved Daphne, the daughter of a river god, but she kept rejecting him.
She prayed to the Earth to save her from him, and was transformed into a laurel tree.
The name means laurel.
Shes also been shown with wings, a staff, and a vase, serving wine to the gods.
The name Iris means rainbow.
Larisa
This ancient Greek mythology name comes from a nymph who was a daughter of Pelasgus.
The name also couldve derived from the ancient city in Thessaly.
The name means sea nymph or mermaid creatures known for enticing men.
This name means bee or honey.
Orion
Orion was a Greek hunter and the son of Poseidon.
This unisex name means rising in the sky, dawning.
In astronomy, it is a major constellation in the sky known as Orions belt.
Penelope
This name has Greek origin, meaning weaver.
This name means flowing.
As a goddess, she was the personification of the moon.
In Latin, the name equivalent is Luna.
This Greek hero was the protagonist of HomersOdyssey.
The name Odysseus means son of pain.
He then kidnaps her, sparking the decade-long war.
He is the son of King Priam of Troy.
Derived from both the Greek myth and the Old French name Parrish, this name means ecclesiastical loyalty.
Jason
Jason was one of the if not the only least exciting Greek heroes.
Hes notable for the Golden Fleece and having Medea fall in love with him.
This name means healer.
Helen
Helen was considered the most beautiful woman ever lived.
She was kidnapped by Paris for 10 years.
She was often looked at as more of an object than a person.
This name means light or bright.
Hector
The bravest and most famous of the Trojan warriors, Hector had great strength and courage.
His brother is Paris.
He marries the widowed queen, not knowing its actually his mother.
When he finds this out later, he blinds himself… as penance.
This name means swollen feet.
If you were interested in this baby name, a cute nickname could be Percy!
This male name is of Greek origin and means avenger or destroyer.
This name means Heras glory and is derived from this Greek myth hero.
The name Ajax is primarily a male Greek name that means of the Earth.
His name has two meanings: raging and inspiration.
Hela
She looks over the realm of the dead, a place called Hel.
Ironically enough, this name means hope.
Freya
Freya was an Old Norse goddess, the goddess of love and fertility.
This name is of Scandinavian origin, meaning noble lady.
This name means trickster god.
Aurora
This name comes from Roman mythology, the Roman goddess of the morning.
In Latin, this name means dawn.
It is of Latin origin and means helper to the priest.
Its a lovely, badass name, wouldnt you say?
Diana
Diana was the Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests, and childbirth.
She is often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.
This name means heavenly and divine.
Flora
Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring.
She was also the wife of Zephyr.
The origin of this name comes from the Latin word flos meaning flower.
Fauna
Fauna was a Roman goddess of fertility, women, and healing.
She was also the daughter of Faunus, which is where her name derived from.
The name Faunus, or Fauna, means to befriend.
Felicity
The name means luck or good fortune.
Fortuna was a Roman goddess and she shared a lot of characteristics with the goddess Felicitas.
The name could encompass a womans fertility or just general good fortune in life.
The name means the moon in Latin.Ah, la lune.
Victoria
In Latin, this name means victory and is derived from the Roman goddess of victory.
They mean of Mars, warlike, warrior.
Sylvia
In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest.
The name means spirit of the wood.
She is also known as Dana and Danu.
She was the divine mother of the supernatural race of Celtic gods.
She is associated with the spiritual essence of nature, as well as prosperity and regeneration.
In ancient Irish, the name Ana means radiance, brilliance and the name Dana means bold.
Angus
The youthful god of love was Angus.
He was diety of love, youth, and poetry.
(Ah, get it?)
This name means true vigor.
Aidan
This name meaning little fire comes from Irish mythology and the Gaelic language.
She was known as a goddess of healers, poets, childbirth, and inspiration.
Her name means exalted one and is still very popular as a name for an Irish baby girl.
Conner
This Irish-Gaelic name comes from a word meaning lover of hounds.
It also could have derived from the Irish mythological king of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa.
He has similarities to Odin, the Norse mythological god.
This name means the good god.
In Irish and Scottish mythology, Finn was a hunter-warrior.
The name Fiona is derived from this name.
Lorelei
This name has Old German and Celtic origin, meaning siren or lure to the rocks.
Cute nicknames could be Lore, Lei, or Rory.
Nia
In Irish mythology, goddess Niamh was the daughter of the god of the sea.
The name Nia means bright, radiant.
Rhiannon
Rhiannon is believed to be derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning great queen.
The name might have been taken from the Celtic goddess of fertility.
The name means legendary princess.
Amon
Amon was worshipped in the city of Thebes and known as the god of the air.
He became the most powerful deity in Egypt.
This name means the hidden one.
He was also the patron god for embalmers.
This name means royal child.
Osiris
Osiris was one of Egypts most important deities and was also the god of the underworld.
He symbolized death and resurrection.
According to the legend, he was murdered by his brother Seth and resurrected by his wife Isis.
This name means god of the dead.
Seth
Seth was known in Egyptian myth as the god of chaos and violence.
He murdered his brother Osiris by tricking him into a coffin and sealing it shut.
This Egyptian name means pillar.
The name means chief controller of craftsman.
The myth believes that he sailed across the sky and made a passage through the underworld in the night.
Hathor
Hathor was a goddess, embodying motherhood and fertility.
She often protected women in childbirth.
She was depicted as a cow or a woman with cow ears.
The name means house of Horus.
She was depicted wearing rings in her ears and nose.
She also came to be associated with Artemis, the Greek goddess.
This name means she of the ointment jar.
Anne
This Hebrew name means graciousness or queen.
The name transferred from the Anglo-Norman word corb meaning crow or raven.
This is a name that is often given to a baby born with dark-colored hair.
She dedicated her life to chastity and being a goddess of the hearth.
The name means lame.
Elaine
There are several women in Arthurian mythology named Elaine.
However, the most notable Elaines are of Astolat and Corbenic.
Elaine of Astolat had an unrequited love for Sir Lancelot and died due to heartbreak.
Elaine of Corbenic was known as the Grail Maiden, due to her connection with the Holy Grail.
No matter which Elaine you feel connected to, the name means sun ray or shining light.
Guinevere / Gwen
In Arthurian mythology, Guinevere was a queen and the wife of King Arthur.
Her name means fair one.
A cute nickname could be Gwen, which means white, holy.
The name Gwen could also be related to the Celtic goddess of happiness.
Lance
Fromthe Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot was one of the greatest knights.
He was one of the Knights of the Round Table and the love interest of King Arthurs queen.
This English-originated name means land.
Maximus
Maximus the Great, also known as Maximus The Hagiorite, was a Greek orthodox Munk.
While this name isnt necessarilymythological,it still has a powerful meaning behind it: the greatest.
It means many gathered.
Tristan
In Arthurian mythology, Tristan was a tragic hero and a knight of the Round Table.
The name means outcry.
Troy
This name derives from the ancient Greek city.
It means foot soldier.
Aubrey
In German mythology, Aubrey was the name of the king of the elves.
The name means elf or magical being, power.
This is a pretty common gender-neutral name.
Agave
Agave was a Greek mythological sea-nymph and a daughter of Nereus.
She was one of the 50 Nereids.
This female name means noble.
Dillon / Dylan
In Celtic mythology, Dillion/Dylan is a sea-god who was killed by his uncle.
Interestingly enough, the name Dillon means great flood or Dylan, son of the wave.
Doris
In Greek mythology, Doris is the name of the Greek sea goddess.
She was the ocean-nymph wife of sea-god Nereus and the mother of 50 Nereids.
The name means gift or gift of the ocean.
Griffin
Griffins were known to guard treasures and priceless possessions.
In medieval heraldry, it became a symbol of divine power and the guardian of the divine power.
This is typically a boys name, of Latin origin, meaning fierce or dangerous person.
Phoenix
A phoenix was known to be a long-lived, immortal bird.
It burns to death and is reborn from its own ashes.
This bird is often associated with Greek mythology and is inHarry Potter!
In theHarry Potterseries, Dumbledore had a phoenix named Fawkes who was his companion and defender.
This name means legendary bird of the sun.
Lycan
Originating from Translyvania, Lycans were wolf men.
Its adopename to give your son!
Elvis
In Norse mythology, Alvis was a dwarf.
He was promised to marry Thors daughter, but Thor tricked him and turned him into stone instead.
In Old Norse, the name means nobleman.
Which Greek and Roman baby names were your favorites?
Did you have a favorite Egyptian or Irish name?
Would you consider any of these mythological names like after a Greek god for your newborn?
