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HelpLovely (and less lovely) female names from fairy tales and myths (long!)
A while ago I posted female names from an encyclopedia of fairy tales and myths. I can't remember how far I got in the alphabet, so I might have posted some of these earlier. Here are G to R.
The book is in Swedish, so some spellings are different to the English spellings. Many of the names that start with K in Swedish start with Ch in English, for example.
Gaia
Galanthis
Galatea
Genoveva
Gerana
Germania
Gioconda
Giudicea
Glumdalca
Godiva
Grimhild
Griselda
Gwendolen
Harmonia
Harpalike
Hebe
Hecuba
Helle
Hemithea
Hera
Hermione
Hero
Hertha
Hervor
Hesper
Hyacinthe
Hygeia
Hypermnestra
Idun
Igraine
Ilsebill
Ilythia
Imogen
Ino
Io
Iodame
Iphigenia
Iphis
Iris
Isolde
Jeschute
Jocasta
Jorinda
Juliana
Justitia
Kalliope
Kallirhoe
Kallisto
Kastalia
Klymene
Klytaimnestra
Kondviramur
Konstanze
Kreusa
Kyllikki
Lakmé
Laodamia
Laverna
Lavinia
Leda
Leonora
Leto
Leucothoe
Leukippe
Levana
Liban
Lubussa
Liduina
Linette
Liv
Lorelei
Louhi
Lucia
Lucretia
Luna
Mab
Mabely
Maeve
Maia
Makaria
Mandane
Manon
Manto
Margause
Mariatale
Marjatta
Marusha
Matrona
Medea
Megara
Mélisande
Meletele
Melpomene
Melusina
Menja
Merope
Metis
Metra
Mignon
Mina
Minerva
Mnemosyne
Musette
Myrrha
Naiade
Nausicaa
Nephele
Nereid
Nerina
Nicolette
Nike
Nimue
Norma
Ophelia
Olympia
Oriana
Orithyia
Pamina
Paminea
Pandora
Parisade
Pasiphae
Pelagia
Pelopea
Penelope
Penthesilea
Perdita
Persephone
Philine
Philomela
Philotis
Phoebe
Pomona
Portia
Promenia
Proserpina
Psyche
Pulchinella
Rhea Sylvia
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
The book is in Swedish, so some spellings are different to the English spellings. Many of the names that start with K in Swedish start with Ch in English, for example.
Gaia
Galanthis
Galatea
Genoveva
Gerana
Germania
Gioconda
Giudicea
Glumdalca
Godiva
Grimhild
Griselda
Gwendolen
Harmonia
Harpalike
Hebe
Hecuba
Helle
Hemithea
Hera
Hermione
Hero
Hertha
Hervor
Hesper
Hyacinthe
Hygeia
Hypermnestra
Idun
Igraine
Ilsebill
Ilythia
Imogen
Ino
Io
Iodame
Iphigenia
Iphis
Iris
Isolde
Jeschute
Jocasta
Jorinda
Juliana
Justitia
Kalliope
Kallirhoe
Kallisto
Kastalia
Klymene
Klytaimnestra
Kondviramur
Konstanze
Kreusa
Kyllikki
Lakmé
Laodamia
Laverna
Lavinia
Leda
Leonora
Leto
Leucothoe
Leukippe
Levana
Liban
Lubussa
Liduina
Linette
Liv
Lorelei
Louhi
Lucia
Lucretia
Luna
Mab
Mabely
Maeve
Maia
Makaria
Mandane
Manon
Manto
Margause
Mariatale
Marjatta
Marusha
Matrona
Medea
Megara
Mélisande
Meletele
Melpomene
Melusina
Menja
Merope
Metis
Metra
Mignon
Mina
Minerva
Mnemosyne
Musette
Myrrha
Naiade
Nausicaa
Nephele
Nereid
Nerina
Nicolette
Nike
Nimue
Norma
Ophelia
Olympia
Oriana
Orithyia
Pamina
Paminea
Pandora
Parisade
Pasiphae
Pelagia
Pelopea
Penelope
Penthesilea
Perdita
Persephone
Philine
Philomela
Philotis
Phoebe
Pomona
Portia
Promenia
Proserpina
Psyche
Pulchinella
Rhea Sylvia
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
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Pretty list! I’ll list my favorite names on the list that were new to me:
Giudicea
Grimhild
Idun
Ilsebill
Iphis
Kastalia
Kyllikki
Leukippe
Liban
Louhi
Manto
Margause
Marusha
Meletele
Menja
Orithyia
Pamina
Paminea
Parisade
Penthesilea
Philotis
And a few others I knew already and love:
Hebe
Hero
Io
Iris
Kallirhoe
Leto
Liv
Manon
Melpomene
Melusina
Mina
Musette
Nausicaa
Nephele
Olympia
Pasiphae
Pomona
Giudicea
Grimhild
Idun
Ilsebill
Iphis
Kastalia
Kyllikki
Leukippe
Liban
Louhi
Manto
Margause
Marusha
Meletele
Menja
Orithyia
Pamina
Paminea
Parisade
Penthesilea
Philotis
And a few others I knew already and love:
Hebe
Hero
Io
Iris
Kallirhoe
Leto
Liv
Manon
Melpomene
Melusina
Mina
Musette
Nausicaa
Nephele
Olympia
Pasiphae
Pomona
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I like:
Iris
Isolde
Juliana
Leda
Liv
Penelope
Philine
Iris
Isolde
Juliana
Leda
Liv
Penelope
Philine
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Chaucer had a different way of posting names from literature back in "the day"...
That, in dispyte of Diane the chaste,
Ful many a bowe y-broke heng on the wal
Of maydens, suche as gonne hir tymes waste
In hir servyse; and peynted over al
Of many a story, of which I touche shal
A fewe, as of Calixte and Athalaunte,
And many a mayde, of which the name I wante;
Semyramus, Candace, and Ercules,
Biblis, Dido, Thisbe, and Piramus,
Tristram, Isoude, Paris, and Achilles,
Eleyne, Cleopatre, and Troilus,
Silla, and eek the moder of Romulus --
Alle these were peynted on that other syde,
And al hir love, and in what plyte they dyde.
That, in dispyte of Diane the chaste,
Ful many a bowe y-broke heng on the wal
Of maydens, suche as gonne hir tymes waste
In hir servyse; and peynted over al
Of many a story, of which I touche shal
A fewe, as of Calixte and Athalaunte,
And many a mayde, of which the name I wante;
Semyramus, Candace, and Ercules,
Biblis, Dido, Thisbe, and Piramus,
Tristram, Isoude, Paris, and Achilles,
Eleyne, Cleopatre, and Troilus,
Silla, and eek the moder of Romulus --
Alle these were peynted on that other syde,
And al hir love, and in what plyte they dyde.
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I like
Harmonia
Hermione
Hera
Hero
Iris
Isolde
Leonora
Liv
Lucia
Luna
Maeve
Maia
Minerva
Ophelia
Oriana
Persephone
Iris and Lucia are my favourites.
Harmonia
Hermione
Hera
Hero
Iris
Isolde
Leonora
Liv
Lucia
Luna
Maeve
Maia
Minerva
Ophelia
Oriana
Persephone
Iris and Lucia are my favourites.
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