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This is a list of names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Mythology.
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There are 467 names matching your criteria.
ACANTHA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Ακανθα (Akantha), which meant "thorn, prickle"... [more] AEGLE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of the Greek Αιγλη (Aigle) which meant "light, radiance, glory"... [more] AGRONA f Celtic Mythology Derived from the old Celtic element agro meaning "battle, slaughter"... [more] ALCIPPE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Αλκιππη (Alkippe), which meant "mighty mare" from αλκαιος (alkaios) "mighty" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse"... [more] ALCYONE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Αλκυονη (Alkyone), derived from the word αλκυων (alkyon) or ‘αλκυων (halkyon) meaning "kingfisher"... [more] ALECTO f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Αληκτω (Alekto) which was derived from αληκτος (alektos) "unceasing"... [more] ALEXANDRA f German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more] ALTHEA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek name Αλθαια (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek αλθος (althos) "healing"... [more] AMALTHEA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Αμαλθεια (Amaltheia), derived from μαλθασσω (malthasso) meaning "to soften, to soothe"... [more] AMATERASU f Far Eastern Mythology Means "shining over heaven", from Japanese 天 (ama) "heaven, sky" and 照 (terasu) "shine"... [more] ANAHITA f Persian Mythology Means "immaculate, undefiled" from Avestan a "not" and ahit "unclean"... [more] ANAT (1) f Near Eastern Mythology Possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring"... [more] ANDROMACHE f Greek Mythology Derived from the Greek elements ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and μαχη (mache) "battle"... [more] ANDROMEDA f Greek Mythology Means "to think of a man" from the Greek element ανδρος (andros) "of a man" combined with μηδομαι (medomai) "to think, to be mindful of"... [more] ANTHEA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Ανθεια (Antheia), derived from ανθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom"... [more] ANTIGONE f Greek Mythology Means "against birth" from Greek αντι (anti) "against" and γονη (gone) "birth, offspring"... [more] ANTIOPE f Greek Mythology Derived from the Greek elements αντιος (antios) "set against" and οψ (ops) "voice"... [more] ARETHUSA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Αρεθουσα (Arethousa), which possibly meant "to become excellent"... [more] ARIADNE f Greek Mythology Means "most holy", composed of the Cretan Greek elements αρι (ari) "most" and αδνος (adnos) "holy"... [more] ARTEMIS f Greek Mythology Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek αρτεμης (artemes) "safe" or αρταμος (artamos) "a butcher"... [more] ARUNDHATI f Indian, Hinduism The name of a star (also called Alcor), which was named after a type of climbing plant, possibly meaning "not restrained" in Sanskrit... [more] ASHERAH f Near Eastern Mythology Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea"... [more] ASHTORETH f Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology From עַשְׁתֹרֶת ('Ashtoret), the Hebrew form of the name of a Phoenician goddess of love, war and fertility... [more] ASTRAEA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of the Greek Αστραια (Astraia), derived from Greek αστηρ (aster) meaning "star"... [more] ATALANTA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Αταλαντη (Atalante) meaning "equal in weight", derived from αταλαντος (atalantos), a word related to ταλαντον (talanton) meaning "a scale, a balance"... [more] ATHENA f Greek Mythology Meaning unknown, perhaps derived from Greek αθηρ (ather) "sharp" and αινη (aine) "praise"... [more] AURORA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology Means "dawn" in Latin... [more] AUSTĖJA f Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of bees. BLÁTHNAT f Irish, Irish Mythology Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more] BORGHILD f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology Derived from the Old Norse elements borg "fortification" and hildr "battle"... [more] BRANWEN f Welsh, Welsh Mythology Means "beautiful raven" from Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "fair, white, blessed"... [more] BRIDGET f Irish, English, Irish Mythology Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one"... [more] BRISEIS f Greek Mythology Patronymic derived from Βρισευς (Briseus), a Greek name of unknown meaning... [more] BRÜNHILD f German, Germanic Mythology Derived from the Germanic elements brun "armour, protection" and hild "battle"... [more] CALYPSO f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From Greek Καλυψω (Kalypso) which probably meant "she that conceals", derived from καλυπτω (kalypto) "to cover, to conceal"... [more] CAMILLA f English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more] CARME (2) f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Καρμη (Karme), which was derived from κειρω (keiro) "to shear"... [more] CASSANDRA f English, Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), which possibly meant "shining upon man", derived from κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to shine" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more] CASSIOPEIA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Κασσιοπεια (Kassiopeia) or Κασσιεπεια (Kassiepeia), possibly meaning "cassia juice"... [more] CERIDWEN f Welsh, Welsh Mythology Means "blessed poetry" from Welsh cerdd "poetry" and gwen "white, fair, blessed"... [more] CHANDRA m & f Indian, Hinduism Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चन्द (chand) "to shine"... [more] CHI (2) m & f Mythology, Western African, Igbo Means "god, spirtual being" in Igbo, referring to the personal spiritual guardian that each person is believed to have... [more] CHLOE f English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology Means "green shoot" in Greek... [more] CIRCE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Κιρκη (Kirke), which possibly meant "bird"... [more] CLYTEMNESTRA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Κλυταιμνηστρα (Klytaimnestra), from κλυτος (klytos) "famous, noble" and μνηστρια (mnestria) "courter, wooer"... [more] CYBELE f Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized) Meaning unknown, possibly from Phrygian roots meaning either "stone" or "hair"... [more] CYNTHIA f English, Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Κυνθια (Kynthia) which means "woman from Kynthos"... [more] DEIRDRE f English, Irish, Irish Mythology From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"... [more] DEMETER (1) f Greek Mythology Means "earth mother", derived from Greek δε (de) "earth" and μητηρ (meter) "mother"... [more] DIANA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more] DORIS f English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology From the ancient Greek name Δωρις (Doris) which meant "Dorian woman"... [more] ECHO f Greek Mythology Means "echo" from the word for the repeating reflected sound, which derives from Greek ηχη (eche) "sound"... [more] ELECTRA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Ηλεκτρα (Elektra), derived from ηλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber"... [more] EMBLA f Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish Meaning uncertain, perhaps related to Old Norse almr "elm"... [more] ÉRIU f Irish Mythology From the name of an Irish goddess, who according to legend gave her name to Ireland (which is called Éire in Irish)... [more] EUANTHE f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology Derived from Greek ευανθης (euanthes) meaning "blooming, flowery"... [more] EUDORA f Greek Mythology Means "good gift" in Greek, from the elements ευ "good" and δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more] EUROPA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Ευρωπη (Europe), which meant "wide face" from ευρυς (eurys) "wide" and ωψ (ops) "face, eye"... [more] EURYDICE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Ευρυδικη (Eurydike) which meant "wide justice", derived from ευρυς (eurys) "wide" and δικη (dike) "justice"... [more] EVADNE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From Greek Ευαδνη (Euadne), which is of unknown meaning, though the first element is derived from Greek ευ "good"... [more] FEIDLIMID m & f Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology Possibly means "beauty" or "ever good" in Irish Gaelic... [more] FIONNUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder"... [more] FRIGG f Norse Mythology Means "beloved" in Old Norse, ultimately derived from Indo-European *pri "to love"... [more] GERD (2) f Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish Derived from Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure"... [more] GUDRUN f Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore"... [more] GUINEVERE f Welsh Mythology From the Norman French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, composed of the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth"... [more] GUÐRÚN f Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Icelandic Old Norse form of GUDRUN, as well as the modern Icelandic form. HALCYONE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek ‘Αλκυονη (Halkyone), a variant of Αλκυονη (Alkyone) (see ALCYONE). HATHOR f Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized) Greek form of Egyptian Het-Heru which means "the house of Horus", derived from Egyptian hwt "house" combined with Hr the god HORUS... [more] HECATE f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek ‘Εκατη (Hekate), possibly derived from ‘εκας (hekas) meaning "far off"... [more] HEIDRUN f Norse Mythology Derived from Old Norse heiðr meaning "heath" and rún meaning "secret"... [more] HELEN f English, Greek Mythology (Anglicized) English form of the Greek ‘Ελενη (Helene), probably from Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σεληνη (selene) "moon"... [more] HELENA f German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene, Croatian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinate form of HELEN HELENE f German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology Ancient Greek form of HELEN, as well as the modern German and Scandinavian form. HERA f Greek Mythology Uncertain meaning, possibly from either Greek ‘ηρως (heros) "hero, warrior"; ‘ωρα (hora) "period of time"; or ‘αιρεω (haireo) "to be chosen"... [more] HULDA (1) f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Norse Mythology Derived from Old Norse hulda meaning "hiding, secrecy"... [more] IANTHE f Greek Mythology Means "violet flower", derived from Greek ιον (ion) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower"... [more] ILITHYIA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Ειλειθυια (Eileithyia), which was derived from ειληλυθυια (eilelythyia) "the readycomer"... [more] INANNA f Near Eastern Mythology Possibly derived from Sumerian (n)in-an-na "lady of the sky"... [more] IPHIGENEIA f Greek Mythology Derived from Greek ιφιος (iphios) "strong, stout" and γενης (genes) "born"... [more] IRENE f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized) From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more] IRIS f Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish Means "rainbow" in Greek... [more] ISIS f Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized) Greek form of Egyptian Ist (reconstructed as Iset or Ueset), which possibly meant "the throne"... [more] ISOLDE f English (Rare), German, Celtic Mythology The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested... [more] IÐUNN f Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian Probably derived from Old Norse ið "again" and unna "to love"... [more] JOCASTA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Ιοκαστη (Iokaste), which is of unknown meaning... [more] JUNO f Roman Mythology Meaning unknown, possibly related to an Indo-European root meaning "youth", or possibly of Etruscan origin... [more] KALLIOPE f Greek Mythology Means "beautiful voice" from Greek καλλος (kallos) "beauty" and οψ (ops) "voice"... [more] KALLISTO f Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek Derived from Greek καλλιστος (kallistos) meaning "most beautiful"... [more] KASSANDRA f Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, English (Modern) Ancient Greek form of CASSANDRA, as well as a modern English variant. KHURSHID m & f Iranian, Pakistani, Persian Mythology Modern Persian form of Avestan Hvare Khshaeta meaning "shining sun"... [more] KORË f Greek Mythology Means "maiden" in Greek. This was another name for the Greek goddess Persephone. KRIEMHILD f German, Germanic Mythology Derived from the Germanic elements grim "mask" and hild "battle"... [more] KYLLIKKI f Finnish, Finnish Mythology Possibly derived from an old Finnish word meaning "woman"... [more] LARISA f Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Latvian, Greek Mythology Possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, which meant "citadel"... [more] LIBITINA f Roman Mythology Meaning unknown. Libitina was the Roman goddess of funerals, corpses and death. LIGEIA f Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek Derived from Greek λιγυς (ligys) meaning "clear-voiced, shrill, whistling"... [more] LILITH f Near Eastern Mythology, Judeo-Christian Legend Derived from Akkadian lilitu meaning "of the night"... [more] LUCINA f Roman Mythology Derived from Latin lucus meaning "grove", but later associated with lux "light"... [more] LUCRETIA f Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology Feminine form of the Roman family name Lucretius, possibly from Latin lucrum "profit, wealth"... [more] MAEVE f Irish, Irish Mythology Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating"... [more] MEDEA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Μηδεια (Medeia), possibly meaning either "to ponder" or "cunning"... [more] MEDUSA f Greek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Μεδουσα (Medousa), which was derived from μεδομαι (medomai) meaning "to plan, to contrive"... [more] |
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