The names listed here occur in the mythologies of the Near East. That is, the mythologies of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Canaanites, Phoenicians and others. See also Egyptian mythology names.

AMARDAD   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of AMERETAT

AMERETAT   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "immortality" in Avestan... [more]

AMURDAD   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of AMERETAT... [more]

ANAHITA   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "immaculate, undefiled" from Avestan a "not" and ahit "unclean"... [more]

ANAITIS   f   Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of ANAHITA

ANAT (1)   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring"... [more]

ANATH (2)   f   Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
From Αναθ (Anath), the Greek form of ANAT (1)

ANATU   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Form of ANAT (1)

ASHERAH   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea"... [more]

ASHTAD   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "justice" in Persian... [more]

ASHTORETH   f   Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

ASTAROTH   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Variant of ASHTORETH

ASTARTE   f   Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of ASHTORETH

CYBELE   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

ERESHKIGAL   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "lady of the great earth" in Sumerian... [more]

FARVARDIN   f & m   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "guardian spirit" in Persian... [more]

HAURVATAT   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "health, perfection, wholeness" in Avestan... [more]

INANNA   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from Sumerian (n)in-an-na "lady of the sky"... [more]

ISHTAR   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

KHORDAD   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of HAURVATAT... [more]

KHURSHID   m & f   Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of Hvare Khshaeta meaning "shining sun" in Avestan... [more]

LILITH   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Assyrian lilitu meaning "of the night"... [more]

NANAEA   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown, but possibly means "undefiled" in Babylonian... [more]

NANAIA   f   Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of NANAEA

NINA (2)   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

SHAHRIVAR   m & f   Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of Kshathra Vairya meaning "desirable power" in Avestan... [more]

TANIS   f   Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of TANITH

TANIT   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Variant of TANITH

TANITH   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Semitic roots meaning "serpent lady"... [more]

TIAMAT   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "sea" in Akkadian... [more]