Behind the Name: Snowstorm's Personal Name List

Hypermnestra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Ὑπερμνήστρα(Ancient Greek)

Means "much-wooed", from Greek ὑπέρ (hyper) meaning "over" and μνηστήρ (mnester) meaning "courter, wooer". In Greek mythology Hypermnestra was one of Danaus' fifty daughters, the Danaids. When ordered to kill her husband on their wedding night, her sisters complied whilst Hypermnestra refused. As a result, whilst her sisters were punished, Hypermnestra went straight to Elysium.

Deimos

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Δεῖμος(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: DEH-MOS(Classical Greek) DIE-məs(English)

Means "terror" in Greek. This was one of the sons of the Greek god Ares. Also, a moon of Mars bears this name.

Amarantha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Various (Rare)

From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading". Ἀμάραντος (Amarantos) was also an Ancient Greek given name.

Abaddon

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: אֲבַדּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: ə-BAD-ən(English)

Means "ruin, destruction" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.