Browse Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the meaning contains the keyword spider.
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Ahtunowhiho m New World Mythology, Cheyenne
Derived from Cheyenne ȧhtóno'e "under, below" and vé'ho'e "trickster, spider, white man". This is the name of a Cheyenne god who lives under the ground.
Arania f Persian
Means "spider" in Persian.
Cancor m Medieval German
Probably related to Old High German kanker "spider" with the transferred meaning "weaver".
Cléoma f French (Cajun, Rare)
Derived from French cléome "cleome, spider flowers, bee plants". Cléoma Breaux Falcon (1906-1941) was a Cajun musician from Louisiana.
Cleome f English (Rare)
Derived from the name of the flowering plants cleome, commonly known as "spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, bee plants".
Gossamer f Theatre
From the English word, which means "spider threads spun in fields of stubble in late fall" (apparently derived from Old English gos "goose" and sumer "summer"). A fictional bearer is Gossamer Beynon in Dylan Thomas' 1954 play 'Under Milk Wood' (Butcher Beynon's schoolteacher daughter).
Kanene Ski Amai Yehi f New World Mythology
Means "spider grandmother" in Cherokee. It is the name of the Cherokee goddess who brought the sun to the world.
Kankra f Literature
In the German translation of "The Lord of the Rings", Kankra is the name of Shelob. The name is derived from Kanker, a rare or dialectal German word meaning "spider".
Kokyangwuti f New World Mythology
Hopi creator goddess whose name means "spider grandmother".
Na'ashjé'íí Asdzáá f New World Mythology
A benevolent Navajo deity whose name comes from naʼashjéʼii meaning "spider" and asdzáán meaning "woman".
Níngut m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "line", "rope" (with which something is lowered); "spider's web".
Onigumo m Popular Culture
Japanese "spider demon" Onigumo is the real name for Naraku in the show "Inuyasha"
Osebo m Akan
Osebo is a LEOPARD in the ancient stories of Ananse, the "Spider Man". He was PHYSICALLY STRONG.
Ungoliant f Literature
Sindarin translation of the Quenya name Ungweliantë, meaning "dark spider". Ungoliant was a character in Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'. She was an evil spirit in spider form who helped Morgoth destroy the Two Trees of Valinor.
Uttu f Near Eastern Mythology
Sumerian goddess of weaving whose name means "spider".
Yoaqai f Atayal
meaning "spider"