This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Greek Mythology; and the pattern is *s* or v*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Sidero Σιδηρώ f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek σίδηρος
(sideros) meaning "iron". In Greek legend Sidero was the abusive stepmother of
Tyro, finally murdered by Tyro's adult son
Pelias atop an altar to the goddess
Hera.
Sinoe Σινοη f Greek MythologyThe name of a nymph of Mount Sinoe in Arkadia and the nurse of the god
Pan. Her name is either derived from Mt Sinoe (or alternatively it may be named for her) or taken from the element ςίνος
(sinos) meaning "mischievous".
Sinope Σινώπη f Greek Mythology, Ancient GreekFrom the name of the ancient city
Sinope, derived from Hittite 𒅆𒉡𒉿
(Šinuwa) of unknown meaning. This was the name of a character from Greek mythology whom the city was supposedly named after, a daughter of
Metope and
Asopus, or in some accounts
Ares... [
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Sophrosyne Σωφροσύνη f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek σωφροσύνη
(sôphrosynê) meaning "moderation, prudence, self-control, temperance". Also compare
Sophron. She was the spirit or personification of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion in Greek mythology... [
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Sose Σωση f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek σως (
sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded". In Greek mythology this was the name of a prophetic Oreiad or Naiad nymph of Arcadia (a southern region of Greece). According to one account she was the mother of the god Pan by Hermes.
Speio Σπειώ f Greek MythologyDerived from σπεῖος
(speios), the Epic Greek form of σπέος
(speos) meaning "cave, cavern, grotto". This was the name of a Nereid in Greek myth; with the exception of Pausanias, all of the Greek poets (Hesiod, Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus) and even the Roman poet Virgil list Speio among the ranks of the Haliad Nymphs known as the Nereides.
Sterope Στερόπη f Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek noun στεροπή
(sterope) meaning "flash of lightning". Also compare the Greek noun στέροψ
(sterops) meaning "flashing" and the related name
Asterope, which basically has the same meaning.... [
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Stilbe Στίλβη f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek στίλβω
(stilbô) meaning "to glitter, gleam". This was the name of a nymph who was loved by the god Apollo and bore him Lapithes, the eponymous first king of the tribe, and some say Kentauros (or Centaurus), who mated with mares to produce the tribe of Kentauroi (Centaurs).
Stygne Στύγνη f Greek MythologyMeans "hated, abhorred" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of Danaus' fifty daughters, the Danaids. When ordered to kill her husband on their wedding night, Stygne and almost all of her sisters complied, with the exception of
Hypermnestra.
Styx Στύξ f Greek MythologyIn Greek mythology the Styx is the river that forms the boundary between the underworld and the world of the living, as well as a goddess and a nymph that represents the river.
Syke Συκῆ f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek συκῆ
(syke) meaning "fig tree". In Greek mythology Syke or Sykea was a hamadryad (wood nymph) of the fig tree.
Syllis f Greek MythologyThe name of a naiad of the town of Sikyon and perhaps a daughter of Asopos. Her name may come from the element
συλλύω (sylluo) meaning "reconciler".
Synecho f Greek MythologyThe name of one of the Hyades, derived from
συνέχεια (synécheia) meaning "continuation, continuity".
Syrinx Σύριγξ f Greek MythologyFrom Greek σῦριγξ
(syrinx) meaning "tube" or "panpipes", referring to a musical instrument played by mouth and comprising tubes arranged in order of length. In Greek myth this was the name of a nymph and follower of
Artemis, the virgin huntress... [
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Tecmessa Τέκμησσα f Greek MythologyPossibly derived from Ancient Greek τέκμαρ
(tekmar) meaning "fixed mark; end, goal, token, pledge". In Greek Mythology, this was the name of a princess of
Phrygia (or sometimes
Teuthrania) who was taken as a concubine by
Ajax, as well as of an Amazon warrior killed by
Hercules.
Telesto f Greek MythologyAn Oceanid, one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. A moon of saturn was named after her.
Telethusa Τελέθουσα f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Τελέθουσα
(Telethousa), which is possibly derived from Greek τελέθω
(telethô) meaning "to come into being". This name belonged to the mother of Iphis in Greek mythology.
Thalestris Θάληστρις f Greek MythologyThe name of an Amazon queen. According to a legend, she met Alexander the Great wishing to conceive a child.
Thamyris Θάμυρις m & f Ancient Greek, Greek MythologyAs a masculine name, it belonged to a bard who claimed he could out-perform the Muses. When he lost the competition, they punished him by taking both his skill and his eye-sight away.... [
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Themisto Θεμιστώ f Greek MythologyFrom Greek
θεμιστος (
themistos) which means "belonging to the law", or "belonging to the customs". It is therefore related to
Themis.... [
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Thespia Θέσπια f Greek MythologyPossibly derived from Greek θέσπις
(thespis) meaning "having words from god, inspired" or "divine, wondrous, awful". This was the name of a nymph in Greek mythology.
Thrassa Θρασσα f Greek MythologyMeans “Thracian", referring to someone from the region of Thrace. In mythology, Thrassa was a nymph, the daughter of
Ares and the Naiad
Tereine... [
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Tiasa Τίασα f Greek MythologyTiasa was a Naiad nymph in Greek Mythology. She was a Laconian princess, daughter of King Eurotas.