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Iaera Ἴαιρα f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Ἴαιρα (Iaira) possibly meaning "the honeyed". This was borne by one of the Nereids (daughters of Nereus and Doris) in Greek mythology.

Iaira f Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Iaira was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris... [more]

Iaius m Greek Mythology
Iaius was the father of Oedipus in Greek mythology

Iambe Ἰάμβη f Greek Mythology
The name of the Greek goddess of humor and poetry.

Ianassa Ἰάνασσα f Greek Mythology
Possibly derived from Greek ἰά (ia) meaning "shout, clamour; sound, roar" and νάσσα (nassa), the aorist form of ναίω (naio) meaning "to dwell in" or "to make habitable"... [more]

Ianira f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian (Rare), Italian (Swiss, Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Ianeira.

Iasion m Greek Mythology
The name of a minor mythological figure, occasionally depicted as the springtime consort of Demeter. The meaning of the name Iasion is unknown, but it has occasionally been suggested to mean "bindweed".

Iasis ῎Ιασις f & m Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek noun ἴασις (iasis) meaning "cure, remedy, healing", from the verb ἰάομαι (iaomai) "to heal" (the source also of Jason)... [more]

Iaso Ἰασώ, Ἰησώ f Greek Mythology
A minor goddess of healing, remedies, and recuperating from ailments, one of the daughters and attendants of Asklepios. Her name comes from the word ίασης (iasis), meaning "cure, remedy, healing".

Icare m Greek Mythology (Gallicized), French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
French form of Ikaros (see Icarus).

Ícaro m Greek Mythology, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Ikaros (see Icarus).

Icelos Ἴκελος m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Variant latinization of Ikelos, because its proper latinized form is Icelus.

Idaea Ἰδαία f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Idaia.

Idaia Ἰδαία f Greek Mythology
Means "of Mount Ida, Idaean" in Greek (see Ida). Also see the masculine form Idaios. In Greek mythology this was the name of several characters, including a minor nymph.

Idaja f Greek Mythology (Polonized)
Polish form of Idaea, not generally used as a given name.

Idas m Greek Mythology
In The Iliad, Idas kidnapped Marpessa, who was loved by Zeus. When Zeus made Marpessa choose between them she chose Idas.

Idéa f Louisiana Creole, Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Idaea. As a given name, it may be an elaboration of Ide (the French form of Ida).

Idmon Ἴδμων m Greek Mythology
Means "having knowledge" in Ancient Greek.

Idomenea f Greek Mythology (Italianized)
Italian form of Idomene.

Idomeneu m Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style)
Portuguese form of Idomeneus.

Idomeneus Ἰδομενεύς m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Idomeneus was a Cretan king and commander who led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War, in eighty black ships. He was also one of the suitors of Helen, as well as a comrade of the Telamonian Ajax... [more]

Idyia Ιδυια f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Eidyia.

Ieso Ἰησώ f Greek Mythology
Variant form of Iaso.

Ikarus m Greek Mythology (Germanized)
German form of Icarus.

Ikelos Ικελος m Greek Mythology
Derived from Ancient Greek Ικελος ‎(Ikelos) meaning "like, resembling". This was the name that the other gods used on Phobetor.

Iliona Ἰλίωνα, Ἰλιόνη f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ilione, as well as the Italian, French, Russian and Ukrainian form. Alternatively, it might be spelled Ἰλίωνα (Iliona) in Greek... [more]

Ilione Ἰλιόνη f Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek place name Ἴλιον (Ilion), an alternative name of Troy, the ancient city that was besieged by the Greeks in Homer's Iliad... [more]

Ilithyie f Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Ilithyia.

Ilítia f Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style)
Portuguese form of Ilithyia.

Illyrios Ιλλυριός m Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Precise meaning unknown. In Greek mythology, Illyrios was the son of Cadmus and Harmonia, from which the ancient kingdom Illyria (also Illyricum) derived its name.

Imbrus m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Imbrus was an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.

Inachus Ἴναχος m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Inachus was the first king of Argos after whom a river was called Inachus River, the modern Panitsa that drains the western margin of the Argive plain. Most modern mythologists however understand Inachus as one of the river gods, all sons of Oceanus and Tethys and thus to the Greeks part of the pre-Olympian or "Pelasgian" mythic landscape.

Ino Ινώ f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, she was the second wife of Athamas, a Theban maenad who raised her dead sister Semele's son Dionysos and who was apotheosized into the sea goddess Leucothea.

Iocaste Ἰοκάστη f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Iokaste (which is also Latinized as Iocasta). This is the name of one of Jupiter's moons.

Ioke Ἰωκή f Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ἰωκή (ioke) meaning "rout, pursuit, attack", from the verb διώκω (dioko) which means "to pursue, to chase (in war or hunting)" and "to drive away, to chase away"... [more]

Iolaos Ἰόλαος m Greek Mythology
The first element of this name is derived from Greek ἰός (ios), which can mean "arrow" as well as "poison" and "rust". The second element is derived from Greek λαος (laos) meaning "people".

Iolaus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Iolaos. This is a mortal nephew of Heracles, son of his mortal twin brother, Iphicles. He came with Heracles to fight the Hydra.

Ioulo Ἰουλώ f Greek Mythology
Basically means "related to corn sheaves", derived from the Greek noun ἴουλος (ioulos) meaning "down" (the first growth of the whiskers and beard) as well as "corn sheaf" (see Ioulos).... [more]

Ioulos Ἴουλος m Greek Mythology, Late Greek
Derived from the Greek noun ἴουλος (ioulos) meaning "down" (the first growth of the whiskers and beard) as well as "corn sheaf".... [more]

Iphianassa Ίφιάνασσα f Greek Mythology
Means "powerful queen" or "rule strongly", derived from Greek ἶφι (iphi) meaning "by force, mightily" (compare ἴφιος (iphios) "strong, stout") and ἄνασσα (anassa) meaning "queen" (feminine form of ἄναξ (anax) "lord, master")... [more]

Iphianeira Ἰφιάνειρα f Greek Mythology
Derived from Ancient Greek wirds ιφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout" and possibly ανηρ (aner) meaning "man".

Iphicles m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Iphikles. In Greek mythology, Iphicles was the mortal twin to Heracles, son of Alcmene and Amphitryon.

Iphiclus Ἴφικλος m Greek Mythology
Derived from Ancient Greek words ιφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout" and κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory".

Iphikles Ἰφικλῆς m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ιφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout, mighty" combined with Greek κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory".

Iphimedeia Ἰφιμέδεια f Greek Mythology
Means "ruling over with strength" from Greek ἶφι (iphi) "strongly, stoutly, mightily, by force" (compare the first element in Iphianassa, Iphigeneia, Iphidamas and Iphiklos) and the verbal root μέδ- (med-) from μεδω (medo) "to protect, to rule over" with the feminine noun suffix -εια (-eia)... [more]

Iphimédie f Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Iphimedeia.

Iphimedusa f Greek Mythology
Derived from ιφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout" and μεδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over".

Iphinoe Ιφινόη f Greek Mythology
Possibly derived from Ancient Greek ἴφιος (iphios) meaning "strong stout" or ἶφι (iphi) meaning "by force, mightily" combined with νόος (noos) meaning "mind, thought"... [more]

Iphis Ἶφις f & m Greek Mythology
Possibly from Greek ιφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout". This was the name of seven characters in Greek myth, both male and female, including the slave woman given to Patroclus by his cousin Achilles in Homer's 'Iliad'.

Iphition Ἰφιτίων m Greek Mythology
Diminutive form of Iphitos, as this name contains the Greek diminutive suffix -ιων (-ion). In Greek mythology, this is the name of two Trojans.

Iphitos Ἴφιτος m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ιφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout, mighty".

Iphitus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Iphitos. This is the name of several characters in Greek mythology, one of them being a king of Elis.

Iphthime Ἰφθίμη f Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ἴφθιμος (iphthimos) "stout, strong", a word which meant "comely, goodly" when applied to women. This name was borne by a sister of Penelope in Homer's epic the 'Odyssey'.

Ire Ίρη f Greek (Rare), Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology, English
Variant or diminutive of Iris.

Iron m Greek Mythology, English (Rare)

Isander m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Isandros. This was the name of a man killed by the god Ares in Homer's "Iliad".

Isandre m Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Isander.

Isandros Ἴσανδρος m Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek adjective ἴσανδρος (isandros) meaning "like a man", which consists of the Greek adjective ἴσος (isos) meaning "equal" combined with Greek ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "of a man".

Isménia f Portuguese (African), Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style)
Portuguese form of Ismene.

Ismênia f Portuguese (Brazilian), Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Isménia.

Ismenos Ἰσμηνός m Greek Mythology
Etymology uncertain, related to Ismene. This was the name of several characters from Greek mythology, including the god of a river of the same name.

Ismenus Ἰσμηνός m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ismenos.

Isonoe f & m Greek Mythology
One of jupiter's moons

Isos Ἶσος m Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek adjective ἴσος (isos) meaning "equal".

Issa Ἴσσα f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
The name of several characters in Greek mythology, including a princess of the Greek island Issa (now called Lesbos), a nymph from the same island, and a pseudonym of Achilles when he was disguised as a woman on Skyros... [more]

Isse f Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Isse is the daughter of the Lesbian king Macareus (born of an incestuous relationship with his sister Canace), hence she is also called 'Isse Macareïs', i.e. "Isse the daughter of Macareus"... [more]

Issoria Ισσωρια f Greek Mythology
An epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis which derives from Issorion, the name of a mountain near Sparta on which there was a sanctuary dedicated to her... [more]

Isus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Isos. In Greek mythology, Isus was one of the numerous sons of king Priam of Troy.

Itonia Ἰτωνία f Greek Mythology
Means "of Iton, Itonian" in Greek. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena originating in the ancient town of Iton (also known as Itonos), south of Phthiotis, in Thessaly. Some ancient sources say that Athena Itonia was given her epithet from a king or priest named Itonus.

Itylus m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Itylus was the son of Aedon, daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus and wife of King Zethus of Thebes... [more]

Iulus m Greek Mythology (Latinized), Late Greek (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Latinized form of Ioulos. In Greek and Roman mythology, this was an alternative name of Ascanius, the legendary king of Alba Longa... [more]

Ixion Ἰξίων m Greek Mythology
Probably derived from the Greek noun ἰξός (ixos), which can mean "mistletoe" as well as "birdlime". In Greek mythology, Ixion was king of the Lapiths (the most ancient tribe of Thessaly) and a son of Ares or Antion or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas.

Iynx Ιυνξ f Greek Mythology
From Greek mythology. The name of a nymph who invented the magical love-charm known as the iynx--a spinning wheel with a wryneck bird attached, according to mythology she either used the charm to make Zeus fall in love with her or with another nymph, Io... [more]