Which name from Greek mythology is your favourite?

[JessieIsabelle]

Just trying to get some more inspiration as we love names from mythology.

It's for a girl, but you can say what it would be for a boy too, if you'd like.

It can be unusual, we need a first and a middle name, so the unusual ones would probably go on the middle name list.

Zeus: The chief deity of the Greek pantheon, ruler of Mount Olympus.
Hera: Queen of the gods and goddess of marriage.
Apollo: God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery.
Artemis: Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and wild animals.
Athena: Goddess of wisdom, warfare, and strategic warfare.
Ares: God of war and violence.
Demeter: Goddess of the harvest and agriculture.
Poseidon: God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses.
Hades: God of the underworld and the dead.
Persephone: Queen of the underworld and goddess of spring growth.
Hermes: Messenger of the gods, god of trade, thieves, and travelers.
Dionysus: God of wine, parties, and festivals.
Aphrodite: Goddess of love, beauty, and fertility.
Hephaestus: God of fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship.
Hestia: Goddess of the hearth, home, and family.
Nike: Winged goddess of victory.
Chronos: Personification of time.
Iris: Messenger goddess and the personification of the rainbow.
Nemesis: Goddess of revenge and retribution.
Pan: God of the wild, shepherds, and flocks.

Please don’t call your human child any of these names

Iris
Gaia
Maia

Same

Cassandra
Kore
Helen
Phoebe
Leto

@JigglyOhara my thought exactly...Phaedra.
Equally unsettling as a backstory Robert Pirsig used the name Phaedrus for the name of the protagonists deranged alter ego prior to his mental breakdown. But... I like the sound of the name.

Megara

It’s also an Indian name meaning ‘beloved’ in Hindi.

I went to school with a girl called Phaedra and have always those it is a beautiful name.

Err...

Proserpina (Latin name for Persephone). I love the Martha Wainwright song of that name but wouldn't burden a child with it.

Phoebe
Doris
Eris
Rhea
Selene
Nyx

Many of these are commonly used names in the UK. Phoebe is in the top 50

Athena, Thalia, Iris, Gaia, Rhea Helen Cassandra for example are names that would not raise eyebrows. I see Hera suggested all the time.

Personally I love many of these names and feel it's a shame we don't use them more.

I love Antigone, and Tigger would actually be a cute nickname if she turns out to be a bit of a live wire!

I do know a baby Eris but TBH I didn’t know it was from Greek mythology.

Hippolytes / Hippolyta - she was an Amazon queen so very fitting for a girl.

It's also a French name. So a bit out there, but your lo could grow into this name.

Aphrodite
Cassandra

I know a Persephone in real life, everyone calls her Percy

Little Hippolyta would be known as Hippo!

Ismene, Ariadne, Penelope, Daphne - but as others say, as names, not because of their stories, which aren't all great.

@Stillnormal many of these names have been classics for generations; you seem quite ignorant.

Thanks I didn’t know that about Pia having a lovely meaning in Hindi.

Gosh, so many! But Prometheus, Aristophanes, Antigone, Iphigenia at the moment.

Psyche, although I may be alone in that.

Charis
Eirene

Thisbe and Calypso.
Also really think Zeus deserves greater popularity!

You are not alone.