Browse 309 Baby Names & First Names by Origin, Letter

Euadne Feminine Greek Greek

Euadne is a Greek name, a direct transliteration of the Ancient Greek Εὐάδνη, and a variant of Evadne. The name combines the prefix εὖ (eu), meaning "good", with the possible Cretan Greek element ἀδνός (adnos), meaning "...

Euanthe Feminine Greek Ancient Greek Greek Ancient Greek

Euanthe is a name from Greek and ancient Greek origins, derived from the Greek word εὐανθής (euanthes), meaning "blooming, flowery." This poetic name is composed of the elements εὖ (eu), meaning "good," and ἄνθος (anthos...

Euboea Feminine Greek Greek

Euboea is a Latinized form of the Greek name Euboia. It is primarily known as the ancient name for the large Greek island in the Aegean Sea, now called Evia, but in classical mythology it also appears as a feminine perso...

Euboia Feminine Greek Greek

Euboia is a feminine name of Greek origin, derived from the elements εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and βοῦς (bous) meaning "ox, cow," thus "good ox." The name also appears in a Latinized form, Euboea.Mythological BackgroundIn G...

Eudora Feminine Greek Greek

Eudora is a feminine given name of Greek origin, meaning "good gift" from the elements εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". In Greek mythology, Eudora was the name of a nymph, one of the Hyades, who w...

Eunomia Feminine Greek Greek

Eunomia (Ancient Greek: Εὐνομία) is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the elements eu meaning "good" and nomos meaning "law, custom." The name thus means "good order" or "governance according to good la...

Euphrosyne Feminine Greek Greek

Euphrosyne is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the Ancient Greek word εὐφροσύνη (euphrosynē), meaning "mirth, merriment, cheerfulness". The name is formed from the elements εὖ (eu), meaning "good," and...

Europa Feminine Greek Greek

Europa is a female name derived from Greek mythology, originating from the Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē). The name is composed of the elements eurys meaning "wide" and ops meaning "face, eye," giving it the literal meani...

Europe Feminine Greek Greek

Europe is a Greek feminine name, directly taken from the continent of the same name. It is the Greek form of Europa, a figure from Greek mythology. The name traces further back to the Greek elements εὐρύς (eurys) meaning...

Eurydice Feminine Greek Greek

Eurydice is a feminine name of Greek origin, famously borne in Greek mythology by the wife of the musician Orpheus. The name derives from the Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurydike), composed of the elements eurys meaning "wide" and d...

Eurydike Feminine Greek Greek

Eurydike is the Greek form of Eurydice, a name from Greek mythology. The name is derived from the Greek elements εὐρύς (eurys) meaning "wide" and δίκη (dike) meaning "justice, custom, order", giving the overall meaning o...

Euterpe Feminine Greek Greek

Euterpe is a feminine name of Greek origin, ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek elements εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and τέρπω (terpo) meaning "to satisfy, to cheer", thus rendering the overall meaning as "delight" or "...

Evadne Feminine Greek Greek

Evadne is a feminine name of Greek origin, borne by several figures in Greek mythology. The name is derived from Greek Εὐάδνη (Euadne), which likely combines the prefix εὖ (eu) meaning "good" with the Cretan Greek elemen...

Evanthe Feminine Greek Greek

Evanthe is the Latinized form of Euanthe, an Ancient Greek name. The name Euanthe is derived from the Greek adjective εὐανθής (euanthes), meaning "blooming, flowery", which itself is composed of the prefix eu meaning "go...

Gaea Feminine Greek Greek

Gaea is a Latinized form of Gaia, the primordial Earth goddess in Greek mythology. The name is directly derived from the Greek word gaia (Γαῖα), a poetic variant of gē (Γῆ) meaning "earth". In the Roman pantheon, she was...

Gaia Feminine Italian Greek Italian Greek

Gaia, also spelled Gaea, is a feminine given name of Greek and Italian usage. It derives from the Greek word γαῖα (gaia), a poetic parallel form of γῆ (ge), both meaning "earth". In Greek mythology, Gaia is the primordia...

Galatea Feminine Greek Greek

Galatea is the Latinized form of the Greek name Γαλάτεια (Galateia), which likely derives from the Greek word γάλα (gala), meaning "milk." In Greek mythology, this name belongs to several notable characters. The most fam...

Galateia Feminine Greek Greek

Galateia is a Greek feminine given name, referring to the original Greek form of the Latinized name Galatea. The name derives from the Ancient Greek word gala (γάλα), meaning 'milk', suggesting a connotation of brightnes...

Galene Feminine Greek Ancient Greek Greek Ancient Greek

EtymologyGalene is the feminine form of the Ancient Greek name Galenos, derived from the Greek word γαλήνη (galēnē), meaning "calm" or "serene." The root is also linked to the modern name Galen.Mythological SignificanceI...

Glauce Feminine Greek Greek

Glauce is the Latinized form of the ancient Greek name Γλαυκή (Glauke), the feminine counterpart of Glaucus. The name derives from the Greek word γλαυκός (glaukos), meaning "bluish-grey" or "gleaming," and is related to...

Glauke Feminine Greek Ancient Greek Greek Ancient Greek

Glauke is the Greek form of Glauce, a name rooted in the ancient Greek word glaukos (γλαυκός), meaning "bluish grey" or "gleaming." The name is feminine and was used in both Greek and Ancient Greek contexts, carrying wit...

Halcyone Feminine Greek Greek

EtymologyHalcyone is a Latinized form of the Greek name Ἁλκυόνη (Halkyone), a misspelled variant of Ἀλκυόνη (Alkyone), which is the true name of the mythological figure. The spelling variation arose from a false folk ety...

Halimede Feminine Greek Greek

Halimede is a Greek mythological name, primarily known as one of the Nereids, the fifty sea nymphs who accompanied the god Poseidon. The name is derived from the Greek elements ἅλς (hals), meaning "sea, brine, salt," and...

Halkyone Feminine Greek Greek

Halkyone is a Greek variant or misspelling of Halcyone. The name itself is derived from the Latinized form of the ancient Greek name Alkyone (Ἀλκυόνη), which comes from the Greek word alkyōn (ἀλκυών) meaning "kingfisher....

Harmonia Feminine Greek Greek

Harmonia (Ἁρμονία) is a Greek name meaning "harmony, agreement". In Greek mythology, she was the goddess of harmony and concord, the opposite of Eris (discord). Her Roman counterpart is Concordia. Harmonia is best known...

Hebe Feminine Greek Greek

Etymology Hebe is a name derived from the Greek word ἥβη (hebe) meaning "youth." In Greek mythology, Hebe was the goddess of youth, and her name directly reflects her domain over the vitality and vigor of youth. Mytholog...

Hecate Feminine Greek Greek

Hecate (pronounced HEK-ə-tee) is a name of Greek origin, representing the ancient goddess Hekate (Ἑκάτη). The name is often linked to the Greek word ἑκάς (hekas), meaning "far off," though the etymology remains somewhat...

Hecuba Feminine Greek Greek

Hecuba is a Latinized form of the Greek name Ἑκάβη (Hekabe), whose meaning remains uncertain. In Greek mythology, she was the wife of King Priam of Troy and the mother of many children, including Hector, Paris, Cassandra...

Hekabe Feminine Greek Greek

Hekabe is the Greek form of Hecuba, the name of the queen of Troy in Greek mythology. The name Hecuba (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη) is of uncertain meaning, though it may be related to words meaning “far-off” or “to sound.” In...

Hekate Feminine Greek Greek

Hekate is the Greek form of the name Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft, crossroads, and the underworld in ancient Greek religion and mythology. The name derives from the Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekate), which is possibly li...

Helen Feminine Danish English +4 Danish English Estonian Norwegian Swedish +1

Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helene). Its etymology is uncertain, but it is often associated with Greek helene meaning "torch" or "corposant", or possibly linked to selene (moon)....

Helena Feminine Catalan Croatian +17 Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch +14

Etymology and OriginsHelena is the Latinate form of Helen, derived from the Greek name Ἑλένη (Helene). The meaning of the name is uncertain, but it is often associated with the Greek word ἑλένη (helene) meaning "torch" o...

Helene Feminine Danish German +4 Danish German Norwegian Swedish Greek +1

Helene is the Ancient Greek form of Helen, as well as the modern Scandinavian and German form of the name. In Greek, it is written as Ἑλένη, and it was borne in mythology by the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose abduction...

Helle 2 Feminine Greek Greek

Helle is a name of uncertain meaning, primarily known from Greek mythology. According to legend, Helle was the daughter of King Athamas and Nephele, a cloud nymph. She and her twin brother Phrixus were threatened with sa...

Hemera Feminine Greek Greek

Hemera is the Greek goddess who personified the daytime. Her name directly translates to "day" in Greek, reflecting her role as the bringer of daylight. In Greek mythology, according to Hesiod's Theogony, she was the dau...

Hera Feminine Greek Greek

Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the queen of the twelve Olympians in Greek mythology. She is the sister and wife of Zeus, the king of the gods, and the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea...

Hermione Feminine Greek Greek

Hermione is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the name of the messenger god Hermes. In Greek mythology, Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy. The name was also borne by an early Chris...

Hero 1 Feminine Greek Greek

Hero 1 is a feminine first name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word ἥρως (heros) meaning "hero." In Greek mythology, Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite and the lover of Leander. According to legend, Leander would...

Herse Feminine Greek Greek

Herse is a name from Greek mythology meaning "dew, raindrops" in Greek. It refers to both a personification and a mortal figure. Etymology The name Herse is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἕρση (hérsē), meaning "dew....

Hestia Feminine Greek Greek

Hestia is the Greek goddess of the hearth, home, and domestic life, whose name derives from the Ancient Greek word ἑστία (hestia), meaning "hearth, fireplace, altar." In mythology, she is the firstborn child of the Titan...

Hippolyta Feminine Greek Greek

Hippolyta is the Latinized form of Hippolyte 1. In Greek mythology, Hippolyta was a daughter of Ares and Otrera, queen of the Amazons, a race of warrior women. Her name translates as "she who unleashes the horses," deriv...

Hippolyte 1 Feminine Greek Greek

Hippolyte is the feminine form of Hippolytos, a Greek name meaning “freer of horses,” from Greek hippos (“horse”) and luo (“to loosen”). In Greek mythology, Hippolyte was the daughter of Ares and the queen of the Amazons...

Homonoia Feminine Greek Greek

Homonoia means "agreement, oneness of mind" in Greek. In Greek mythology, Homonoia was a minor goddess who personified concord, unity, and harmony—both among individuals and within the state. The word itself comes from t...

Hydra Feminine Greek Astronomy Greek Astronomy

Hydra is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word ὕδωρ (hydor), meaning "water", and thus carries the sense of "water serpent". The name is most famously associated with the Lernaean Hydra, a ma...

Hygia Feminine Greek Greek

Hygia is the Latinized form of Hygieia, with its roots in the Greek word for "health." In Greek mythology, Hygieia was the goddess of health, cleanliness, and hygiene, often depicted as a daughter of Asclepius, the god o...

Hygieia Feminine Greek Greek

Hygieia is the Greek goddess of health, cleanliness, and hygiene, whose name directly means "health" in Greek. Her name is the etymological root of the modern word "hygiene." In Greek mythology, Hygieia is most commonly...

Hypermnestra Feminine Greek Greek

Hypermnestra is a figure from Greek mythology whose name means "much-wooed" or "exceedingly memorable." The name derives from the Greek elements hyper ("over") and mnester ("courter, wooer"), reflecting her key role in t...

Ianeira Feminine Greek Greek

Ianeira (also spelled Ianira or Janira) is a feminine name of Greek origin. Its etymology is debated, but it is most likely derived from the Greek name Ian, a variant of Ion, meaning "Ionian," referring to the Ionian tri...

Ianthe Feminine Greek Greek

Ianthe is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the elements ἴον (ion), meaning "violet," and ἄνθος (anthos), meaning "flower." Thus, the name literally means "violet flower." Mythology In Greek mythology,...

Idalia Feminine Polish Greek +1 Polish Greek Germanic

Idalia is a feminine given name with multiple origins and cultural associations. In the Germanic context, it is likely derived from the element idal, an extended form of id, possibly meaning "work, labour" [1]. This Germ...

Ilithyia Feminine Greek Greek

Ilithyia is an alternative transliteration of Eileithyia, the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery. The name comes from the Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια, which is derived from εἰλήθυια meaning "the readycomer". Etymology...

Io Feminine Greek Greek

Io is a name of Greek origin, best known from Greek mythology as a princess loved by Zeus. The name's meaning is unknown. According to myth, Zeus transformed Io into a heifer to hide her from his jealous wife Hera. The s...

Iocasta Feminine Greek Greek

Iocasta is a Latinized form of the Greek name Iokaste, more commonly known as Jocasta. In Greek mythology, this name belongs to the tragic queen of Thebes, wife of King Laius and later unwittingly of her own son, Oedipus...

Iokaste Feminine Greek Greek

Iokaste is the Greek form of the name Jocasta, originating from the Ancient Greek Ἰοκάστη (Iokástē). In Greek mythology, Iokaste (Jocasta) was the queen of Thebes, daughter of Menoeceus, and wife of King Laius. She is be...

Iole Feminine Italian Greek Italian Greek

Iole is a name of Greek origin, meaning "violet" in the Greek language. In Greek mythology, Iole was a woman beloved by Heracles. Her story, while not as widely known as that of Heracles, plays a crucial role in the hero...

Ione Feminine English Greek English Greek

Ione is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the Ancient Greek word ἴον (ion), meaning "violet flower." In Greek mythology, Ione was a sea nymph (Nereid), one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris, as at...

Iphigeneia Feminine Greek Greek

Iphigeneia is the original Greek form of the name more commonly Latinized as Iphigenia. Derived from the Greek elements ἴφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout" and γενής (genes) meaning "born", the name thus carries the s...

Iphigenia Feminine Greek Greek

Iphigenia is the Latinized form of the Greek name Iphigeneia, derived from the Greek elements ἴφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout" and γενής (genes) meaning "born." Thus, the name signifies "strong-born" or "born to st...

Irene Feminine Danish Dutch +10 Danish Dutch English Finnish German +7

Irene is a feminine given name with deep roots in Greek language, religion, and history. It derives from the Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirene), a word meaning "peace". In Greek mythology, Eirene was the goddess of peace and...

Iris Feminine Catalan Croatian +13 Catalan Croatian Danish Dutch English +10

Iris is a feminine given name derived from the Greek word "rainbow". In Greek mythology, Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and a messenger to the gods, often depicted as a link between heaven and earth. The name began...

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