Mythological and Poetic Names for Girls

Girl Names
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I’d like to expand on the list of mythological and poetic girl names. I mostly like names from ancient Greece and [name_m]Roman[/name_m] culture, but I am interested in names from just about all cultures. I also love names from old poems, names like: [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], [name_u]Hero[/name_u], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], etc.

Example of mythological names that I like are: [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], [name_f]Talia[/name_f], and [name_f]Parisa[/name_f].

Can you give me more names that fit with these themes? Thank you.

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[name_u]Ariel[/name_u] would be THE name to be both mythical and poetic to me.

[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Hebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
[name_f]Leda[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f] (or any of the muses)

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I like all these names except [name_f]Hebe[/name_f]. I know I would [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] the name [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], if I could shake the association of My [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid from my head.

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Greek Mythology:

[name_f]Arethusa[/name_f]
Europa
[name_f]Hebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Atalanta[/name_f]
[name_f]Iphigeneia[/name_f]
Aella
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Andromache[/name_f]
Briseis
[name_f]Ismene[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomela[/name_f]

[name_f]Poetry[/name_f]:

[name_f]Zuleika[/name_f] - The [name_f]Bride[/name_f] of Abydos
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] - [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], A Tale of [name_f]Arcadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiammetta[/name_f] - [name_m]Orlando[/name_m] Furioso
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f] - To [name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucasta[/name_f] - To [name_f]Lucasta[/name_f], Going to the Wars

[name_m]Roman[/name_m] Mythology:

Bellona
[name_f]Ceres[/name_f]
[name_f]Dido[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicitas[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_u]Pax[/name_u]
Salacia
[name_f]Vesta[/name_f]

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Like:
[name_f]Philomela[/name_f]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucasta[/name_f]

Loves:
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]

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[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f] pn ann-tig-oh-nee. Means ‘anti-birth’ so not the most attractive of names.
[name_f]Ismene[/name_f] pn izz-muh-nay. The beautiful sister of [name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]

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My favorite: Amalthea.
Also, my step-daughter’s name is [name_u]Ariel[/name_u] and the Mermaid association was easy to shake!

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Apologies for any repeats:

Adrasteia, [name_f]Aoife[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f], Artoria, [name_f]Berenice[/name_f], Caliadne, [name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f], [name_f]Circe[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], Eirlys, [name_f]Eimear[/name_f], [name_f]Eris[/name_f], Erisbe, [name_f]Evadne[/name_f], [name_f]Evanthe[/name_f], [name_f]Fauna[/name_f], Ferelith, Forflissa, [name_f]Fortuna[/name_f], [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Ianthe[/name_f], [name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f], [name_f]Isis[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], [name_f]Josette[/name_f], [name_f]Juno[/name_f], [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Maia[/name_f], [name_f]Medea[/name_f], Merewen, [name_f]Morrigan[/name_f], [name_f]Niamh[/name_f], [name_f]Pandora[/name_f], [name_f]Phaedra[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f], [name_f]Theia[/name_f], [name_f]Thisbe[/name_f], Ulyssa, [name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]?

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My GP mythological name is Arachne.

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[name_f]Ismene[/name_f] is prn iz-[name_f]MAY[/name_f]-nee or iz-MEN-ee…

Feronia
Rozhanitsa
Rumina
Furrina
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_f]Pomona[/name_f]

Belphoebe
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f]
[name_f]Melusine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_u]Romany[/name_u]

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[name_f]Isis[/name_f]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Hera[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] or [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]

That’s all I can think of atm

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[name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lumina[/name_f]
[name_f]Fantasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Xena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are:
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f] (poem-[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m])
[name_f]Maud/name_f (poem-[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m])
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]

[name_m]Just[/name_m] found Erisbe on here and it is wow!! :slight_smile:

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Definitely check out [name_u]Spenser[/name_u]'s The Faerie Queene if mythological/poetic names are your thing.

Others:
Aella
Aethra
Aglaea
[name_f]Alcyone[/name_f]
Alecto
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
Arisbe
Caelia
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Callista[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
Clymene
[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
[name_f]Electra[/name_f]
[name_f]Eris[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
[name_u]Ilia[/name_u]
Illithyia
Megara
[name_f]Melia[/name_f]
Merope
[name_f]Nydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ourania[/name_f]
Orithyia
Penthesilea
Polyxena
[name_f]Psyche[/name_f]
Pyrrha
[name_f]Roxana[/name_f]
Stratonice

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Many of my favorites have already been suggested so I apologize for duplications:
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
Marama
[name_f]Irene[/name_f] (greek goddess of peace)
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenobia[/name_f]
[name_f]Padma[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
Freyja
[name_f]Hermia[/name_f]
Hippolyta
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
Vidya
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite name is not directly in a mythological story but I really love [name_f]Thora[/name_f], which is of course the female version of [name_m]Thor[/name_m]. Other faves include [name_f]Branwen[/name_f] and Arianrhod, though the latter is not used as an actual name :slight_smile: