In Greece, it is still a tradition to name their children after their grandparents, although ancient names from mythology have become increasingly popular. In present-day Greece, there are many Aphrodite and Socrates.
Further down this page, you will find a list of about 450 Greek gods’ names, goddesses, and figures from Greek mythology.
Famous Greek gods names
The names of the twelve principal deities and goddesses of Greek mythology, living on Olympus, were:
- Zeus – King of the gods and god of heaven
- Poseidon – God of the sea, earth shaker, stormtrooper, father of horses (Greek sea god)
- Hestia – The goddess of the fireplace
- Hera – Goddess of marriage and family and wife of Zeus
- Hephaestus – The god of fire and wrought iron
- Athena – the goddess of wisdom and martial arts, also the goddess of civilization and female crafts
- Apollo – the god of the sun, instruments, and medicine
- Artemis – the goddess of hunting, moon, and virgins
- Ares – The god of war (and war rage)
- Aphrodite – Goddess of love and beauty
- Hermes – the god of thieves, roads, surveyors, shepherds, merchants and travelers, and the messenger of the Olympians
- Demeter – the goddess of vegetation and harvest
In the realm of the dead there were other deities and the names of the most famous in Greek mythology are:
- Hades – king of the realm of the dead, brother of Zeus and Poseidon
- Persephone – daughter of Demeter, queen of the realm of the dead and Hade’s wife
- The witch goddess Hekate
- Pan – the protection god of nature and the shepherds, he was also the god of satires
Names in Greek mythology
Here we list names that appear on gods and figures in Greek mythology. They are names of gods and goddesses, as well as famous objects and animals.
| A-I | K-Z |
| Abaris | Kabirer |
| Abas | Kadmos |
| Abdersus | Kaducé |
| Acamas | Kakia |
| Achanta | Kalkas or Kalchas |
| Achelois | Kalliope |
| Achelous | Kalypso |
| Acis | Karon |
| Acheron or Akeron | Karybdis |
| Actaeon | Kassandra |
| Adamanthea | Kassiopeja |
| Admetos | Kefeus (Kepheus) |
| Adonis | Ker |
| Aeacus | Keraon and Matton |
| Aega | Kererna |
| Aegeus | Keto or Ceto |
| Aegina | Klio or Clio |
| Aegisthus | Klotes |
| Aegyptus | Knossos |
| Aeneas | Koios |
| Aeolus | Komodia |
| Aero | Kore or Persefone |
| Aeter (Aither) | Koros |
| Aethra | Kratesis |
| Afrodite | Kreon |
| Agamedes | Krios |
| Agamemnon | Kronos |
| Agave | Ladon |
| Agdos | Laios |
| Agenor | Laistrygoner |
| Aglaia | Lamia |
| Aiakos | Laokoon |
| Aigisthos | Lapither |
| Aiolos | Larissa |
| Aion | Leda |
| Ajas or Ajax | Leiriope |
| Akilles | Lenaia |
| Akis | Lerneiska hydran |
| Aktaion | Leto or Letho |
| Alastor | Lethe |
| Albion | Leukippiderna |
| Alcippe | Lina |
| Alcyone | Lipse |
| Alecto (Alekto) | Lotofagerna |
| Algos or Algea | Lybia |
| Alectrona | Lykomedes |
| Alkestis or Alcestis | Lykos |
| Alkmene | Lyssa |
| Amalthea | Maia |
| Ambrosia | Marsya |
| Amor and Psyche | Medea |
| Amfion and Zetos | Medusa |
| Amfitrite | Megalera |
| Amfitryon | Meleagros |
| Amymone | Melissa |
| Ananke | Melpomene |
| Anaxarete | Memnon |
| Anchises | Menoetius or Menoitos |
| Andrastos | Menelaos |
| Andromache or Andromake | Mentor |
| Andromeda | Merope |
| Antaios | Metis |
| Anteros | Midas |
| Antigone | Minos |
| Antinoos | Mnemosyne |
| Antiope | Moirerna |
| Apollon | Molpadia |
| Apollonia | Morfeus |
| Arachne | Moros |
| Ares | Muserna |
| Arethusa | Myrmex |
| Arete | Myrra |
| Argonauterna | Najaderna |
| Argos | Narcissus |
| Ariadne | Nausikaa |
| Artemis | Nemesis |
| Asklepios | Nereiderna |
| Askre | Nereus |
| Asteria | Nessos |
| Astraios | Nestor |
| Atalanta (Atalante) | Nessos |
| Ate | Nike |
| Atena | Niobe |
| Atlas | Notos |
| Attis | Nyx |
| Bia | Odyne |
| Belos | Odysseus |
| Bolbe | Okeanos |
| Boreas | Oknos |
| Briareus | Omfale |
| Brimo | Orestes |
| Brisa | Orfeus |
| Briseis | Orion |
| Brize | Ossa |
| Caligo | Palamedes |
| Charon or Karon | Pallas |
| Cerberus | Pan |
| Chariterna (Kariterna) | Panatheneerna |
| Cheiron | Pandia |
| Chimairan | Pandora |
| Circe | Panope |
| Dafne | Paris |
| Danae | Patroklos |
| Danaos | Peitho (Peito) |
| Dafnis | Peleus |
| Danae | Pelops |
| Danaiderna | Penelope |
| Daidalos | Penia |
| Damokles | Penthesilea |
| Deimos | Persefone or Kore |
| Delfi | Perseus |
| Demeter | Pheme |
| Deukalion | Plejaderna |
| Dido | Pluto or Pluton |
| Dike | Pollux (Polydeukes) |
| Diomedes | Polyfemos |
| Dione | Polyhymnia |
| Dionysos | Polyneikes |
| Dioskurerna | Ponos |
| Dodona | Pontos |
| Doris | Poseidon |
| Dryader | Potos |
| Dysnomia | Priamos |
| Echo or Eko | Priapos |
| Echidna | Prokne |
| Eirene | Prokrustes |
| Elektra | Prometheus |
| Eleos | Proteus |
| Elyseon | Pygmalion |
| Endymion | Pyramus |
| Enyo | Pyrrah |
| Eos | Pytia (Pythia) |
| Epidauros | Python |
| Epimetheus | Radamantys |
| Epione | Rhea or Rea |
| Erato | Rumor |
| Erebos | Salamis |
| Erida | Samon |
| Erigone | Sanape |
| Erinyer or erinnyer | Sarpedon |
| Eris | Saurus |
| Eros | Selene |
| Eunomia | Semele |
| Euforsyne | Siden |
| Europa | Silenus |
| Euros | Sinope |
| Euryale | Sirener |
| Eurybia | Sisyfos |
| Eurynome | Scylla and Charybdis |
| Euterpe | Smyrna |
| Faethon | Sparta |
| Faidra | Speio |
| Fantasos | Steno |
| Faunus | Stentor |
| Filoktetes | Stymfaliderna |
| Fobetor | Styx |
| Forkys | Syrinx |
| Frixos | Tantalos |
| Gaia eller Ge | Tartaros |
| Galatea | Taygete |
| Ganymeda | Teiresias |
| Ganymedes | Telamon |
| Geras | Telamos |
| Geryon | Teledamos |
| Gordios | Telemachos |
| Gorgonerna | Teles |
| Graier | Tereus |
| Gripar | Termêssos (Permêssos) |
| Gyges | Terpsichore |
| Hades | Tethys |
| Halia | Thalassa |
| Harmonia | Thalia |
| Harpyor | Thanatos |
| Hebe | Theia |
| Hefaistos | Themis |
| Hekate | Thersites |
| Hekabe or Hecuba | Theseus |
| Hektor | Thetis |
| Helena | Thisbe |
| Helia | Thyrsos |
| Helios | Tisifone |
| Helle | Titania |
| Hellen | Titius |
| Hemera | Triton |
| Hera | Tyche |
| Herakles | Tyfon |
| Hermafroditos | Urania |
| Hermes | Uranos |
| Hermione | Volupta |
| Hero och Leander | Xantippa |
| Herse | Xenia |
| Hesperiderna | Xenodamo |
| Hesperos | Zefyros |
| Hestia | Zeus |
| Hippokrene | |
| hippokamp | |
| Hippolyte | |
| Hippolytos | |
| Hyakintos | |
| Hippomenes | |
| Horerna | |
| Horkos eller Horcus | |
| Hosia | |
| Hyader | |
| Hydra | |
| Hygieja | |
| Hyllos | |
| Hymen | |
| Hyperion | |
| Hypnos | |
| Iapetus or Iapetos | |
| Ideiska daktyler | |
| Idomeneus | |
| Ifigenia | |
| Ifikles | |
| Ikaros | |
| Ilos | |
| Imbros | |
| Inakos | |
| Inyx | |
| Iole | |
| Io | |
| Iokaste | |
| Iris | |
| Irus | |
| Ismene | |
| Ithaka | |
| Ixion |
Briefly about Greek mythology
Greek mythology is a collection of mythological stories that include both legend and creation stories, mythological descriptions of older historical events, and pure fairy tale material.
According to Greek mythology, Chaos existed before anything else in our worldview. Chaos then constituted the universe, which consisted of emptiness and matter that had not yet taken shape. Then the earth, Gaia, arose from this space and shortly afterward the underworld, Tartarus.
The difference between Greek and Roman gods
Around the third century BC, the Greek and Roman gods were equated, and the Greek gods were given new Latin names. The early Romans considered the Greeks to be a little finer and they envied their mythology, history, and way of life.
Over time, this changed, even though it took several hundred years, and the Greeks were then considered primitive and uneducated. The Roman gods, however, are based almost entirely on the Greek ones, but they have been given new names.
Those who read about Greek gods’ names also read about popular Arabic names and Aesir names in Norse mythology.