Many parents are looking to instill strength and power into their baby girl’s name. That’s why they often turn to ancient goddess names or celestial names for their babies. These names can come from Greek mythology, Roman mythology, Norse mythology, or any culture that reveres mythological names.
We’ve rounded up over 100 unique names from mythology and the heavens for baby girls. Have any to add? Make name suggestions to names@babynames.com.
Aine – Irish/Celtic an early Celtic goddess of summer
Alectrona – Greek goddess of the sun
Alethea – Greek goddess of truth
Amalthea – Greek nymph who nursed the infant Zeus
Andarta – Celtic warrior goddess of victory, worshipped in Gaul (now southern France)
Andromeda – Character in Greek mythology and also the name of a galaxy
Anaisa – Goddess of love, money, and happiness recognized in Puerto Rican/Haitian/Dominican cultures
Anjea – Indigenous Australian fertility goddess
Antheia – Greek Greek goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes
Aphea – Greek Greek goddess of fertility, worshipped solely on the island of Aegina
Asteria – Greek goddess of the stars
Astra – Of the Stars
Astraea – Greek virgin goddess of justice, innocence, purity, and precision. The daughter of Astraeus and Eos.
Atalanta – Greek warrior Goddess, could run faster than the fastest man

Atlas – Greek Titan condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity
Aura – Greek titan of the breeze
Aurora – Roman goddess of sunrise whose tears turned into the morning dew
Bellona – Ancient Roman goddess of war
Bia – Greek goddess of force and raw energy
Brigid – Irish/Celtic goddess of fire
Celeste – Latin name meaning “Of the stars/heavens”
Calliope – Greek muse of epic poetry
Calypso – Greek sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia
Carina – Constellation in the Southern sky
Cassiopeia – In Greek mythology, the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, who was
changed into a constellation
Chandra – Hindi goddess of the moon

Circe – Greek enchantress and minor goddess,
renowned for her vast knowledge of potions and herbs
Clementia – Roman goddess of forgiveness and mercy
Clio – Greek muse of history
Concordia – Roman goddess of harmony and peace
Cora – Greek epithet of Persephone, goddess of fertility and the underworld
Coventina – Celtic goddess of the sacred waters
Cybele – Greek goddess of caverns, mountains, nature and wild animals
Cynthia – Greek epithet for Artemis or Diana
Dalia – Lithuanian goddess of fate
Demetria – Greek goddess fo the earth
Devi – Literally means “goddess” in Sanskrit. Devi is the Hindu mother goddess who manifests herself as all other goddesses
Diana – Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals
Doris – Greek sea nymph whose name represented the bounty of the sea
Eachna – Irish/Celtic goddess renowned for her beauty, brains and stylishness
Eileithya – Greek goddess of childbirth and labor pains. Daughter of Zeus and Hera
Electra – Greek one of the seven Pleiades
Eris – Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord, another daughter of Zeus and Hera
Estelle – Latin name meaning “Star”
Euterpe – Greek muse of music and lyric poetry
Fauna – Roman goddess of the earth
Flora – Roman goddess of flowers
Freya – Nordic goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war, wealth, divination and magic
Gaia – Greek goddess of the Earth and prophecy, Gaia is the primordial mother and a personification of Mother Earth, Harmona.

Hera – Greek Queen of the Olympians and Goddess of marriage and birth
Hemera – Greek goddess of the daytime and daylight
Hestia – Greek goddess of the hearth and home
Holle – Sometimes named “Holda,” a Germanic winter goddess of the sky and weather
Idony – Nordic goddess of spring and eternal youth
Inanna – Sumerian goddess of love, war, and fertility
Iris – Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger to the gods
Irene – Greek goddess of peace
Ishtar – Babylonian and Assyrian mother goddess who presided over love, war and fertility
Isis – Egyptian goddess of life and magic
Jaya – Buddhist goddess, whose name means “victory”
Juno – Roman goddess of love, marriage, and childbirth
Kali – Hindu goddess of death and rebirth
Kamala – The name of one of the Pleiades in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata, and another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
Keres – In Greek mythology Ker (singular) or Keres (plural) were female death-spirits
Kianda – A mermaid goddess of the sea and of fisherman – Angolan.
Lakshmi – Hindu goddess of abundance, beauty, and prosperity
Levana – Roman goddess of the moon
Lilinoe – Hawaiian goddess of haze
Lissa – African supreme mother goddess
Luna – Roman goddess of the moon
Lyra – A small constellation in the northern sky, representing the lyre of Orpheus
Maia – Greek goddess of fields
Marina – Slavic goddess of the moon
Minerva – Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine and crafts
Nike – Greek goddess of victory
Nixie – Roman tribe of childbirth goddesses
Nyx – In Greek mythology Nyx is the daughter of Chaos and a primordial Goddess of the Night
Oberon – A satellite of Uranus named after Shakespeare’s mythical king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ostara – Germanic goddess of the Spring, another name for Easter
Orion – In Greek mythology, a giant huntsman whom Zeus or Artemis placed among the stars. Also the name of a constellation.
Parvati – Hindu goddess of love and devotion
Persephone – Greek goddess/queen of the underworld, and wife of Hades. She was also the goddess of spring growth.

Phoebe – Greek Phoebe is linked to the oracle of Delphi
Polyhymnia – Greek muse of sacred poetry, hymn, dance, and eloquence
Pomona – Roman goddess of fruiting trees and gardens
Rhea – Greek Earth Goddess, responsible for the fertility of the soil and women
Rhiannon – Celtic goddess of fertility, linked with the moon, night and death
Saranya – Hindu goddess of dawn and the clouds
Selene – Greek Titan personification of the moon
Skye – Referring to the sky or the Isle of Skye in Ireland
Starr – Celestial
Stella – Latin/Italian name meaning “Of the stars”
Styx – In Greek mythology, a god and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld
Thalia – Greek goddess of comedy and pastoral poetry
Theia – Greek goddess of sight
Tyche – Greek goddess of fortune and prosperity – the daughter of Aphrodite and either Zeus or Hermes
Vega – The brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra
Venus – Roman goddess and love and beauty

Vesta – Roman guardian of the sacred flame
Zaria – Slavic goddess of battle
Ziva – Slavic fertility goddess
I’m excited that some of these names are coming back into our current culture, as we can celebrate the strong women in our mythology of many cultures.
Jennifer Moss (she/her) is the founder of BabyNames.com, author of The Baby Names Workbook, and Producer of The Baby Names Podcast. Jennifer is widely regarded as the leading expert on popular baby name trends and the naming process, serving as the authoritative source on the subject for national and international media.
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