Beautiful names from various cultures around the world and their Gods and Goddesses, legends of mythological beasts, monsters, heroes, people with magic skills and creatures that go bump a dee bump bump in the night. Names from mythical hunters, warriors, healers and demons.

Mythical Irish Names: Abandinus, Aine, Aonghus, Arawn, Boann, Brigit, Danu, Dagda, Cuchulainn, Cernunnus, Lugh, Midir, Morrigan, Tuatha-de-Danann.

Mythical Greek Names: Agamemnon, Ajax, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Atemis, Dionysus, Hades, Hera, Nyx, Poseidon, Persephone, Rhea, Rumor, Zeus

Mythical Animal Names: Many cultures have mythical names for animal gods and goddesses that you can use for a baby boy or baby girl name (or they may be good names for your pet dog cat or bird). Here is a list of some of the common ones.

Female

Bear Artio [Celtic]
Bee Deborah [Hebrew]; Melissa [Greek]
Bird Sakunah [India]; Khurab [Egyptian]
Blackbird Merle [Latin]
Butterfly Kimimela [Native American]; Vanessa [Greek]; Parvaneh [Persian]

Dove Paloma [Spanish]
Dragon Tatsu; Ryo [both are Japanese]

Eagle Arvada [Danish]

Fox Sinopa [Native American]

Rattlesnake girl Shumana [Native American]

She-bear Ursula [Greek]

Wolf Tala [Native American]

Male

Badger Brock [Celtic]
Bear Otso [Finnish]; Yana [Native American]; Kuma [Japanese]
Boar Evers [Anglo-Saxon]
Buffalo Tatanka [Native American]

Coyote Mikasi [Native American]
Crow Kookako [Maori]

Dragon Draco [Latin]; Rinjin [Japanese]

Horse Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend (horses of Cuchulainn)
Hawk Bak [Egyptian]

Lion Lyall [Old English]; Sher [Hindi]; Leonard [Germanic]; Arslan [Turkish]; Leander [Greek]; Leo [Latin]

Raven Corwin [Latin]; Bran [Cornish]; Bertram [Latin]; Corbeau [French]

Wolf Lowell [Teutonic]; Edon [French]; Nashoba [Native American]

Alphabetic List of Mythical Names

Acheron, Amaranth, Amen, Andromeda, Angelia, Anu, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arcadia, Argus, Ariadne, Aries, Arion, Artemis, Astraea, Athena, Atira, Atlantis, Atreus, Aura, Aurora, Avalon, Ardwinna, Arianna, Asherah, Astarte, Asteria, Adicia, Alethia, Adeona, Astrine, Ahalya, Anjea, Avatea, Adonai, Anath, Ashima

Bast, Bellona, Brigit, Belisama, Bia

Cadmus, Calliope, Calypso, Camelot, Caridwen, Ceres, Chaos, Cherub, Clio, Cypher, Coventina, Carya, Castalia, Cleone, Cytherea

Damia, Danu, Daphne, Demeter, Doris, Dragon, Deinara, Dionysus, Delphyne, Darana

Echo, Eden, Electra, Eros, Ersa, Eudora, Euthenia, Eurydice, Enodia, Edesia, Erzulie, Eastre, Epona

Faerie, Freya, Feronia, Fortuna, Flora, Fuji

Gaia, Gryphon

Hades, Hapi, Hathor, Heaven, Hecate, Hecuba, Hermes, Hestia, Horus, Hera, Halcyone, Halia, Hemera, Himalia,

Inanna, Irene, Iris, Ishtar, Isis, Indrani, Ilythia, Inari, Izanami

Juno, Jupiter, Jandira, Julana, Jarah, Jezanna

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