300+ Goddess Names

An elaborate way to get to Cleo, rooted in Greek mythology. Cleocharia was a water nymph married to King Lelex of Laconia.

Astrape and Bronte are twin goddesses representing lightning and thunder in Greek mythology. The sisters would carry Zeus's thunderbolts.

Niya is an alternative name for Lilith, a demon or goddess in mythology. Niya is still worshipped today in a cult located in parts of Eastern Europe.

In Roman mythology, Justitia was the goddess of justice, naturally. Her name was also rendered Iustitia.

Eurynome was a name given to almost a dozen characters in Greek mythology. Among the most notable are Eurynome, mother of the Charites, and Queen Eurynome, wife of King Ophion.

A potential Harper alternative with connections to Greek mythology. Harpina was a water nymph and lover of Ares.

The Roman goddess of care and concern was said to have created humans out of clay.

The continent of Europe gets its name from Europa, queen of Crete and lover of Zeus. It is also, notably, the name of one of Jupiter's moons.

A Celtic goddess of the river Yonne in Gaul.

The name of a male lunar deity in Maori mythology, Marama is nevertheless now used as a female name in New Zealand – no doubt because its warm sound lends itself to contemporary feminine trends. In Tahitian, it means "bright, clear".

A goddess worshipped in Roman times by Celtic peoples on the British isles, only recently rediscovered by historians. Though little is understood about her -- most of what we know comes from a single archeological finding -- she seems to have been a virgin goddess, analogous to the Greek Athena, Roman Minerva and, distantly, the Virgin Mary. Her name was initially thought to be Senua; both are intriguing, highly unusual possibilities for a little girl today.

Hel, sometimes called Hela, is the Norse goddess of death and the underworld.

Artio is a Celtic bear goddess, whose name relates to the Celtic word artos, meaning "bear" — related to the name Arthur.

Tellervo is the Finnish goddess of the forest, who is often depicted milking and taking care of cows.

Andarta was a warrior goddess thought to have been associated with victory.

Akka is the name of the female spirit in Finnish mythology.

Clytie was a sea nymph who loved the sun god Helios, who spurned her. She turned into the heliotrope flower.

A Finnish water goddess, often depicted as a mermaid with the body of a fish and the torso and head of a woman.

Khorshid, also found as Khurshid and Khursheed, is the Persian word for sun and a name used for both girls and boys. The name of a place in Iran, Khorshid is the title of an Iranian film about street children, angilicized as Sun Children. Khorshid Khanom, or Sun Lady, was an ancient fertility and water goddess, the personification of Anahita.

Eurydome was a minor character in Greek mythology — according to some accounts, the mother of the Graces.