300+ Goddess Names

Tiasa is a little-known river nymph from Greek mythology. Her name would be easily wearable on a child today.

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

Ukrainian goddess known to be a temptress spirit. The Mavka is a long-haired figure said to lure men to their deaths

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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".

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 Celtic goddess of the river Yonne in Gaul.

In Greek mythology, Nete was one of the Muses of the lyre. One of the lyre's seven notes is named for her.

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

A goddess of women, childbirth, weaving, and sheep-shearing worshipped in Slavic regions. She was the only female deity whose idol was erected by Vladimir the Great in his Kyiv sanctuary along with statues of other major gods.

In Greek mythology, a surname of Athena and an epithet of Europa.

Intriguing name of the ancient goddess of rivers.