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ABDERUS:  myth name (a friend of Hercules)

ABSYRTUS:  myth name (brother of Medea)

ABYDOS:  from Abydos

ACASTUS:  myth name (an Argonaut)

ACESTES, AGESTES:  myth name

ACHATES:  myth name (companion of Aeneas)

ACHELOUS:  myth name (a river god)

ACHERON:  myth name (river of woe)

ACHILLES:  lipless

ACIS:  myth name (lover of Galatea)

ACONTEUS:  myth name

ACRISIUS:  myth name (grandfather of Perseus)

ACTEON, ACTAEON:  myth name (a hunter torn apart by his own dogs)

ADMETUS:  myth name (a king of Pherae)

ADONIS:  myth name (lover of Aphrodite)

ADRASTUS:  myth name (one of the attackers in "The Seven Against Thebes")

AEACUS:  myth name (grandfather of Achilles)

AEETES:  myth name (Medea's father)

AEGEUS:  myth name (second husband of Medea)

AEGIS:  myth name (shield of Zeus)

AEGISTHUS:  myth name (cousin of Agamemnon)

AEGYPTUS:  myth name (father of Danaides)

AENEAS:  praiseworthy

AEOLUS:  myth name (god of the winds)

AESCULAPIUS, ASKLEPIOS:  myth name (god of medicine)

AESON:  myth name (father of Jason)

AGAMEDES:  myth name (murdered by his brother for theft)

AGAMEMNON:  myth name (leader of the Greek forces against Troy)

AGENOR:  myth name (son of Poseidon)

AJAX:  eagle

AKIL:  from the river Akil

ALASTAIR, ALASTOR, ALASDAIR:  avenger

ALCIDES:  descended from Alcaeus

ALCINOUS, ALCINOOS:  myth name (helps Odysseus return home)

ALCMAEON:  myth name (one of the Thebes attackers)

ALCYONEUS:  myth name (fought against Athena)

ALEXANDER, ALEXIS, ALEC, ALEX, ALEKSANDUR, ALESSANDRO, ALEXANDROS, ALEXANDRAS, ALEXANDRUKAS, ALIX, ALEKSANDR, ALEKSY, ALEXIO, ALEXEI, ALYOSHA, ALYOSHENKA:  defender of man

ALOEUS:  myth name (father of giants)

ALPHENOR:  myth name

ALPHEUS:  myth name (river god)

AMBROSE, AMBRUS, AMBROCIO, ATHAN, ATHANASIUS, ANSTICE:  immortal

AMPHIARAUS:  myth name (one of the attackers of Thebes)

AMPHION:  myth name (son of Zeus)

AMPHITRYON:  myth name (husband of Alcmene)

AMPYX:  myth name (father of Mopsus)

AMYCUS:  myth name (son of Poseidon)

ANASTASIUS, ANASZTAZ, ANASTAGIO, ANASTASIO:  reborn

ANATLOE, ANATOLI, ANATOLIO, ANATOLIJUS, ANATOL:  easterner

ANCAEUS:  myth name (an Argonaut)

ANCHISES:  myth name (father of Aeneas)

ANDERSON, ANDERS, PAPANDROU:  son of Ander

ANDRAEMON:  myth name

ANDREW, ANDER, ANDRES, ANKER, ANTTI, ADRAS, ANDOR, AINDREAS, AINDRIU, ANDROU, ANIOL, ANNDRA, ANDREA, ANDRIES:  manly

ANDROGEUS:  myth name (son of Minos)

ANGELL, ANGEL, ANGELO:  messenger

ANIBAL:  graced by God

ANSTICE, ANASTASIOS, ANSTISS:  resurrected

ANTAEUS:  myth name (killed by Hercules)

ANTEROS:  myth name (mutual love)

ANTHONY, ANTON, ANTONY:  priceless

ANTHOR:  myth name

ANTILOCHUS:  myth name (son of Nestor)

ANTINOUS:  myth name (one of Penelope's suitors)

ANTIPHATES:  myth name (a Cyclops)

AONGHAS, ANGUS:  unique choice

APOLLO, APOLONIUSZ:  manly beauty

ARCAS:  myth name (son of Zeus)

ARCHEMORUS:  myth name (son of Lycurgus)

ARES:  myth name (god of war)

ARGO:  myth name (name of Jason's ship)

ARGUS, ARGOS:  all-seeing

ARION:  myth name (horse of Adrastus)

ARISTAEUS:  myth name (son of Apollo)

ARISTID:  son of a great man

ARISTOTLE:  best of thinkers

ARSENE, ARSENIO:  strong

ARTEMAS, ARTEMUS, ARTEMESIO:  gift from Artemis

ASCALAPHUS:  myth name (turned into an owl by Persephone)

ASOPUS:  myth name (son of Hector killed at Troy)

ATHAMAS:  myth name (father of Phrixus and Helle)

ATHANASIOS:  noble

ATLAS:  myth name (a Titan)

ATREIDES:  descended from Atreus

ATREUS:  myth name (father of Agamemnon)

ATTIS:  myth name (son of Manes)

AUSTER:  myth name

AUTOLYCUS:  myth name (son of Hermes)

AVERNUS:  myth name (portal to Hades)

BALASI:  flat-footed

BALTSAROS:  Greek form of Balthazar

BAPTISTE:  baptizer

BARUCH:  goodly

BASIL, BASILE, BASILIO, BAZYLI:  royal

BASTIEN, BASTIAAN, BASTE:  revered

BAUCIS, BACCUS, BACCAUS:  myth name (name of Dionysus)

BELLEROPHON:  myth name (slew Chimera)

BITON:  myth name (son of a priestess)

BOETHIUS:  myth name

BOREAS:  myth name (the north wind)

BRIAREUS:  myth name (a Titan)

CADMON:  myth name

CADMUS:  from the east

CALAIS:  myth name (son of Boreas)

CALCHAS:  myth name (a seer)

CAPANEUS:  myth name (one of the attackers against Thebes)

CASTOR:  myth name (brother of Helen)

CEBRIONES:  myth name

CECROPS:  myth name (founder of Athens)

CELEUS:  myth name (father of Triptolemus)

CENON:  friendly

CEPHALUS:  myth name (husband who killed Procris)

CEPHEUS:  myth name (father of Andromeda)

CERBERUS:  myth name (guardian to the gate of Hades)

CERCYON:  myth name (name of a king)

CESARE, CAESARE, CASEAREO:  long-haired

CETUS:  myth name (sea monster of Poseidon)

CEYX:  myth name (husband of Alcyone)

CHARON:  myth name (ferryman across the river Styx)

CHARYBDIS:  myth name (a deadly whirlpool)

CHIMERA:  myth name (the monster killed by Bellerophon)

CHIRON:  myth name (a centaur)

CHRISTIAN, CRETIEN, CHRIS, CHRISTIANO:  Christian

CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTOPHE, CHRISTOBEL, CHRISTOPH, CHRISTOPHOROS, CRISTOFORO, CHRISTOFFEL:  Christ-bearer

CHRISTOS:  Christ

CHRYSES:  myth name (a priest of Apollo)

CHRYSOSTOM:  golden-mouthed

CLAUS, CLAAS, COLUM, COLE:  people's victory

CLEOBIS:  myth name (son of a priestess)

CLETUS:  summoned

COCYTUS:  myth name (river of lamenting)

COEUS:  myth name (father of Leto)

CORINEUS:  myth name

CORYBANTES:  myth name (priest of Rhea)

CORYDON, CORIDAN:  ready to fight

COSMAS, COSMO, COSIMA, COS:  order

COTTUS:  myth name (a Titan)

CREON:  myth name (Jocasta's brother)

CRONUS:  myth name (a Titan)

CTESIPPUS:  myth name (one of Penelope's suitors)

CYCNUS:  swan

CYPRIAN:  from Cyprus

CYR, CYRIL, CYRYL, CYREK, COIREALL, CIRILO, CIRO, CIRIO:  lordly

CYRANO:  from Cyrene

CYRUS, CIRO, CY:  sun

DAEDALUS:  myth name (killed his nephew)

DAEMON:  myth name (guardian spirit)

DAMASKENOS, DAMASKINOS:  from Damascus

DAMIAN, DAMEN, DAMAE:  tame

DAMOCLES:  myth name (a tyrant of Syracuse)

DANAUS:  myth name (father of the Danaides)

DAPHNIS:  myth name (blinded for his infidelity)

DARDANUS:  myth name (founder of Troy)

DEIPHOBUS:  myth name (a son of Priam)

DELPHINUS:  myth name (a scout of Poseidon)

DEMETRIUS, DEMETRI, DEMETRE, DEMETRIOS:  gift from Demeter

DEMODOCUS:  myth name (a blind bard)

DEMOGORGON:  myth name (thought to be the name for Satan)

DEMOPHON:  myth name (son of Theseus)

DEUCALION:  myth name (son of Prometheus)

DHIMITRIOS:  myth name

DIOMEDES:  myth name (an evil king)

DIONYSIUS, DENES, DION, DUNIXI, DENYS, DIONYSIOS, DIONYSUS:  myth name (god of wine)

DOLIUS:  myth name (a shepherd)

DORAN:  a gift

DORIAN:  a Dorian

ECHION:  myth name

EGIDIO:  shield-bearer

ELEK, ELI:  defender of man

ELEUTHERIOS, ELEFTHERIOS:  free

ELPENOR:  myth name (one of Odysseus's men)

ENCELADUS:  myth name (a giant)

ENDRE:  manly

ENDYMION:  myth name (a shepherd)

ENEA:  born ninth

ENEAS:  praised

EPEIUS:  myth name (maker of the Trojan horse)

EPOPEUS:  myth name

ERASMUS:  worthy of love

ERCOLE:  gift from God

EREBUS:  myth name (father of Charon)

ERECHTHEUS:  myth name (a king of Athens)

ERICHTHONIUS:  myth name (a king of Athens)

ERYMANTHUS:  myth name (son of Apollo)

ERYSICHTHON:  myth name (cursed with an insatiable hunger that caused his death)

ESTEBE, ESTEVAO:  victorious

ETEOCLES:  myth name (son of Oedipus)

ETOR, ETTORE, EACHANN:  steadfast

EUBULEUS:  myth name (told Demeter about her daughter)

EUGENE, EUGEN, EUGENIOS, EUGENIO, EVASN, EOGHAN:  wellborn

EUMAEUS:  myth name (a swineherd who fought with Odysseus)

EUPEITHES:  myth name (father of a suitor for Penelope)

EURUS:  myth name (god of the east wind)

EURYALUS:  myth name (taunted Odysseus)

EURYLOCHUS:  myth name (turned into a pig by Circe)

EURYMACHUS:  myth name (suitor of Penelope)

EURYPYLUS:  myth name (a soldier against Greece in the Trojan War)

EURYSTHEUS:  myth name (a cousin of Hercules)

EURYTON:  myth name (a giant)

EUSEBIUS:  pious

EUSTACE, EUSTIS, EUSTACHY:  fruitful

EVZEN:  noble

FARRIS:  rock

FEDOR, FEODOR:  divine gift

FEODRAS:  stone

FILIPPO, FULOP, FLIP, FILIPS:  lover of horses

GALEN:  meaning unknown

GALINTHIAS:  myth name (servant of Alcmene)

GANYMEDE:  myth name (cup-bearer to the gods)

GELASIUS:  laughter

GEORGE, GEORG, GEORGES, GEORGET, GORKA, GYORGY, GYOERGY, GYURI, GYURKA, GEORDIE, GORAN, GHEORGHR:  farmer

GERYON:  myth name (monster killed by Hercules)

GILES, GILLES:  shield-bearer

GLAUCUS:  myth name (son of Minos)

GREGORY, GREGOIRE, GREGORIE, GREGOR, GRIGOR, GRUEV, GRIGOROV, GREGOS, GERGELY, GERGOR, GREGORIOR:  vigilant

GUILIO:  young

GYES:  myth name (a Titan)

HAEMON:  myth name (son of Creon)

HALI:  sea

HALIRRHOTHIUS:  myth name (son of Poseidon)

HALITHERSIS:  myth name (seer who warns Penelope's suitors)

HARALAMBOS:  meaning unknown

HASIONE:  myth name

HECTOR:  steadfast

HELENUS:  myth name (son of Priam)

HELIOS:  myth name (god of the sun)

HEPHAESTUS:  myth name (god of the crafts)

HERCULES, HERAKLESR:  myth name (son of Zeus)

HERMES:  myth name (messenger of the gods)

HESPEROS:  evening star

HIERONIM:  meaning unknown

HIPOLIT, HIPPOLYTUSR:  freer of horses

HIPPOCAMPUS:  myth name (a horse of Poseidon)

HIPPOGRIFF:  myth name (part horse, part griffen)

HIPPOLYTUS:  myth name (son of Theseus)

HIPPOMENES:  myth name (winner of Atalanta)

HOMER, HOMERUS, HOMEROS:  security

HYANCINTHE, HYACINTHUSR:  hyacinth

HYLAS:  myth name (son of Theiodamas)

HYMEN:  myth name (god of marriage)

HYPERION:  myth name (a Titan)

HYPNOS:  myth name (god of sleep)

HYRIEUS:  myth name

IAPETUS:  myth name (a Titan)

IASION:  myth name (father of Plutus)

IASIUS:  myth name

IASON:  healer

IBYCUS:  myth name (a bard)

ICARIUS:  myth name (gave wine to the citizens of Athens who mistook it for poison and killed him)

ICARUS:  myth name (son of Daedalus)

ICELOS:  myth name (son of Hypnos)

IDAS:  myth name (an Argonaut)

IDOMENEUS:  myth name (a king of Crete)

IGNATIUS:  fiery

INACHUS:  myth name (a river god)

IOBATES:  myth name

ION:  myth name (son of Apollo)

IORGAS, IGORR:  farmer

IPHICLES:  myth name (Hercules' twin brother)

IPHIS:  myth name (hanged himself over unrequited love)

IPHITUS:  myth name (brother of Iole)

IRUS:  myth name (challenged Odysseus on his return to Ithaca)

ISIDORE, ISADORER, IXIDORR, ISIDOROR, ISIDRRO:   strong gift

ISTVAN:  victorious

IVAN, IVANETSR, IVANKOR:  glorious gift

IXION:  myth name (father of the centaurs)

JACINTO:  hyacinth
JASON, JASUNR, JAYR:  healer

JENO, JENCIR:  well-born

JEROME, JEROENR:  holy name

JIRI, JIRKAR, JURGIST, JORISR, JERZYR, JORGENR, JORNR, JORGR, JORENR:  farmer

JULIAN, JULIUSR:  youthful

KADMUS:  from the east

KAJ:  earth

KARSTEN, KRISTR:  anointed

KEDALION:  myth name

KERIL, KIRILR, KYRILLOSR, KIRILR, KUIRILR, KIRYLR:  lordly

KESTER, KESTORR, KITR, KIPR, KRISR, KRISTOR, KRISTOFR, KRYSTUPASR:  Christ-bearer

KHRISTOS:  Christ

KLAUS, KLASSR:  people's victory

KOLYA:  victorious army

KORUDON:  helmeted

KOSMY, KOSMOSR:  order

KRATOS:  strength

KIRKOR:  vigilant

KRISTIAN, KRISCHANR, KRZYSZTOFR, KHRYSTIYANR:  Christian

KYRILLOS:  lordly

KYROS:  master

LADON:  myth name (dragon of Hera)

LAERTES:  myth name (father of Odysseus)

LAESTRYGONES:  myth name (a tribe of giants)

LAIUS:  myth name (father of Oedipus)

LAOCOON:  myth name (son of Priam)

LAOMEDON:  myth name (father of Priam)

LASSE:  people's victory

LEANDER, LANDER, LEANDRO:  lion

LEKSI:  defender of man

LETHE:  myth name (river of oblivion)

LICHAS:  myth name (Hercules' friend)

LIDIO:  meaning unknown

LINUS:  flaxen-haired

LIPPI, LIPP, LIPPIO:  lover of horses

LOXIAS:  crooked

LYCAON:  myth name (a king of Arcadia)

LYCOMEDES:  myth name (a king of Scyros)

LYCURGUS:  myth name (a king of the Edones)

LYNCEUS:  myth name (an Argonaut)

LYSANDER:  liberator

MACAIRE, MAKARIOA, MARCARIO:  blessed

MACHAON:  myth name (son of Aesculapius)

MARSYAS:  myth name (a satyr)

MAUR, MAURICE:  dark

MEDUS:  myth name (son of Medea by Aegeus)

MELAMPUS:  myth name (seer)

MELANIPPUS:  myth name (helps defend Thebes against the attackers)

MELANTHIUS:  myth name (sides with Penelope's suitors against his master Odysseus)

MELEAGER:  myth name (an Argonaut)

MELECERTES:  myth name (son of Ino)

MELETIOS:  meaning unknown

MENELAUS:  myth name (brother of Agamemnon)

MENOECEUS:  myth name (father of Jocasta)

MENTOR:  wise counselor

METTE:  pearl

MEZENTIUS:  myth name

MIDAS:  myth name (turned everything he touched to gold)

MIKOLAS:  people's victory

MIMIS:  myth name

MINOS:  myth name (son of Zeus)

MOMUS:  myth name (god of ridicule)

MOPSUS:  myth name (a seer)

MORPHEUS (myth name (bringer of dreams)

MYLES, MILES, MILO:  destroyer

MYRON:  myrrh

NAPE:  myth name

NAPOLEAN, NAPOLEON:  of the new city

NARCISSUS, NARKIS, NARCISSE:  daffodil

NAUPLIUS:  myth name (an Argonaut)

NECTARIOS:  name of a saint

NELEUS:  myth name (son of Poseidon)

NEMO, NEMOS:  from the glen

NEOTOLEMUS:  myth name (son of Achilles)

NEREUS:  myth name (father of the Nereids)

NESTOR:  wisdom

NICHOLAS, NOCHOLAUS, NOCOLAS, NILES, NILS, NIKOLAI, NIK, NICK, NICODEMUS, NIKODEM, NICOLE, NICOLAUS, NICOL, NILO, NIKITA, NIKOLOS, NILOS, NIOCOLE, NIOCOL, NIKLAUS, NIKOLAJIS:  people's victory

NISUS:  myth name (father of Scylla)

NOTUS:  myth name (the south wind)

OBIAREUS:  myth name (a Titan)

OCEANUS:  myth name (father of the Oceanids)

OCNUS:  incompetent

ODYSSEUS:  wrathful

OEDIPUS:  swollen foot

OENEUS:  myth name (king of Calydon)

OENOMAUS:  myth name (son of Ares)

OIGHRIG:  well-spoken

OLES:  defender of man

OPHELOS:  profit; help

OPHION:  myth name (a serpent)

ORESTES, ORESTE, OREIAS:  from the mountain

ORION:  son of fire

ORPHEUS:  myth name (son of Apollo)

ORTHROS:  myth name (guardian of Geryon)

OTIS, OTOS, OTUS:  keen of hearing

OWEN:  well-born

PALAEMON:  myth name (a sea god)

PALAMEDES:  myth name (son of Nauplius)

PAN:  myth name (god of flocks)

PANAGIOTIS:  all-holy

PANCRATIUS:  supreme ruler

PANDAREOS:  myth name (a thief)

PANDARUS:  myth name (killed for breaking a truce)

PANTELEIMON:  merciful

PARTHENIOS:  virgin

PARIS:  myth name (son of Priam)

PATROCLUS:  myth name (Achilles' best friend)

PEGASUS:  myth name (winged horse)

PEISISTRATUS:  myth name (son of Nestor)

PELEUS:  myth name (father of Achilles)

PELIAS:  myth name (son of Poseidon)

PELOPS:  myth name (father of Atreus)

PENEUS:  myth name

PENTHEUS:  myth name (a king of Thebes)

PERDIX:  myth name (killed by his uncle)

PERICLES:  myth name

PERSIUS, PERSEUS:  myth name (son of Danae)

PETER, PEDRO, PETR, PIOTR, PEDER, PERRIN, PEKKA, PETROS, PANOS, PIERRO, PIETRO, PERO, PETERKE, PIERO, PELLO, PERU, PIARRES, PREBEN, PER, PETTER, PIERRE, PERTRAS, PETRUKAS, PETRELIS, PIET, PIETER, PIETR, PEDAR, PEADAIR, PROPHYRIOS, PIARAS:  rock

PHAETHON:  myth name (son of Helios)

PHANTASOS:  myth name (son of Hypnos)

PHAON:  myth name (a ferryman)

PHEMIUS:  myth name (a bard)

PHEOBUS:  shining

PHILANDER:  lover of man

PHILEMON:  loves thought

PHILIP, PIPPO, PHILIPPE, PHILLIP, PHILIPP, PILIB:  lover of horses

PHILO, PHYLO:  friend

PHILOCTETES:  myth name (killed Paris)

PHILOETIUS:  myth name (a cowherd)

PHINEAS, PHINEES, PHINEUS:  mouth of brass

PHLEGETHON:  myth name (river of fire)

PHOENIX:  myth name (a bird that built its own pyre and then was reborn from the ashes)

PHRIXUS:  myth name (son of Nephele)

PHORBAS, PHORBUS:  myth name

PHORCYS:  myth name (a sea god)

PIRITHOUS:  myth name (friend of Theseus)

PIRRO:  red-haired

PITTHEUS:  myth name (king of Trozen)

PITYOCAMPTES:  pine-bender

PLATO:  broad

PLEXIPPUS:  myth name (an Argonaut)

PLUTUS:  myth name (wealth)

POLITES:  myth name

POLLUX:  myth name (brother of Helen)

POLYCARP:  much fruit

POLYDAMAS:  myth name (a Trojan warrior)

POLYDEUCES:  myth name (Pollux)

POLYDORUS:  myth name (son of Priam)

POLYEIDUS:  myth name (a seer)

POLYMESTOR:  myth name (Priam's son-in-law)

POLYNICES:  myth name (uncle of Oedipus)

POLYPHEMUS:  myth name (son of Poseidon)

PONTUS:  sea

PORFIRIO:  purple stone

POSEIDON:  myth name (god of the sea and ocean)

PRIAM:  myth name (king of Troy)

PRIAPUS:  myth name (god of fertility)

PROCRUSTES:  myth name (stretcher)

PROKOPIOS:  declared leader

PROMETHEUS:  myth name (gave fire to man)

PROTESILAUS:  myth name (offered himself as a sacrifice for the Greeks when they arrived at Troy)

PROTEUS:  myth name (a sea god)

PYGMALION:  myth name (king of Cyprus)

PYLADES:  myth name (friend of Orestes)

PYRAMUS:  myth name (lover of Thisbe)

PYRRHUS:  myth name (king of Epirus)

RASMUS:  amiable

RHADAMANTHUS:  myth name (a judge in the underworld)

RHESUS:  myth name (king of Thrace)

RHOECUS:  myth name (saved Hamadryad)

RISTO:  Christ-bearer

RODAS:  rose garden

SALMONEUS:  myth name (during Trojan War, pretended to be Zeus)

SANDERS, SAUNDERS, SANDER, SANDOR:  defender of man

SARPEDON:  myth name (killed by Patroclus during the Trojan War)

SEBASTIAN, SEBASTEN, SEBESTYEN, SEBASTIOANO:  revered

SEOIRSE, SEORSA:  farmer

SIDNEY, SYDNEY:  from Sidon

SIMON, SIMEON, SYMEON:  sign

SINON:  myth name (convinced the Trojans to pull the horse inside the city walls)

SISYPHUS:  myth name (son of Aelous)

SOCRATES:  name of a philosopher

SOTERIOS:  savior

SPYRIDON:  round basket

STAMITOS:  enduring

STEPHEN, STEVEN, STEFAN, STEFANO, STEPHANO, STEVERINO, STAVROS, STEFANOS, STEAFAN, STAFFEN:  victorious

STOFFEL:  Christ-bearer

TADHG, TEAGUE, TAIDGH, TIEGE:  honor

TAKIS:  all-holy

TALUS:  myth name (mechanical man made by Hephaestus)

TANTALUS:  myth name (condemned to eternal torment)

TAXIARCHAI:  archangel

TELAMON:  myth name (father of Ajax)

TELEGONUS:  myth name (son of Odysseus)

TELEMACHUS:  myth name (son of Odysseus)

TELEPHUS:  myth name (son of Hercules)

TEREUS:  myth name (king of Thrace)

TEUCER:  myth name (an archer)

TEUTHRAS:  myth name (king of Mysia)

THAMYRIS:  myth name (a musician punished for hubris)

THANATOS:  myth name (death)

THANOS, THANASIS:  noble

THAUMAS:  myth name (father of the Harpies)

THEOCLYMENUS:  myth name (befriended by Telemachus)

THEODORE, THEODOSIOS, TEADOIR, TEODORS, THEODREKR, TODOR, TUDER, TUDOR, TIVADAR:  gracious gift

THEON:  godly

THEOPHILE, TEOFILE:  divinely loved

THERON:  hunter

THERSITES:  myth name (soldier in the Trojan War)

THESEUS:  myth name (son of Aegeus)

THYESTES:  myth name (brother of Atreus)

TIGRIS:  myth name

TIMOTHY, TIMON, TIMUN, TOMOTHEOS, TIMOTHEA, TIOMOID, TYMON, TYMEK, TYMOTEUSZ:  God-fearing

TIRESIAS:  myth name (a blind seer)

TITOS, TITO, TITUS:  of the giants

TITYUS:  myth name (a giant)

TOXEUS:  myth name (brother of Althaea)

TRACY, TRACEY:  harvester

TRIPTOLEMUS:  myth name (taught agriculture by Demeter)

TRITON:  myth name (son of Poseidon)

TROPHONIUS:  myth name (brother of Agamedes)

TYDEUS:  myth name (father of Diomedes)

TYNDAREUS:  myth name (father of Castor)

TYPHON, TYPHOEUS:  myth name (a child of the Titans)

TYRONE, TURANNOS:  lord

ULYSSES:  wrathful

URANUS:  myth name (sky)

URIAN:  from heaven

VANKO:  gracious gift

VASILIS, VASOS, VASILEIOS, VASYL, VASYLKO, VASYLTSO:  regal

XANTHUS:  myth name (a river god)

XUTHUS:  myth name (son of Helen)

XENOPHON, XENO:  strange voice

XENOS:  stranger

XERXES:  leaving

XYLON:  from the forest

YRJO, YURII, YURA, YUROCHKA, YURE, YURI, YEHOR:  farmer

ZALE:  power of the sea

ZAREK:  God protect the king

ZELOTES:  zealous

ZELUS:  myth name

ZENAS:  living

ZENO, ZEUS:  myth name

ZENON:  friendly

ZEPHYRUS:  myth name

ZETES:  myth name (son of Boreas)

ZOLTAN, ZOLTAR:  life

ZOTIKOS:  meaning unknown



========FEMALE=========

ABDERA:  from Abdera

ACACIA:  "Resurrection" or "guileless."  Name of a blossoming tree that symbolizes rebirth.  Some variants are Cacia, Cacie, Casey, Cassie, Cassy, Kacia, Kacie, Kacey, Kassie, and Kassy.

ACANTHA, AKANTHA:  thorn

ADARA:  "Beauty."  Also an Arabic name meaning "virgin," and a Hebrew name meaning "fire."  Variants, Adar and Adra, exist.

ADELPHA:  "Dear sister."  Variants include Adelphe and Adelphie.

ADMETA:  myth name (from a tale of Hercules)

ADONIA:  feminine form of Adonis (lover of Aphrodite)

AEAEA:  myth name (island of Circe)

AEDON:  myth name (daughter of Pandareos)

AEGINA:  meaning unknown

AELLO:  myth name (a Harpy)

AETHRA:  myth name (mother of Theseus)

AETNA:  from Aetna

AGAFIA, AGAVE, AGAUE:  good

AGALAIA:  myth name (splendor)

AGALIA:  happy

AGAPI: "Love; affection." Variants include Agape, Agappe.

AGATHA:  "Good." Variants include Ag, Agace, Agacia, Agafia, Agafon, Agapet, Agapit, Agata, Agate, Agathe, Agathi, Agatta, Aggi, Aggie, Aggy, Aggye, Agi, Agie, Agota, Agotha, Agueda, Agy, Agye.

AGAVE:  Myth name (mother Pentheus), "illustrious; noble."

AGLAIA: One of the three Graces of Greek myth. "Brilliant." Variants include Thalia (blossoming), and obsolete Euphrosyne (joy).

AGLAUROS:  myth name (turned into stone by Hermes)

AGNES:  "Pure; virginal." Variants include Ag, Agafi, Agafia, Agafon, Aggi, Aggie, Aggye, Aghna, Agi, Agie, Agna, Agnah, Agnek, Agnella, Agnellah, Agnelle, Agnese, Agnesse, Agneta, Agnetta, Agnettah, Agnola, Agnolah, Agot, Agota, Agote, Agoti, Agy, Agye, Aigneis, Aina, Ainah, Anais, Annais, Anneyce, Annis, Annisa, Annisah, Annise, Ina, Inah, Ines, Inessa, Inez, Inessa, Inez, Nessa, Nessah, Nesi, Nessie, Nessy, Nesta, Nestah, Nevsa, Nevesah, Neysa, Oona, Oonahg, Oonah, Una, Unah, Ynes, Ynez.

AGUEDA:  kind

AIDOIOS:  honored

AIRLEA:  "Ethereal." Variants include Airla, Airlia.

AKILINA: Greek/Russian name meaning " eagle." Variants include Acquilina, Aquilina, Aquiline.

ALALA: Myth name of the sister of Ares, god of war.

ALCESTIS:  Myth name from Euripides' play of the same name. In the play Alcestis gives her life to save her husband, but is rescued by Hercules.

ALCINA:  Myth name of a sorceress who when tired of her lovers would turn them into trees, stones or animals.  Also feminine form of Alcinous (king who entertained Odysseus). Variants include Alcine, Alcinia, Allcine, Allcinia, Alseena, Alsina, Alsinia, Alsyna, Alzina.

ALCIPPE:  myth name (daughter of Ares)

ALCMENE:  myth name (mother of Hercules)

ALCYONE:  feminine form of Alcyoneus (fought against Athene)

ALDARA: "Winged gift."

ALERIS, ALERISSA:  meaning unknown

ALESIA:  "Help; helper; aid."

ALETA: "footloose; winged." Also a variant of Alethea, "truth." Variants include Alaida, Aletta, Alette, Alletta, Allette, Alida, Lettee, Lettie, Letty.

ALETHEA:  "Honesty; truth." Variants include Alathia, Alecta, Aleethia, Aleta, Aletea, Aletha, Aletheia, Alethia, Aletta, Alette, Alithea, Alithia, Althaia.

ALEXANDRA:  Feminine form of Alexander, "defender of mankind." Some of its many variants include Alastrina, Alastriona, Alejanda, Alejandra, Alejandrina, Aleka, Aleki, Alesandare, Alesandere, Alessanda, Alessandra, Alessandre, Alessandrina, Alessandrine, Alessia, Alex, Alexa, Alexandere, Alexanderia, Alexanderina, Alexanderine, Alexandina, Alexandre, Alexandrea, Alexandreana, Alexandrena, Alexandrene, Alexandretta, Alexandria, Alexandrina, Alexandrine, Alexea, Alexena, Alexene, Alexia, Alexina, Alexine, Alexis, Ali, Aliki, Alissandre, Alissandrine, Alista, Alix, Alla, Allejandra, Allejandrina, Allessa, Allessandra, Alle, Allexa, Allexandra, Allexandrina, Allexina, Allexine, Alli, Allie, Allix, Ally, Anda, Cesya, Elena, Ellena, Lesy, Lesya, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lissandre, Lissandrine, Olesia, Sanda, Sande, Sandi, Sandie, Sandra, Sandrina, Sandrine, Sandy, Sandye, Sanndra, Sasha, Sashenka, Shura, Shurochka, Sohndra, Sondra, Xandra, Zahndra, Zanda, Zanndra, Zohndra, Zondra.

ALEXIS: "Helper." Used as a short form of Alexandra, though it has a different root. Variants include Alessa, Alessi, Alexa, Alexi, Alexia, Lexi, Lexie, Lexy.

ALICIA:  honest

ALPHA:  firstborn

ALTHAEA, ALTHEA, ALTHEDA:  pure

ALYSIA:  bond

ALYSSA:  rational

AMALTHEA, AMALTHIA:  myth name (nursed Zeus)

AMARA:  unfading

AMARANTHA, AMARANDE, AMARANDA:  flower

AMARYLLIS:  sparkling

AMBROSIA:  myth name (food of the gods)

AMBROSINE, AMBROTOSA:  immortal

AMETHYST:  jewel

AMPHITRITE:  myth name (a sea goddess)

AMYMONE:  myth name (murdered her husband)

ANASSA:  Greek name meaning "queen."

ANASTASIA, ANSTICE, ANSTACE:  one who will be reborn

ANATOLA, ANATOLIA:  from the east

ANAXARETE:  myth name (cruel woman punished by the gods)

ANDREA, ANDREAS:  masculine

ANDROMACHE:  myth name (wife of Hector)

ANDROMEDA:  myth name (princess saved by Perseus)

ANEMONE:  myth name

ANEZKA:  gentle

ANGELIKI, ANGELA,  ANGEL, ANGELIQUE, ANGELINA, ANGELINE:  angel

ANNIS, ANNYS:  whole

ANTEA:  feminine form of Antaeus (son of Poseidon)

ANTHIA, ANTHEA:  flower

ANTICLEA:  myth name (mother of Odysseus)

ANTIGONE:  myth name (daughter of Oedipus)

ANTIOPE:  myth name (daughter of Asopus)

ANYSIA:  complete

APHRODITE:  myth name (goddess of love)

APOLLONIA, APOLLINA, APOLLINARIS:  Masculine form of Apollo.

ARA:  myth name

ARACHNE:  myth name (changed into a spider by Athena)

ARENE, ARENA, ARIANE, ARIANA:  holy one

ARETE, ARETA, ARETHA:  beauty

ARETHUSA:  myth name (nymph)

ARETINA:  virtuous

ARGIE, ARGIA:  all-seeing

ARIADNE:  very holy

ARTEMIA, ARTEMISIA:  gift from Artemis

ARTEMIS:  myth name (goddess of the hunt)

ASPASIA:  welcomed

ASTRA, ASTREA, ASTA:  star

ASTRAEA:  myth name (justice)

ATALANTA, ATLANTA, ATALANTE:  myth name (a huntress)

ATE:  myth name (goddess of irrationality)

ATHANASIA:  immortal

ATHENA, ATHENE:  myth name (goddess of wisdom)

ATROPES, ANTROPAS:  myth name (a Fate)

AURE, AURA:  soft breeze

AUTONOE:  myth name (mother of Actaeon)

AUTUMN:  myth name

BAPTISTA:  baptizer

BARBARA, BAIRBRE, BAIBIN, BASHAM, BABITA:  stranger

BASILIA:  regal

BAUCIS:  myth name (wife of Philemon)

BERDINE, BERDINA:  intelligent maid

BERENICE, BERNICE:  brings victory

BEROE:  myth name

BERYL:  crystal

BRISEIS:  myth name (slave of Achilles)

CAENEUS:  myth name (a woman who asked to become a man)

CAITLIN, CAITILIN, CAITLYN, CAITRIN, CAITRYN, CAITRIONA, CATIA, CATALIN, CATALYN, CATHERINE, CATHERYN, CATHRYN, CATHERIN, CATHARINA, CATARINA, CATHERYNA:  pure

CALANDRA:  lark

CALANTHA:  lovely blossom

CALIDA, CALLI, CALLIE, CALLA, CALLISTA:  the most beautiful

CALLIA:  beautiful voice

CALLIGENIA:  born of beauty

CALLIOPE:  myth name (muse of epic poetry)

CALLISTE:  myth name (another name for Artemis)

CALLISTO:  myth name (another name for Arcas)

CALYPSO:  myth name (daughter of Atlas)

CANACE:  myth name

CANDANCE, CANDICE, CADIS:  sparkling

CASSANDRA, CASSONDRA:  myth name (a prophetess no one believed)

CASSIE:  purity

CASSIOPEIA:  myth name (mother of Andromeda)

CASTA:  meaning unknown

CASTALIA:  myth name (sacred fountain of the Muses)

CATHLEEN, CATHLIN, CATHLYN:  pure

CELAENO:  myth name (a Harpy)

CELANDINE, CELANDINA:  swallow

CELENA, CELINA:  myth name (goddess of the moon)

CELOSIA:  burning

CENOBIA:  stranger

CERES:  myth name (another name for Demeter)

CESTUS:  myth name (Aphrodite's girdle)

CETO:  myth name (goddess of the sea)

CHARIS:  myth name (grace and beauty)

CHARISSA:  loving

CHLOE:  blooming

CHLORIS, CLORIS, CLORIA:  myth name (goddess of spring)

CHRISTA:  anointed

CHRISTINE, CHRISTEN, CHRISTIANE, CHRISTIANA, CHRISTIAN:  Christian

CHRYSEIS:  myth name (prisoner of Agamemnon)

CINYRAS:  myth name (founded the cult of Aphrodite)

CIPRIANA:  myth name

CIRCE:  myth name (a witch)

CLEMATIS:  flower name

CLEO:  famed

CLEOPATRA:  her father's fame

CLIANTHA, CLIANTHE:  glory

CLIO:  celebrate

CLOTHO:  myth name (a Fate)

CLYMENE, CLYMENA:  myth name (mother of Atalanta)

CLYTEMNESTRA:  myth name (murdered Agamemnon)

CLYTIE, CLYTE:  myth name (a water nymph)

COLETTE:  people's victory

CORA, CORELLA:  maiden

CORAL, CORALIE, CORALINE, CORALINA, CORALIN:  from the coral of the sea

CORINNA, CORINNE, CORIN, CORETTA, CORETTE:  maiden

CORONIS:  myth name (mother of Aesculapius)

COSIMIA, COSMA:  of the universe

CREUSA:  myth name (daughter of Erechteus)

CROCALE:  myth name

CRYSTAL:  sparkling

CYBELE:  myth name (mother of Olympians)

CYMA:  flourish

CYNARA:  myth name

CYNTHIA, CINTHIA:  moon

CYPRIS:  from Cyprus

CYRA:  myth name

CYRENE, CYRENA:  myth name (mother of Aristaeus)

CYRILLA:  noble

CYTHERA:  from Cythera

CYTHEREA, CYTHERIA:  myth name (another name for Aphrodite)

DAFFODIL:  flower

DAMARIS, DAMARA:  gentle

DAMIA:  myth name

DANAE:  myth name (mother of Perseus)

DAPHNE:  bay tree

DEIANIRA:  myth name (wife of Hercules)

DELBIN, DELBINA, DELBINE:  flower

DELIA, DELLA:  myth name

DELPHINE, DELPHINA, DELFINE, DELFINA, DELPHIA:  from Delphi

DELTA:  born fourth

DEMAS, DEMOS:  popular

DEMETRIA, DEMETER:  myth name (goddess of the harvest)

DESMA:  oath

DESMONA, DESDEMONA:  unlucky

DIA:  myth name (daughter of Eineus)

DIANTHE, DIANTHA:  flower

DICE, DIKE:  myth name (justice)

DIDO:  myth name (queen of Carthage who killed herself)

DINO:  myth name (sister of the Gorgons)

DIONE, DIONA:  myth name (mother of Aphrodite)

DIONYSIA, DIONYSIE:  named for Dionysus, god of wine

DIRCE:  myth name (killed for abusing children)

DORA, DORETTE, DORALIE, DORALIA, DORELIA, DORALIS, DORALICE, DORETTA:  gift

DORCAS, DORKAS:  gazelle

DORDIE, DORDEI:  divine gift

DOREEN:  beautiful

DORINDA:  beautiful gift

DORIS, DORICE, DORIA, DOREA, DORIAN, DORIEN, DORIANA:  of the sea

DOROTHY, DOROTHEA, DOLLIE, DOLLY, DOLL, DORITA, DORLISA, DORTE, DREW:  a vision

DRYOPE:  myth name (a nymph)

ECATERINA, EKATERINA, ECTERINE:  innocent

ECHIDNA:  myth name (a child of the Titans)

ECHO:  myth name (attended Hera)

EDE, EDA:  generation

EFFIE:  fair flame

EGERIA:  myth name (a water nymph)

EIDOTHEA:  myth name (a sea nymph)

EILEITHYIA:  myth name (goddess of childbirth)

EIRENE:  myth name (peace)

ELAINE, ELENA, ELEANOR, ELEANORA, ELEANORE, ELLEN, ELNORA, ELORA, ENDORA, ELENI, ELENITSA:  light

ELDORIS:  of the sea

ELECTRA:  sparkling

ELEFTERIA, ELEPHETERIA, ELEPHTERIA:  free

ELISABET, ELISABETH, ELISSA, ELISIA, ELLICE:  devoted to God

ELMA:  friendly

ELPIDA, ELPIDE:  hope

ENNEA:  born ninth

ENYO:  myth name (goddess of war)

EOS:  myth name (the dawn)

ERATO:  myth name (muse of erotic poetry)

ERIANTHE, ERIANTHA, ERIANTHIA:  sweet

ERIGONE:  myth name (daughter of Icarius)

ERINYES:  myth name (a Fury)

ERIPHYLE:  myth name (wife of Amphiaraus)

ERIS:  myth name (goddess of discord)

ERRITA:  pearl

ERYTHEIA:  myth name (one of the Hesperides)

ESMERELDA, ESMERALDA:  emerald

EUDOSIS, EUDOXIA, EUDOCIA, EUDOSIA, EUDOCIA, EUDOKIA:  highly regarded

EUGENIA, EVGENIA:  well-born

EULALLIA:  well-spoken

EUNICE:  joyous victory

EUNOMIA:  myth name (order)

EUPHEMIA, EUPHEMIE, EPHIE:  well-spoken

EUPHROSYNE:  good cheer

EUROPA:  myth name (mother of Minos)

EURAYLE:  wanders far

EURYCLEIA:  myth name (nurse of Odysseus)

EURYDICE:  myth name (wife of Orpheus)

EURYNOME:  myth name (goddess of all)

EUSTELLA:  fair star

EUTERPE:  myth name (muse of the flute)

EVADNE:  myth name (wife of Capaneus)

EVANGELINE, EVANGELIA:  bringer of good news

EVANIA:  peaceful

EVANTHE, EVANTH:  flower

FATE:  myth name (destiny)

FEDORA:  God's gift

FERN:  feather

FILIA:  amity

FILIPINA:  lover of horses

FILOMENA, FILOMENIA:  lover of man

GAEA, GAIA:  myth name (mother earth)

GALATEA:  white as milk

GELASIA:  inclined to laughter

GEORGIA, GEORGIANA, GEORGINE, GEORGETTE:  farmer

GERANIUM:  crane

GIANCINTA, GIANCINTE:  hyacinth

GINA:  well-born

GLAUCE:  myth name (murdered by Medea)

GREGORIA, GREGORIANA:  observant

GRETA, GRETAL, GRETE, GRETEL, GREDEL, GRYTA, GHITA, GRETCHEN:  pearl

HAIDEE:  modest

HALCYONE, ALCYONE:  myth name (daughter of Aeolus)

HALIMEDA:  thinking of the sea

HARMONIA:  myth name (daughter of Ares)

HEBE:  myth name (goddess of youthful beauty)

HECATE:  myth name (a Titan)

HECUBA, HEKUBA:  myth name (mother of Paris and Hector)

HEDIA, HEDY, HEDYLA:  pleasant

HELEN, HELENA, HELLI, HELENE, HELENKA, HALINA:  light

HELIA:  of the sun

HELICE, HELIKE:  from Helicon

HELLE:  myth name (daughter of Athamas)

HEMERA:  myth name (day)

HENRIKA:  mistress of the hearth

HERA, HERE:  myth name (wife of Zeus)

HERMIONE, HERMANDINE, HERMIA, HERMANDINA:  well-born

HERO:  myth name (priestess of Aphrodite)

HESIONE:  myth name (daughter of Laomedon)

HESPER, HESTER:  evening star

HESPERIA:  myth name (one of the Hesperides)

HESTIA:  myth name (goddess of hearth and home)

HILAEIRA:  myth name (girl carried off by Pollux and Castor)

HIPPODAMIA:  myth name (wife of Piirithous)

HIPPOLYTE, HIPPOLYTA:  myth name (queen of the Amazons)

HORAE:  myth name (goddess of the season)

HYACINTHE, HYACINTH:  purple

HYADES:  myth name (name for the nymphs)

HYDRA:  myth name (a dragon killed by Hercules)

HYGEIA, HYGIEIA:  myth name (goddess of health)

HYPATIA, HYPATE:  exceptional

HYPERMNESTRA:  myth name (refused to kill her husband on their wedding night)

HYPSIPYLE:  myth name (daughter of Thoas)

IANTHE, INATHA, IANTHINA:  flower

IASIUS:  myth name (mother of Atalanta)

IDA:  myth name (name of mountain)

IDALIA:  myth name

IDOLA:  a vision

ILEANA, ILIONA:  from Troy

ILITHYA, ILITHIA:  myth name

ILONA, ILKE, ILKA, ICA, ILAY, ILON, ILONKA, ILU, ILUSKA:  light

INESA, INESE, INES, INEZ:  king, innocent

INO:  myth name (daughter of Cadmus)

IOLA, IOLE:  myth name (sister of Iphitus)

IOLANTHE, IOLANTHA:  violet

IONA, IONE, IONIA, IONESSA:  amethyst

IPHEGENIA:  myth name (daughter sacrificed by Agamemnon)

IRENA, IRENE, IRINI, IRINA, IRINIA, IRYNA, IRYNIA:  peace

IRIS, IRISA:  rainbow

IRTA:  pearl

ISADORA, ISIDORA, ISADORE:  gift of Isis

ISAURA, ISAURE:  gentle breeze

ISMENE, ISMINI:  myth name (daughter of Oedipus)

IVANNA:  gift of the gods

IVY:  ivy

JACINTA, JACINTHA, JACINTHE:  beautiful

JARINA, JARINE:  farmer

JOCASTA:  myth name (a queen of Thebes)

KAIA:  from the earth

KAIROS:  myth name

KALLIOPE:  beautiful voice

KALONICE:  victory of beauty

KALYCA, KALY, KALI, KALIE, KALIKA:  rosebud

KANDAKE:  glittering

KANAKE:  myth name

KATHERINE, KATHRINE, KATHERYN, KETHRYN, KATRINA, KATARINA, KATARIN, KATE, KIT, KITTY, KAREN, KARIN, KOREN, KARENA, KARA, KASIA, KASSIA, KAISA, KASEN, KASIN, KATIE, KATY, KATRI, KAETHE, KATJA, KATYA, KOLINA, KOLINE, KORA, KATAKIN, KATOKA, KATICA, KATUS, KOTO, KATINKA, KASIENKA, KASKA, KATARZYNA, KOLINA, KORE:  pure

KAY:  glory

KELEOS:  flaming

KEPA, KEPE:  stone

KERES:  evil spirits

KINETA, KINETIKOS:  active

KIRSTEN, KRISTA, KRISTINA, KHRUSTINA, KIRSTY, KRISTELL, KRISTEL, KIRSTIE, KRISZTINA, KRISZTA, KRISKA, KRYSTA, KRYSIA:  Christian

KLEOPATRA:  glory of the father

KOLETE, KOLETTE, KLAZINA:  people's victory

KORE:  myth name (another name for Persephone)

KOSMO, KOSMA, MASMA, KASMO:  universal

KRISTIN, KRISTEN:  the anointed

KYNTHIA;  moon

LACHESIS:  myth name (a Fate)

LAIS:  favorite name with poets

LALAGE, LALIA:  verbose

LAMIA:  myth name (an evil spirit who abducts and murders children)

LAMPETIA:  myth name

LANA, LENCI, LENA, LINA, LENORE, LEONORA, LEORA, LEONORE, LEONARDA:  light

LAODAMIA:  myth name (wife of Protesilaus)

LARISSA, LARISSE:  cheerful

LEDA:  myth name (mother of Helen)

LELIA:  well-spoken

LETHE:  myth name (river of oblivion)

LETHIA, LETHA, LEITHA:  forgetful

LEUCIPPE:  myth name (mother of Teuthras)

LEUCOTHEA, LEUCOTHIA:  myth name (a sea nymph)

LEXINE, LEXINA:  defender of man

LIA, LEA:  bringer of good news

LIGIA:  beautiful voice

LILIS, LILIA, LILLIS, LILI, LILY, LILCH, LILA, LILLA:  lily

LONI:  short form of Apollonia

LOTUS:  flower

LUIGINA:  well-born

LYCORIS:  twilight

LYDIA, LYDEA:  from Lydia

LYRIS, LYRA:  lyrical

LYSANDRA:  defends man

MADGE:  approval

MADORA, MEDORA:  ruler

MAGAERE, MEGARA:  myth name (a Fury)

MAIA:  myth name (mother of Hermes)

MALINDA, MELINDA:  gentle

MALVA, MALVINA, MALVINE:  soft

MARGARET, MARGERET, MAGGIE, MARGERY, MARJORIE, MARJORY, MARGOLO, MARGALO, MARGARITA, MARGARETA, MARGARETTA, MARKETA, MAIREAD, MEGAN, MEGHAN, MEAGAN:  pearl

MARMARA, MARMEE:  shining

MARPESSA:  myth name (daughter of Evenus)

MATHILDE, MATILDA:  brave in war

MEDEA:  myth name (wife of Jason who murders her children)

MEDUSA:  cunning

MELANIA, MELANIE:  dark

MELANTHA, MELANTHE:  dark flower

MELANTHO:  myth name (a serving girl)

MELINA, MELENA:  yellow as canary

MELISSA, MELISSE, MELLISA:  honey bee

MELITA, MELLETA, MELETA, MELEDA:  sweet as honey

MELPOMENE:  myth name (muse of tragedy)

MEROPE:  myth name (foster mother of Oedipus)

METANIRA:  myth name

METEA:  gentle

METIS:  myth name (resourcefulness)

MINERVA:  wise

MINTA, MINTHA:  plant name

MNEMOSYNE:  myth name (goddess of memory)

MOERAE, MOIRAI:  myth name (a Fate)

MOIRA, MOIRAI:  merit

MOLY:  myth name (an herb Hermes gives to Odysseus to protect him)

MONA:  solitary

MONICA, MONIQUA, MONIKA, MONIQUE:  advisor

MUSIDORA, MUSADORA:  gift of the Muses

MYRA, MIRA, MIRIAS:  abundance

MYRTLE, MYTRA, MERTA, MYRTIS, MYRTICE, MYRTISA, MYRTIA, MYRTA:  myrtle

NARKISSA, NARCISSA, NARCISA:  daffodil

NATHACHA, NATASHA, NATASSIA:  born at Christmas

NAUSICAA:  myth name (princess who finds Odysseus)

NELLA, NELL, NELLY, NELLIE, NELLIS, NELMA:  light

NEMESIS:  myth name (goddess of vengeance)

NEOLA:  youthful

NEOMA, NEOMIA, NEOMENIA, NEOMEA:  new moon

NEPHELE:  myth name (the cloud Hera made by Zeus that birthed the Centaurs)

NERINE, NERINA, NEREID:  myth name (the sea nymphs)

NERISSA, NERITA, NIRETA, NERICE:  from the sea

NEYSA, NESSA, NESSIA:  pure

NICIA, NICEA, NICOLETTE, NICOLETTA, NIKI, NIKOLIA, NICOLA, NICOLE:  feminine form of Nicholas (people's victory)

NIKE:  myth name (goddess of victory)

NIOBE:  fern

NITSA:  peace

NORAH, NORA:  light

NOX:  myth name (night)

NYMPHA:  bride

NYSA, NYSE, NYSSA:  goal

NYX:  night

OBELIA, OBELIE:  pointed pillar

OCYPETE:  myth name (a Harpy)

ODELE, ODELLE:  harmonious

ODELET, ODELETTE:  little singer

ODESSA, ODYSSEIA:  wrathful

OENONE:  myth name (lover of Paris)

OIGHRIG:  well-spoken

OLEISIA:  protector of man

OLYMPIA, OLYMPE:  from Olympus

OMPHALE:  myth name (a queen of Lydia)

ONELLA, OLENA, OLINA:  light

OPHELIA:  serpentine

OPHELIE:  wisdom

OREA, ORIA:  from the mountain

ORITHYIA:  myth name

ORTYGIA:  myth name (Calypso's island)

PAGE:  child

PAMELA:  made from honey

PANAGIOTA:  holy

PANDORA:  myth name (released misery and hope into the world)

PANPHILA:  all-loving

PANSY:  flower

PANTHEA:  all the gods

PARTHENIA, PARTHENIE:  chaste

PASHA, PESHA:  born at Easter

PASIPHAE:  myth name (wife of Minos)

PEG, PEGGY, PEGEEN:  pearl

PELAGIA:  dweller by the sea

PELICIA:  weaver

PELOPIA:  myth name (mother of Aegisthus)

PEMPHREDO:  myth name (sister of the Gorgons)

PENELOPE:  myth name (faithful wife of Odysseus)

PENTHEA, PENTHIA:  born fifth

PENTHESILEA:  myth name (a queen of the Amazons)

PEONY, PENNY:  flower

PEPHREDO:  myth name (dread)

PERSEPHONE, PERSEPHONIE:  myth name (wife of Hades)

PERSIS:  from Persia

PETRINA, PIERETTE, PETRONELLA, PERRINE, PETRONELLE, PETRA, PETRINE:  rock

PHAEDRA:  myth name (daughter of Minos)

PHAETHUSA:  myth name

PHEMIE:  well-spoken

PHOEBE, PHEBE:  sparkling

PHEODORA, PHEDORA:  supreme gift

PHILA:  loving

PHILANA:  lover of man

PHILLIDA, PHILLINA, PHILINA, PHILIDA:  loving

PHILLIPA, PHILIPPA:  lover of horses

PHILOMELA, PHILOMEL:  nightingale

PHILOMENA, PHILOMINA:  greatly loved

PHILOTHEA:  loves of God

PHOEBE:  myth name (mother of Leto)

PHOENIX:  heron

PHYLLIS, PHILLIS, PHYLIS, PHILIS:  green bough

PLEASURE:  myth name

PODARGE:  myth name (a Harpy)

POLYHYMNIA:  myth name (muse of sacred song)

POLYXENA:  myth name (daughter of Priam)

PROCNE:  myth name (wife of Pandion)

PSYCHE:  myth name (lover of Cupid)

PYRENA, PYRENE, PYRENIE, PYRENIA:  ardent

PYRRHA:  myth name (daughter of Epimetheus)

PYTHIA:  prophetess

RENA, RINA:  peaceful

RESI, REZI:  gatherer

RHEA:  myth name (wife of Cronus)

RHETA, RITA, RHETE, RETA, REIT:  speaker

RHODA, RHODANTHE, RHODANTHA, RHODIA:  rose

RITSA, RITZA:  protector of man

SABA:  from Sheba

SANDRA, SANDRINE, SONDRA:  protector of man

SAPPHIRA, SAPPHIRE:  jewel

SCYLLA:  myth name (a sea monster)

SEBASTENE, SEBASTIENNE, SEBASTIANA:  adored

SELENA, SELENE, SELINA, SELIA:  moon

SEMELE:  myth name (mother of Dionysus)

SIBLEY, SIBYL, SYBYL, SIBYLLA, SYBILLA:  oracle

SINOVIA, SINOBIA:  stranger

SIRENA, SIRINA:  named for the Sirens

SOLON, SOLONIE, SOLONA, SOLONE:  wise

SOPHIA, SOPHIE, SOFIA, SOFRONIA, SOFI, SAFFI:  wise

SOPHRONIA:  of judicious mind

STASIA, STEISE, STACIE, STACY, STACEY:  shall be reborn

STEPHANA, STEPHANIA, STEPHANIE, STEPHENE, STEFINA, STEFINIA, STEVIE:  crowned in victory

STHENO:  mighty

STREPHON, STREPHONN, STREP:  one who turns

STYX:  myth name (a river of the underworld)

SUADELA:  myth name (goddess of persuasion)

SYMAETHIS:  myth name

SYNA:  together

SYRINX:  myth name (a nymph)

TABITHA:  gazelle

TERENTIA:  guardian

TERESA, TERESE, TERESINA, TERISITA, THERESE, THERESA, TESS, TESSIE, TRESSAM, TERRY, TRACY, TASSOS, TOSIA:  reaper

TERPSICHORE:  myth name (muse of dance and lyric poetry)

TESSA:  born fourth

TETHYS:  myth name (wife of Oceanus)

THADDEA, THADDIA:  brave

THAIS:  beloved

THALASSA:  from the sea

THALIA, TALIA, THALEIA:  joyous (muse of comedy)

THEA, THIA, THEOLA:  divine

THECLA, THEKLA, TECLA, TEKLA:  renowned fame

THELMA:  nursing

THEMIS:  myth name (righteousness)

THEODORA, THEDA, TEDRA, TEDRE, THEODOSIA:  supreme gift

THEONE, THENOMA, THENOMIA, THEONA:  God's name

THEOPHANIA, THEOPHANEIA:  God appears

THEOPHILIA, TESIA:  loved by God

THEORA, THEORE, THORA:  watcher

THERA, THIRA, THYRA, TYRA:  untamed

THETIS:  myth name (mother of Achilles)

THISBE:  myth name (lover of Pyramus)

TIENETTE, TYNET:  crowned in victory

TIMOTHEA, TIMOTHIA:  honoring God

TIPHANIE, THEOPHANIE, THEOPHANE, TIFANY, TIFFANY, TIFFENY:  gods incarnate

TISIPHONE:  myth name (a Fury)

TITANIA:  giant

TRINA, TRINE, TRYN, TARYN, TAREN, TERRAN, TERRIAN, TERRIANA, TRYNA, TRYNE:  innocent

TYRO:  myth name (a nymph)

URANIA:  heavenly

URSA, URSEL, URSULA:  myth name

VARA, VARVARA, VAVARA:  stranger

VENESSA, VANIA, VANNY, VANNA:  butterfly

VERONICA, VERONIKA, VERONICHA:  honest image

XANTHE, XANTHA, XANTHIA:  blond

XENIA:  welcome

XYLIA, XYLINA, XYLONA, XYLIANA, XYLINIA:  from the woods

YALENA, YALENE:  light

YOLANDA, YOLANDE:  violet

ZANDRA, ZONDRA:  defender of man

ZELIA, ZELINA, ZELINIA:  zealous

ZENAIDE, ZENAIDA:  myth name

ZENIA, ZENA, ZENE:  friendly

ZENOBIA, ZENOBE, ZENA, ZENNA, ZENINA, ZENDA, ZENAIDA:  born of Zeus

ZEPHYR, ZYPHIRE, ZEFIRYN, ZEPHYRA, ZEPHIRA:  of the west wind

ZETA:  born last

ZEVA:  sword

ZOE, ZOELIE, ZOELLE, ZOEL, ZOYA, ZOIA:  alive

ZSOFIA, ZSOFIE, ZOFIA, ZOFIE:  wisdom

ZYTA, ZITA:  reaper
