300+ Goddess Names
Updated Wed Jan 31 2024
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Goddess names, the names of mythological figures from all over the world, seem more baby-appropriate now than ever, with the rise of ancient Roman names and the discovery of many antique choices, such as Luna and Phoebe.
Along with Luna and Phoebe, other goddess names in the US Top 1000 include Athena, Aurora, Flora, Freya, Iris, Cora, Selena, and Thalia. Less common goddess names – such as those of Hindu and Celtic goddesses – include Aine, Devi, Lakshmi, and Niamh.
Mythological names of all kinds have taken over from Biblical names as the spiritual choices of our era. One reason parents are looking to goddess and god names is that they sidestep Judeo-Christian conventions related to religion, culture, and tradition.
Another appeal of goddess names for baby girls is that the names are less familiar than those from the Bible, but come complete with inspirational (sometimes) stories and deep history. If you're considering naming your daughter after a goddess, make sure you know the figure's story before you make a final choice.
The most diverse and usable goddess names for your own little goddess might include the following, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Aadhya
Origin:
Hindi
- Aditi
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"boundless"
- Aeron
Origin:
Welsh
- Aglaea
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"radiance"
- Aine
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"brightness, splendor"
- Akka
Origin:
Finnish deity
- Alala
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"war cry"
- Alcyone
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"kingfisher"
- Alectrona
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"rooster, morning"
- Alethea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"truth"
- Amalthea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"tender goddess"
- Ambika
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"mother"
- Ambrosia
Origin:
Latin, feminine form of AmbroseMeaning:
"Immortal"
- Amphitrite
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the surrounding sea or the surrounding third"
- Anahita
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"immaculate"
- Andarta
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"victory"
- Angelia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"angel"
- Annona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"corn, grain"
- Anona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"corn, grain"
- Anthea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"flowery"
- Aphaea
Origin:
Greek
- Aphrodite
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"foam or born from the sea"
- Arche
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"beginning"
- Arete
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"virtue"
- Ariadne
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"most holy"
- Artemis
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"safe or butcher"
- Artio
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"bear"
- Asia
Origin:
Place-name
- Astarte
Origin:
PhonecianMeaning:
"mother goddess"
- Asteria
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"star"
- Astraea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"star"
- Astrape
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lightning"
- Athena
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"from Athens"
- Aura
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"soft breeze"
- Aurora
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dawn"
- Aušrinė
Origin:
LithuanianMeaning:
"dawning"
- Awilix
Origin:
MayanMeaning:
"swallow"
- Axona
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"water"
- Belinda
Origin:
Spanish or GermanMeaning:
"pretty one, or, serpent"
- Beline
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"goddess"
- Belisama
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"white, shining"
- Bellona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fighter"
- Bia
Origin:
Greek, Portuguese, RomanianMeaning:
"force; blessed; white"
- Brigid
Origin:
Irish variation of BrighidMeaning:
"strength or exalted one"
- Britt
Origin:
Swedish, contracted form of BirgitMeaning:
"high goddess"
- Brixta
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"magic"
- Brizo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"to slumber"
- Bronte
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"thunder"
- Calliope
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"beautiful voice"
- Callirrhoe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"beautiful flow"
- Calypso
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"she who hides"
- Carda
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"hinge"
- Cardea
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"hinge"
- Carna
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"flesh"
- Ceres
Origin:
RomanMeaning:
"nourishment"
- Ceridwen
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"beautiful as a poem"
- Chandra
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"goddess of the moon"
- Charis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"grace"
- Chloe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"young green shoot"
- Chryse
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"golden"
- Circe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bird"
- Ciza
Origin:
Polish
- Clementia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"showing clemency"
- Cleocharia
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknown
- Cleta
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the renowned one"
- Clio
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"glory"
- Clotho
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"spinner"
- Clytie
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"glorious or renowned"
- Concordia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"peace, harmony"
- Cora
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"maiden"
- Coronis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"crow"
- Cura
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"care, concern"
- Cybele
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the mother of all gods"
- Cynthia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"moon goddess or, woman from Kynthos"
- Cyrene
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"supreme power"
- Dalia
Origin:
Hebrew, Spanish, or SwahiliMeaning:
"branch; dahlia; gentle"
- Damia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"spirit"
- Damona
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"bull; deer"
- Danica
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"morning star"
- Danu
Origin:
Celtic, goddess of fruitfulness
- Daphne
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"laurel tree, bay tree"
- Decima
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"tenth"
- Delia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"born on the island of Delos"
- Demeter
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"earth mother"
- Demetria
Origin:
Greek, alternate form of Demeter
- Deva
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"divine, shining one"
- Devana
Origin:
Polish, Czech, Serbian, CroatianMeaning:
"divine"
- Devera
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"to sweep away"
- Devi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"divine"
- Devika
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"little goddess"
- Dewi
Origin:
IndonesianMeaning:
"little goddess"
- Diana
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"divine"
- Dione
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"divine queen"
- Diva
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"goddess"
- Divona
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"divine"
- Doris
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of the ocean"
- Drosera
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"dewdrops"
- Eachna
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"horse"
- Easter
Origin:
English, from German
- Ece
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"queen, mother"
- Echo
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"echo or sound"
- Eirene
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"peace"
- Eithne
Origin:
GaelicMeaning:
"nut kernel"
- Electra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"shining, bright"
- Embla
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"elm"
- Enid
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"life, spirit"
- Enyo
Origin:
Greek
- Eos
Origin:
Greek; WelshMeaning:
"dawn; nightingale"
- Epona
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"horse"
- Eris
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"strife, discord"
- Ersa
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"dew"
- Eucleia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"good repute, glory"
- Eudora
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"generous gift"
- Eulabeia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"caution"
- Euporia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"prosperity"
- Europa
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wide face"
- Eurybia
Origin:
Nature name or GreekMeaning:
"wide force"
- Eurydice
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wide justice"
- Eurydome
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"structure outside the areas"
- Eurynome
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"broad pasture; broad law"
- Euthenia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"abundance"
- Fauna
Origin:
RomanMeaning:
"young deer"
- Felicitas
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"good luck, fortune"
- Flora
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"flower"
- Fortuna
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"luck"
- Freya
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"a noble woman"
- Freyja
Origin:
Old Norse variation of FreyaMeaning:
"a noble woman"
- Gabija
Origin:
Lithuanian, 'to protect"
- Gaia
Origin:
Greek and LatinMeaning:
"earth mother; rejoicing"
- Galene
Origin:
Feminine variation of Galen, GreekMeaning:
"calm"
- Grainne
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"grain or love"
- Grania
Origin:
Irish, variation of Grainne (gran-ya)Meaning:
"grain of corn"
- Halie
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"dweller in the sea"
- Harmonia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"agreement, concord"
- Harpina
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"sickle-shaped sword"
- Hebe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"youth"
- Hecate
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"willpower or far-reaching"
- Hel
Origin:
Norse
- Hela
Origin:
Norse
- Hellotia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"marsh"
- Hemera
Origin:
Greek mythologyMeaning:
"day"
- Hera
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"protectress"
- Hersilia
Origin:
Latin, meaning unknown
- Hestia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"hearth, fireside"
- Ianthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"purple flower"
- Icauna
Origin:
Celtic
- Idony
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"love again, renewal"
- Idun
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"ever young"
- Ilithyia
Origin:
Greek from LatinMeaning:
"the readycomer"
- Inciona
Origin:
Celtic
- Invidia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"envy; to look against"
- Invidia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"envy; to look against"
- Irene
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"peace"
- Iris
Origin:
Flower name; GreekMeaning:
"rainbow"
- Isis
Origin:
EgyptianMeaning:
"throne"
- Jaya
Origin:
Hindi-SanskritMeaning:
"victory"
- June
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"young"
- Juno
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"queen of the heavens"
- Justitia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"justice"
- Juturna
Origin:
Latin
- Kakia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bad or evil"
- Kali
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"black one"
- Kamira
Origin:
Greek
- Kanya
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"virgin"
- Khione
Origin:
Greek mythologyMeaning:
"Snow"
- Khorshid
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"radiant sun"
- Kovas
Origin:
Lithuanian deity
- Kuutar
Origin:
Finnish
- Lada
Origin:
Slavic
- Laetitia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"gladness, happiness"
- Laima
Origin:
LatvianMeaning:
"luck"
- Lakshmi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"a lucky omen"
- Lara
Origin:
Russian, diminutive of Larissa or LarisaMeaning:
"citadel"
- Latona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"light"
- Laverna
Origin:
Latin
- Lerina
Origin:
Celtic
- Lethe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"oblivion"
- Leto
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"wife or hidden"
- Levana
Origin:
Roman, LatinMeaning:
"to lift"
- Libera
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"free"
- Lilaea
Origin:
Latin variation of Lilaia, GreekMeaning:
"longed for"
- Lissa
Origin:
African, Arabic mythological name; diminutive of Melissa, GreekMeaning:
"honeybee"
- Litavis
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"the broad one"
- Lua
Origin:
PortugueseMeaning:
"moon"
- Lucina
Origin:
RomanMeaning:
"grove or light"
- Luna
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"moon"
- Lyssa
Origin:
Short form of Alyssa or Greek mythological nameMeaning:
"anger, fury, rage"
- Macha
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"of the plain"
- Maeve
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"she who intoxicates"
- Maia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"mother"
- Makaria
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"blessed one"
- Māra
Origin:
Latvian
- Marama
Origin:
Maori and TahitianMeaning:
"moon; bright"
- Marzanna
Origin:
Polish
- Megaera
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the jealous one"
- Melia
Origin:
Greek mythology name, diminutive of Amelia, or HawaiianMeaning:
"ash tree; honey; work; plumeria"
- Melinoe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"having the color of quince"
- Mellona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"honey"
- Mena
Origin:
Spanish, diminutive of Filomena
- Merope
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bee-eater bird"
- Milda
Origin:
Lithuanian mythological nameMeaning:
"goddess of love"
- Minerva
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the mind, intellect"
- Mokosh
Origin:
Proto-SlavicMeaning:
"moisture"
- Moneta
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"to remind, instruct; alone, unique"
- Morena
Origin:
Slovak, MacedonianMeaning:
"brown-haired"
- Moria
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"sacred olive tree"
- Moryana
Origin:
Russian and Ukrainian deity
- Naenia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"incantation, lament"
- Neith
Origin:
EgyptianMeaning:
"divine mother"
- Nephele
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"cloudy"
- Nerio
Origin:
Latin from GreekMeaning:
"strength, valor"
- Nete
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknown
- Niamh
Origin:
Irish GaelicMeaning:
"bright"
- Nike
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"victory"
- Nixi
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"goddess of childbirth"
- Nixie
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"water nymph"
- Niya
Origin:
LechiticMeaning:
"to fade, disappear"
- Nomia
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknown
- Nona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"ninth"
- Nox
Origin:
Latin variation of Nyx, GreekMeaning:
"night"
- Nyavka
Origin:
Ukrainian
- Nyja
Origin:
Polish
- Nyx
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"night"
- Oba
Origin:
Nigerian
- Orithyia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"woman raging in the mountains"
- Padma
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"lotus"
- Päivätär
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"lady of the sun"
- Pallas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wisdom"
- Panacea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"a cure for all ills"
- Papa
Origin:
MaoriMeaning:
"earth"
- Parvati
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"the daughter of the mountain"
- Pavana
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"peacock"
- Pax
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"peace"
- Pele
Origin:
Hawaiian goddess of fire
- Penelope
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"weaver"
- Persephone
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bringer of destruction"
- Philophrosyne
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"friendly-minded"
- Phoebe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"radiant, shining one"
- Phrike
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"tremor"
- Polyhymnia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"one of many praises"
- Pomona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"apple"
- Proserpina
Origin:
Variation of Proserpine, Latin
- Proserpine
Origin:
Latin from GreekMeaning:
"to emerge"
- Providentia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"forethought"
- Rhapso
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"to sew"
- Rhea
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"a flowing stream"
- Rhiannon
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"divine queen"
- Rhodos
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"rose"
- Rhya
Origin:
Variation of Rhea, GreekMeaning:
"a flowing stream"
- Roma
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Rumina
Origin:
Latin
- Saanvi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"follower of Lakshmi"
- Sabrina
Origin:
Celtic, Latin name for the River Severn
- Sadbh
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"sweet; goodly"
- Saga
Origin:
Swedish word nameMeaning:
"story; seeress"
- Salacia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"salt"
- Sanvika
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"Goddess Lakshmi"
- Saulė
Origin:
LithuanianMeaning:
"sun"
- Sedna
Origin:
Native American, InuitMeaning:
"goddess of the sea"
- Seetha
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"furrow"
- Selena
Origin:
Latinized variation of Greek SeleneMeaning:
"moon goddess"
- Selene
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"moon goddess"
- Selket
Origin:
Egyptian mythology name
- Senuna
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"old"
- Seren
Origin:
Welsh, TurkishMeaning:
"star or sail mast"
- Sif
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"bride"
- Sita
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"furrow"
- Skadi
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"shadow, harm"
- Styx
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the hateful"
- Tacita
Origin:
Latin, feminine variation of TacitusMeaning:
"silence"
- Tana
Origin:
English, Frisian, Spanish, SlavicMeaning:
"thought or sweetheart"
- Tanith
Origin:
PhoenicianMeaning:
"serpent lady"
- Tellervo
Origin:
Finnish mythological name
- Terpsichore
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"delight in dancing"
- Terra
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"earth"
- Thalia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"to flourish"
- Thallo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bringer of blossoms"
- Theia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"goddess, godly"
- Thelxinoe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"charming mind"
- Themis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"law of nature, divine law"
- Thetis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"dogmatic"
- Thora
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"thunder goddess"
- Tiasa
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknown
- Tisiphone
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Avenging murder"
- Trivia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"place where three roads meet"
- Tuulikki
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"little wind"
- Tyche
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"fortune"
- Uma
Origin:
Sanskrit, HebrewMeaning:
"light, peace, nation"
- Umay
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"mother, placenta"
- Urania
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Utrenica
Origin:
Belorussian deity
- Vedenemo
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"mother of waters"
- Vellamo
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"movement of water and waves"
- Venelia
Origin:
Latin, deity name
- Venilia
Origin:
Latin, deity name
- Venus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"love, desire"
- Vesna
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"spring"
- Vesta
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"pure"
- Victoria
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"victory"
- Vigdis
Origin:
NorwegianMeaning:
"war goddess"
- Vita
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"life"
- Viva
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"alive, living, life"
- Xanthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"golden, yellow"
- Yara
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"friend, helper"
- Zaranitsa
Origin:
BelorussianMeaning:
"dawn"
- Žemyna
Origin:
LithuanianMeaning:
"earth"
- Ziva
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"life"
- Zorya
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"star"