Names for girls inspired by goddesses

Your daughter is about to be born; you have thought of many ideas, but none of them convinces you. If you are looking for a strong meaning, these names for girls inspired by goddesses will help you choose.

Be it Greek, Egyptian, Nordic mythology, or the pre-Hispanic cultures of our country; there are outstanding goddesses associated with creative forces. Still, they were also related to intelligence, war, and love.

Importance of the goddesses

In Greek mythology, deities such as Athena, the goddess of wisdom, war, and justice, were revered. The role that goddesses play in mythological stories is very similar to that of women in Greek civilization, which explains the Goddesses of Greek Mythology research.

In the Mexica culture, the goddesses represented a balance complemented by the male deities, explains Paola Angélica Sosa Salazar, educational advisor to the Museo del Templo Mayor.

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There are precious stories and beliefs behind the goddesses of each culture, so these names for girls have beautiful meanings.

Letters A-D

• Afrodita: Greek goddess of love and beauty.
• Amunet: In Egyptian mythology, she is the deity of mystery.
• Artemisa: The eldest daughter of Zeus, she is the goddess of the hunt, of wild animals, of the forest, and births.
• Asteria: Greek goddess of prophecies and oracles.
• Atenea: In Greek civilization, she was the goddess of wisdom, war, science, and justice.
• Aura: For the Romans, she was the deity of the breeze.
• Aurora: In Rome, she was the goddess of dawn.
• Bastet: For the Egyptians, goddess of the home, feminine secrets, cats, fertility, and childbirth.
• Cárites: Greek goddess of beauty and grace.
• Ceres: In Roman culture, the deity of crops.
• Cihuacoatl: Serpent woman, goddess of motherhood in Mexica mythology.
• Circe: Greek goddess of magic and sorcery.
• Citlalicue: For the Mexicas, she was the deity of the Milky Way.
• Cloris: Greek goddess of gardens and flowers.
• Coatlicue: She was the goddess of mother earth in the Aztec cosmogony.
• Dayami: In Nahuatl, it means Goddess of the river.
• Delia: Goddess Artemis’s nickname, she was born on the island of Delos.
• Deméter: Greek goddess of the earth and crops.
• Diana: Roman goddess of the hunt.
• Dione: According to the Greeks, she is the deity of fertility, the mother of Zeus.

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Letters E-L

• Edesia: In Roman mythology, she was the deity dedicated to caring for children and feeding them.
• Eir: Norse goddess associated with medical skills. This name means Protection, Help.
• Elpis: Greek goddess of hope.
• Eris: According to the Greeks, she was the deity of conflict and dispute.
• Eyra: Scandinavian goddess of health.
• Febe: Greek goddess of intellect and prophecy.
• Fortuna: The Roman goddess of fate.
• Freya: In Norse mythology, she is the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility.
• Gaia/Gea: Greek goddess of the earth.
• Ganga: In Hinduism, she is the deity of the river Ganges.
• Harmonía: Greek divinity of harmony and concord.
• Hebe: Greek deity of youth.
• Hera: For the Greeks, the queen of Olympus, the protector of family and marriage.
• Idalia: This is how the Roman goddess Venus was nicknamed, meaning I saw the sun.
• Irene: Roman culture considered her the deity of peace and wealth.
• Iris: Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger of Olympus.
• Isis: The Greeks knew the Egyptian divinity of motherhood with this name.
• Itzamara: For the Mayans, goddess of the stars.
• Ixchel: In the Mayan culture, the deity of childbirth and fertility as well as medicine, the arts, and the fertility of the earth.
• Juno: Roman goddess of motherhood.
• Kali: For Hindus, she represents the destruction of evil and demons.
• Lakshmi: Hindu deity of fortune, virtue, and beauty.
• Leto: Along with her sister Asteria, they were worshiped as Greek goddesses of the night.
• Lua: Roman goddess of atonement and forgiveness.

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Letters M-X

• Minerva: Roman goddess of wisdom, the thinker.
• Naab: In the Mayan culture, the serpent goddess of the waters.
• Nanna: For the Norse, she represented joy and peace.
• Neftis: For the Egyptians, the deity of death, darkness, and pro
• Nike: Greek goddess of victory.
• Nix: The Greek culture revered her as a divinity of the night.
• Parvati: Goddess of food and inner strength in the culture of India.
• Perséfone: Queen of the underworld and goddess of spring.
• Rea: Greek goddess of nature.
• Sati: In Hinduism, she is the goddess of happiness in marriage and longevity.
• Selene: She is one of the three Greek goddesses of the Moon.
• Silvia: Of Roman origin, she is the mother of the founders of this city: Romulus and Remus. Its meaning of it is related to forests and nature.
• Tonantzin: In the Aztec cosmogony, mother goddess of nature and death.
• Venus: Roman goddess of love.
• Vesta: Roman goddess of architecture, sacred fire, home, state, and family.
• Xareni: Of Otomi origin, she was a goddess of love. It means Princess of the forest.
• Xochiquetzal: According to the Mexicas, she is the goddess of flowers, love, and the arts.
• Yuritzi: Of Mayan origin, it means Goddess of the moonbeam.

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Translated by: Ligia M. Oliver Manrique de Lara

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