Greek Gods & Goddesses

This is a partial list of the numerous Greek Gods & Goddesses for your naming inspiration. My favorites are Apollo, Clio, Ersa, and Thalia.

Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty, love, desire and pleasure.
Apollo - God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty and archery.
Ares - God of war, bloodshed and violence.
Artemis - Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, childbirth, and plague. Also associated with bows and arrows.
Athena - Goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts.
Atlas - Titan that carries the heavens on his shoulders.
Aura - Titaness of the breeze.
Calliope - Muse of epic poetry
Calypso - A nymph who detained Odysseus.
Cerberus - Three headed dog who guarded the gates of the underworld
Chaos - The personification of nothingness from which all existence spring.
Charon - The ferryman to the underworld
Chronos - Primordial god of empirical time.
Circe - A powerful sorceress, daughter of Helios
Clio - The muse of history
Cronus - Titan of Harvests and personification of destructive time.
Cybele - A mountain goddess.
Demeter - Goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment.
Dione - Titaness of the oracle of Dodona.
Dionysus - God of wine, fruitfulness, parties, festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, vegetation, and ecstasy.
Electra - One of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione and wife of Corythus
Erebus - The god of darkness and shadow
Eros - The god of love and attraction
Ersa - Goddess of the dew
Gaia - Personification of the Earth
Hades - Ruler of the underworld and the dead.
Hecate - Goddess of crossroads, entrances, light, magic, witchcraft, poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy and sorcery
Helios - Titan of the sun and guardian of oaths.
Hephaestus - God of fire, metalworking, and crafts.
Hera - Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires.
Hermes - God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, language and writing.
Hestia - Goddess of hearth, home, and chastity.
Hyperion - Titan of light.
Hypnos - The personification of sleep.
Iapetus - Titan of mortality.
Iris - Goddess of the rainbow
Leto - Titaness of motherhood
Metis - Titaness of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness and wisdom.
Mnemosyne - Titaness of memory and remembreance
Nemesis - Personification of retribution.
Nyx - Personification of the night.
Oceanus - Titan of the oceans and fount of all fresh water.
Ophion - Ruler of Earth before Cronus, or sometimes a snake born from the World Egg.
Orion - Giant Huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars
Pallas - Titan of warcraft
Persephone - Goddess of the underworld, she was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, wife of Hades
Perses - Titan of destruction
Phanes - God of procreation.
Phoebe - Titaness of bright intellect and prophecy.
Poseidon - God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes.
Prometheus -  Titan of forethought and crafty counsel, and the creator of mankind
Rhea - Titaness of fertility, motherhood, and the mountain wilds.
Selene - Titaness of the moon
Styx - The personification of hatred and Titaness of the River Styx
Talos - A giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus to protect Europa
Tartarus - Personification of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld.
Tethys - Titaness of fresh-water, rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds
Thalassa - Personification of the sea.
Thalia - This name is shared by one of the three graces and the muse of comedy.
Theia - Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky.
Themis - Titaness of divine law and order.
Uranus - The God of the heavens.
Zeus - God of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice.

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