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Mythology dog names

Gods, heroes and creatures from Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, Egyptian and other myths, each with the story behind it.

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Girl names (133)

Adarna
A magical bird of Philippine legend whose song heals · Filipino
Aine
Irish for radiance, a goddess of summer and the sun · Irish
Amabie
A mermaid spirit of Japanese folklore said to ward off sickness · Japanese
Amaterasu
Japanese sun goddess and ancestor of the emperors · Japanese
Amphitrite
The Greek queen of the sea and wife of Poseidon · Greek
Andraste
Possibly invincible, a war goddess called on by Boudica · Celtic
Anthea
Greek for flowery, a name of the goddess Hera · Greek
Arachne
A weaver so skilled she was turned into the first spider · Greek
Arethusa
A nymph who became a fresh water spring · Greek
Arianrhod
Probably silver wheel, a goddess of the stars in the Mabinogi · Welsh
Artemis
Greek goddess of the hunt and of hounds · Greek
Asena
The grey she wolf of Turkic legend · Turkish
Astarte
A Phoenician goddess of love and the evening star · Phoenician
Asteria
Greek for starry, a Titan goddess of falling stars · Greek
Athena
Greek goddess of wisdom and strategy · Greek
Austeja
From Lithuanian for to weave, the goddess of bees · Lithuanian
Badb
Old Irish for crow, a war goddess who flew over battles · Irish
Bast
A short form of Bastet, the cat headed protector of homes · Egyptian
Bastet
Cat headed Egyptian goddess of the home · Egyptian
Bau
A Sumerian mother goddess linked with dogs and healing · Sumerian · small dogs
Bellona
From Latin for to fight, the Roman goddess of war · Latin
Benten
Japanese goddess of music, words and flowing water · Japanese
Boann
Goddess of the River Boyne, whose name means white cow · Irish
Branwen
Welsh heroine whose name means white raven · Welsh
Brigid
Irish goddess of fire, poetry and healing · Irish
Brynhild
A shield maiden of the Volsunga saga, bold and proud · Old Norse · big dogs
Camilla
A warrior maiden so swift she could run across a cornfield without bending a stalk · Latin
Cerridwen
Welsh goddess who stirred the cauldron of inspiration · Welsh
Chang'e
The goddess who flew to the moon, where she lives with the Jade Rabbit · Chinese
Chione
Greek for snow, a daughter of the north wind · Greek
Chloris
Greek for pale green, a nymph of flowers and spring · Greek
Citlali
Nahuatl name meaning star · Nahuatl
Concordia
Latin for harmony, the Roman goddess of agreement and peace · Latin
Cybele
The Phrygian mother goddess who rode a chariot drawn by lions · Phrygian
Cynthia
A name of Artemis, from Mount Cynthus where she was born · Greek
Dalia
From Lithuanian for portion, the goddess of weaving and fate · Lithuanian
Danu
Mother goddess of the old Irish gods · Irish
Deirdre
Tragic heroine of Irish legend · Irish
Diana
Roman goddess of the hunt · Roman
Dido
The founding queen of Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid · Phoenician
Dryad
A tree nymph of Greek myth · Greek
Eir
Norse goddess of healing and mercy · Norse
Elissa
Another name for Dido, queen of Carthage · Phoenician
Epona
Celtic goddess who protected horses · Celtic
Eriu
The goddess who gave her name to Ireland · Irish
Felicitas
Latin for good luck, the Roman spirit of happiness · Latin
Fenghuang
The Chinese phoenix, a sign of virtue and harmony · Chinese
Fionnuala
White shoulder, the daughter of Lir who became a swan · Irish
Fortuna
Latin for luck, the Roman goddess of fortune · Latin
Freya
Norse goddess of love, her chariot drawn by cats · Norse
Frigg
Means beloved, the wise wife of Odin and queen of Asgard · Old Norse
Gabija
The Lithuanian goddess of fire and the home · Lithuanian
Gaia
Greek goddess of the earth · Greek
Gamayun
A prophetic bird with a woman's face in Slavic folklore · Slavic
Gerd
Old Norse for enclosure, a beautiful giantess who married the god Freyr · Old Norse
Gerda
Norse giantess who married the god Freyr · Norse
Grainne
Possibly from grain, a princess who eloped with Diarmaid · Irish
Gudrun
A heroine of the Norse sagas and wife of Sigurd · Old Norse
Gula
The Sumerian goddess of healing, often shown with a dog at her side · Sumerian
Harmonia
The Greek goddess of harmony, wife of Cadmus · Greek
Hathor
Egyptian goddess of love, music and joy · Egyptian
Hera
Queen of the Greek gods · Greek
Hiiaka
Held essence, the youngest sister of the volcano goddess Pele · Hawaiian
Hippolyta
The warrior queen of the Amazons · Greek
Idun
Norse goddess who guards the apples of youth · Norse
Igraine
The mother of King Arthur · Welsh
Inanna
Sumerian goddess of love and war · Sumerian
Iseult
The Irish princess in the tale of Tristan and Iseult · Old French
Ishtar
Mesopotamian goddess of love and war · Mesopotamian
Isis
Egyptian goddess of magic and healing · Egyptian
Itzel
Mayan name meaning rainbow lady · Mayan
Ixchel
Mayan goddess of the moon and weaving · Mayan
Juno
Roman queen of the gods · Roman
Kara
Probably Old Norse for curly, the name of a valkyrie · Old Norse
Kitsune
Clever fox spirit of Japanese folklore · Japanese
Kumiho
A nine tailed fox of Korean folklore · Korean
Lada
Slavic goddess of beauty and spring · Slavic
Laima
From Latvian for luck, the Baltic goddess of fate · Latvian
Laufey
Old Norse for leafy island, the mother of Loki · Old Norse
Libertas
Latin for liberty, the Roman goddess of freedom · Latin
Louhi
The fierce witch queen of Pohjola in the Kalevala · Finnish
Lynette
The sharp tongued lady who asks Gareth for help · Old French
Lyonesse
Middle English for lioness, a lady rescued by Gareth · Middle English
Maat
Egyptian goddess of truth and balance · Egyptian
Macha
Irish goddess linked to horses and battle · Irish
Metztli
The Aztec goddess of the moon · Nahuatl
Mielikki
The Finnish goddess of forests and the hunt · Finnish
Mokosh
Slavic earth goddess who spins and weaves · Slavic
Morana
Slavic goddess of winter and frozen fields · Slavic
Morgaine
A form of Morgan le Fay, the enchantress of Arthurian legend · Old French
Morrigan
Irish battle goddess who took the shape of a crow · Irish
Nefertiti
Egyptian queen whose name means the beautiful one has come · Egyptian
Nimue
The Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin · Welsh
Norn
One of the three Norse weavers of fate · Norse
Nox
Latin for night, and the Roman goddess of night · Latin
Nuwa
Chinese goddess who made people out of clay · Chinese
Oya
Yoruba goddess of storms and change · Yoruba
Pele
Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire · Hawaiian
Persephone
Greek queen of the underworld and of spring · Greek
Pomona
From Latin for fruit tree, the goddess of orchards · Latin
Proserpina
Means to emerge, the Roman queen of the underworld and spring · Latin
Ran
Norse goddess of the sea who gathered sailors in her net · Old Norse
Rhiannon
Horse riding goddess of Welsh legend · Welsh
Rusalka
Water spirit of Slavic folklore · Slavic
Sadb
Probably sweet, a woman turned into a deer and mother of Oisin · Irish
Saule
Lithuanian for sun, the Baltic sun goddess · Lithuanian
Scathach
Means shadowy, the warrior woman who trained Cuchulainn · Irish
Scylla
A sea monster with six heads who guarded a narrow strait · Greek
Sedna
Inuit goddess who rules the sea and its animals · Inuit
Sekhmet
Lioness headed Egyptian goddess of war · Egyptian
Selene
Greek goddess of the moon · Greek
Seshat
Egyptian goddess of writing and measurement · Egyptian
Sif
Golden haired wife of Thor in Norse myth · Norse
Signy
Old Norse for new victory, twin sister of Sigmund · Old Norse
Sigyn
Old Norse for victorious friend, the faithful wife of Loki · Old Norse
Simurgh
A giant wise bird of Persian legend · Persian · big dogs
Sirin
A bird of paradise with a lovely song in Russian legend · Russian
Sirona
From Celtic for star, a Gaulish goddess of healing springs · Celtic
Skadi
Norse goddess of winter, skis and mountains · Norse
Tanit
The Phoenician goddess of Carthage · Phoenician
Themis
The Titan goddess of law and fairness · Greek
Thrud
Old Norse for strength, the daughter of Thor and Sif · Old Norse · big dogs
Tiamat
Babylonian sea dragon goddess of salt water · Babylonian · big dogs
Tuulikki
Finnish for little wind, a forest goddess · Finnish · small dogs
Ushas
Vedic goddess of the dawn · Sanskrit
Valkyrie
The choosers of the slain in Norse myth · Norse
Venus
Roman goddess of love · Roman
Veritas
Latin for truth, the Roman spirit of truth · Latin
Vesna
Slavic goddess of spring · Slavic
Wadjet
Cobra goddess who guarded the kings of Egypt · Egyptian
Xochiquetzal
Flower feather, an Aztec goddess of flowers and beauty · Nahuatl
Yemoja
Yoruba goddess of rivers and of mothers · Yoruba
Zorya
Slavic goddess of the dawn · Slavic

Boy names (167)

Aegir
Norse giant who rules the ocean · Norse
Aeneas
The Trojan hero who sailed to Italy and founded the Roman line · Latin
Aengus
The Irish god of love and youth, who turned into a swan · Irish
Aether
The Greek spirit of the bright upper air · Greek
Ahti
The Finnish god of the sea, rivers and fishing · Finnish
Alf
Old Norse for elf, a legendary king and suitor in Norse saga · Old Norse
Alvis
Old Norse for all wise, a clever dwarf who tried to marry the daughter of Thor · Old Norse
Amarok
A giant lone wolf of Inuit legend · Inuit · big dogs
Amaru
Mythical serpent of the Andes · Quechua
Ammon
The Greek form of Amun, the hidden one, a great Egyptian god · Egyptian
Amun
Hidden creator god of ancient Egypt · Egyptian
Anansi
West African spider who outwits everyone in folk tales · Ghanaian · small dogs
Anubis
Jackal headed Egyptian god of the dead · Egyptian · big dogs
Aodh
Old Irish for fire, borne by many heroes of Irish legend · Irish
Apollo
Greek god of light, music and prophecy · Greek · big dogs
Aralez
Winged dog spirits of Armenian myth who heal wounded heroes by licking them · Armenian
Arawn
Welsh lord of the otherworld · Welsh
Ares
Greek god of war · Greek
Argus
The hundred eyed giant who never slept, the perfect watchdog · Greek · big dogs
Atlas
The titan who holds up the sky · Greek · big dogs
Baihu
The White Tiger of the west and of autumn · Chinese
Balam
Mayan word for jaguar · Mayan · big dogs
Balder
Means brave or bold, the handsome and much loved son of Odin · Old Norse
Baldur
Norse god of light and summer · Norse
Balor
One eyed giant of Irish myth · Irish · big dogs
Bedivere
The knight who threw Excalibur back into the lake · Welsh
Belenus
Possibly bright or brilliant, a Celtic god of light · Celtic
Bellerophon
The hero who rode Pegasus and defeated the Chimera · Greek
Bors
From Old French for jousting, a knight who found the Holy Grail · Old French · big dogs
Bragi
Norse god of poetry and song · Norse
Bran
Giant king of Welsh legend · Welsh · big dogs
Brontes
Greek for thunder, one of the Cyclopes who forged lightning · Greek · big dogs
Cadmus
The founder of Thebes who brought the alphabet to Greece · Greek
Cai
Welsh form of Kay, a fierce companion of King Arthur · Welsh
Camazotz
The bat god of Maya legend · Maya
Caradoc
A knight of the Round Table and Welsh hero · Welsh
Cerberus
The three headed hound at the gate of the underworld · Greek · big dogs
Cernunnos
The great horned one, a Celtic god of wild animals · Celtic · big dogs
Cian
Irish for ancient or enduring, the father of the hero Lugh · Irish
Conn
Possibly sense or head, the legendary king Conn of the Hundred Battles · Irish
Connla
From Old Irish for hound and warrior, son of the hero Cuchulainn · Irish
Cu Sith
The Cu Sith, a huge green fairy hound of Scottish and Irish folklore · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Cuchulainn
Hound of Culann, the greatest hero of Ulster, who took the place of a guard dog · Irish · big dogs
Culann
The smith whose great hound was slain by the boy who became Cuchulainn · Irish
Cyclops
A one eyed giant of Greek myth, for a big dog with a big stare · Greek · big dogs
Dagda
The good god, a chief of the Tuatha De Danann with a magic club · Irish · big dogs
Diarmuid
Irish form of Diarmaid, a hero of the Fianna · Irish
Diomedes
A bold Greek hero of the Trojan War · Greek
Dobhar
From the Dobhar chu, the water hound of Irish lakes, part dog and part otter · Irish
Domovoi
Household spirit who guards a Slavic home · Slavic · small dogs
Dormarch
The finest hound of Gwyn ap Nudd, king of the Otherworld, in Welsh legend · Welsh · big dogs
Ebisu
Japanese god of good fortune and fishermen · Japanese
Endymion
A handsome shepherd who sleeps forever under the moon · Greek
Enki
Sumerian god of fresh water and clever ideas · Sumerian
Enkidu
Wild companion of Gilgamesh, raised among animals · Mesopotamian
Enlil
Sumerian god of wind and air · Sumerian
Evander
From Greek for good man, an Arcadian hero who settled in Italy · Greek
Excalibur
The legendary sword of King Arthur
Faunus
A Roman god of forests, fields and wild things · Latin
Fenrir
The great wolf of Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Fionn
Old Irish for white or fair, the great hunter Fionn mac Cumhaill · Irish
Freki
Greedy one, the second of Odin's two loyal wolves · Old Norse
Freyr
Norse god of harvest and peace · Norse
Fujin
Japanese god of the wind · Japanese
Galahad
The purest knight of the Round Table, who found the Holy Grail · Old French
Gawain
The nephew of King Arthur who faced the Green Knight · Old French
Geb
The Egyptian god of the earth, often shown with a goose · Egyptian
Geraint
A knight of the Round Table and husband of Enid · Welsh
Geri
Ravenous, one of the two wolves who sit at Odin's side · Old Norse
Gilgamesh
Hero king of the oldest surviving epic poem · Mesopotamian · big dogs
Gwydion
Magician and trickster of Welsh myth · Welsh
Gwyn
Welsh for white or blessed, king of the Otherworld and leader of the Wild Hunt · Welsh
Hapi
The Egyptian spirit of the Nile flood that brought plenty · Egyptian
Hati
The wolf who chases the moon across the sky · Old Norse
Heimdall
Norse watchman who guards the rainbow bridge · Norse · big dogs
Hercules
The hero of the twelve labours · Greek · big dogs
Horus
Falcon headed Egyptian god of the sky · Egyptian
Houyi
The great archer who shot down nine of the ten suns · Chinese
Huginn
One of Odin's ravens, his name means thought · Norse
Hunahpu
One of the Hero Twins of the Popol Vuh, a ball player and trickster · Maya
Huracan
The Maya god of wind and storm who gave his name to the hurricane · Maya · big dogs
Ilmarinen
The immortal smith of the Kalevala who forged the sky · Finnish
Imhotep
Egyptian architect later honoured as a god · Egyptian
Inti
Inca god of the sun · Quechua
Issun
From Issun Boshi, the one inch boy who beat an ogre with a needle · Japanese · small dogs
Itzamna
The Maya creator god of writing and the sky · Maya
Kaggen
The mantis trickster of San folklore · San · small dogs
Kaleva
The mythical ancestor of the Finns, father of heroes · Finnish · big dogs
Khepri
The Egyptian scarab beetle god who rolls the sun each morning · Egyptian
Khonsu
Egyptian moon god who travels the night sky · Egyptian
Kintaro
Golden Boy, a super strong child of Japanese folklore who wrestled bears · Japanese
Kukulkan
Feathered serpent god of the Maya · Mayan
Lamassu
A winged bull with a human head that guarded Assyrian gates · Akkadian · big dogs
Lancelot
The bravest knight of the Round Table · Old French
Lech
The legendary founder of the Poles · Polish
Leshy
Guardian spirit of the forest in Slavic folklore · Slavic · big dogs
Lir
The sea god of Irish myth and father of the swan children · Irish
Lleu
The nearly invincible son of Arianrhod in the Mabinogi · Welsh
Llyr
Welsh for the sea, father of Bran and Branwen · Welsh
Lohengrin
The swan knight, son of Parzival in German legend · German
Lugh
Irish god of light, skill and craft · Irish
Magni
Old Norse for strength, the mighty son of Thor · Old Norse · big dogs
Manannan
The Irish god of the sea who rode a chariot over the waves · Irish
Mani
The Norse god who drives the moon across the night sky · Old Norse
Marduk
Chief god of Babylon who slew the sea dragon · Babylonian · big dogs
Mentor
The wise friend who guided Telemachus, giving us the word mentor · Greek
Mimir
Norse keeper of the well of wisdom · Norse
Mjolnir
The hammer of Thor, for a dog who hits like thunder · Old Norse · big dogs
Momotaro
Peach Boy, the folk hero who set off with a loyal dog, a monkey and a pheasant · Japanese
Muninn
Memory, one of the two ravens who fly the world for Odin · Old Norse
Mwindo
The hero of the Mwindo epic of the Nyanga people, born able to walk and talk · Nyanga
Nabu
The Babylonian god of wisdom and writing · Akkadian
Nanook
Inuit master of the bears · Inuit · big dogs
Nergal
Mesopotamian god of the underworld and summer heat · Mesopotamian
Nestor
The wise old king of Pylos in the Iliad · Greek
Njord
Norse god of the sea and the wind · Norse
Nuada
Irish king who wore a hand of silver · Irish
Odin
The one eyed all father of Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Oisin
Poet warrior of Irish legend, the name means little deer · Irish
Orthrus
The two headed guard dog of Geryon's cattle, brother of Cerberus · Greek · big dogs
Osiris
Egyptian god of the afterlife and rebirth · Egyptian
Pangu
The first being of Chinese myth, who pushed earth and sky apart · Chinese · big dogs
Panhu
A dragon dog who won the hand of a princess in Chinese myth · Chinese · big dogs
Parsifal
The Grail knight in Wagner's opera, the same hero as Percival · German
Pekko
The Finnish god of fields and barley · Finnish
Pellinore
The king who forever chased the Questing Beast · Old French
Perun
Slavic god of thunder and lightning · Slavic · big dogs
Raijin
Japanese god of thunder and drums · Japanese
Rangi
Maori sky father · Maori
Ratatosk
Squirrel who runs up and down the Norse world tree · Norse · small dogs
Ratatoskr
The gossiping squirrel who runs up and down the world tree · Old Norse · small dogs
Sampo
The magic mill of the Kalevala that made grain, salt and gold · Finnish
Satyr
A merry woodland spirit of Greek myth · Greek
Shamash
Babylonian god of the sun and of justice · Babylonian
Shango
Yoruba god of thunder and drums · Yoruba
Sisyphus
The king doomed to roll a boulder uphill forever, for a dog who never quits · Greek
Skoll
The wolf who chases the sun each day in Norse myth · Old Norse
Sleipnir
Odin's eight legged horse in Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Sobek
Crocodile god of the Nile in Egyptian myth · Egyptian · big dogs
Surya
Sanskrit for the sun · Sanskrit
Susanoo
Japanese god of storms and the sea · Japanese
Svarog
Slavic god of the forge and fire · Slavic
Sweeney
From Suibhne, meaning joy, a mad king who lived among the birds · Irish
Tadhg
Old Irish for poet, a warm and very Irish name · Irish
Taliesin
Legendary Welsh bard, the name means shining brow · Welsh
Tammuz
The Hebrew form of Dumuzi, the shepherd god · Hebrew
Tane
Maori god of forests and birds · Maori
Tanuki
Shape shifting raccoon dog of Japanese folklore · Japanese
Taran
Welsh for thunder · Welsh
Tengu
Mountain spirit of Japanese folklore · Japanese
Thoth
Ibis headed Egyptian god of wisdom and writing · Egyptian
Tlaloc
Aztec god of rain and storms · Nahuatl
Tonatiuh
The Aztec god of the sun · Nahuatl
Tulikettu
Finnish for fire fox, the fox whose tail lights the northern lights · Finnish
Turul
The great falcon of Hungarian legend · Hungarian
Tyr
One handed Norse god of war and oaths · Norse
Vali
A son of Odin who grew to full strength in a single day · Old Norse
Veles
Slavic god of cattle, earth and the underworld · Slavic
Vidar
Silent Norse god of the forest and vengeance · Norse
Wepwawet
Opener of the ways, the Egyptian wolf god who led armies · Egyptian
Xanthus
Greek for yellow, a talking horse of Achilles · Greek
Xbalanque
The other Hero Twin of the Popol Vuh, whose name may mean jaguar sun · Maya
Xiaotian
The black celestial hound who fights demons beside Erlang Shen · Chinese
Xolo
Short for Xolotl, the Aztec dog headed god · Nahuatl
Xolotl
The Aztec god of lightning and the evening star, shown with a dog head and namesake of the Xolo breed · Nahuatl
Ymir
First giant of Norse myth, the world was made from him · Norse · big dogs
Yvain
The Knight of the Lion, who was followed everywhere by a loyal lion · Old French

Names for either (33)

Akabeko
The red cow of Aizu folklore, now a lucky nodding toy · Japanese
Amor
Latin for love, another name for Cupid · Latin
Asgard
Home of the gods in Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Bakeneko
A shape shifting cat of Japanese folklore, a cheeky pick for a dog · Japanese
Baku
A tapir like spirit of Japanese folklore who eats bad dreams · Japanese
Bifrost
The burning rainbow bridge between Midgard and Asgard · Old Norse
Bunbuku
From Bunbuku Chagama, the tea kettle that was really a tanuki · Japanese · small dogs
Chandra
Sanskrit for the moon · Sanskrit
Ciar
From the Irish for black, a lovely pick for a dark coat · Irish
Firebird
Glowing bird at the heart of Slavic folk tales · Slavic
Griffin
Eagle headed lion of medieval heraldry · big dogs
Hydra
The many headed serpent Hercules fought · Greek · big dogs
Inari
Japanese deity of rice whose messengers are foxes · Japanese
Kappa
A mischievous water creature of Japanese folklore who loves cucumbers · Japanese
Kesaran
From kesaran pasaran, fluffy white puffballs said to bring luck · Japanese · small dogs
Kirin
Gentle hooved beast of Japanese myth · Japanese
Kiwa
Maori for dark, a guardian of the ocean · Maori
Kodama
A tree spirit of Japanese folklore whose call is heard as an echo · Japanese · small dogs
Komainu
The lion dogs who guard the gates of Japanese shrines in pairs · Japanese · big dogs
Kraken
The sea monster of Nordic sailors tales · Norse · big dogs
Laelaps
The golden hound of Greek myth who never failed to catch what he chased · Greek
Marama
Maori for moon or month · Maori
Midgard
Middle earth, the world of humans in Norse myth · Old Norse
Namazu
The giant catfish said to cause earthquakes by thrashing · Japanese
Nekomata
A forked tail cat spirit of Japanese folklore · Japanese
Nian
The beast of Chinese New Year legend scared off by red and firecrackers · Chinese
Oracle
The voice that spoke prophecy at Delphi · Greek
Pegasus
The winged horse of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Qilin
A gentle hoofed beast of Chinese legend that brings good fortune · Chinese
Quetzal
Sacred bright feathered bird of Aztec myth · Nahuatl
Sphinx
The riddling creature of Thebes · Greek
Titan
The elder gods who came before the Olympians · Greek · big dogs
Valhalla
The great hall of Odin where fallen heroes feast · Old Norse

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