Greek Fantasy Name Generator
Heroic Greek-style names for fantasy characters
Generate Greek fantasy names for heroes, heroines, demigods and kings: classical given names like Lysander, Kyrene and Theron, original Greek-sounding inventions, and full names with epithets and homelands such as Alkaios of Thessaly or Kassandra Truthseer.
About Greek fantasy names
Greek fantasy names borrow the music of classical Greek without needing to be historically exact. Real ancient names were usually two meaningful roots joined together: Nik- (victory) + andros (man) gives Nikandros, Kalli- (beautiful) + ope (voice) gives Kalliope, Theo- (god) + doros (gift) gives Theodoros. Male names end in -os, -as, -es or -on; female names in -a, -e, -is or -o. Fantasy writers from Percy Jackson to Hades and Blood of Zeus keep those endings and the hard k-sounds (Kleitos, Kyrene, Kassandra) because they instantly read as Greek, even in invented names like Eudorion or Selenike.
Greeks did not use surnames. A character was known by a given name plus a patronymic (Nikandros son of Alkmaion), a hometown (Alkaios of Thessaly, Theano of Kroton) or an epithet earned by deed or trait (Kyrene the Swift, Hektor Citybreaker). That structure is a gift for fantasy: it tells the reader where someone comes from and what they are famous for in a single line.
The list mixes authentic classical names, names from myth and epic, original Greek-sounding coinages, and full heroic names with epithets, so you can pick a bare name for a villager or a ringing title for a demigod.
How to choose Greek fantasy names
- Choose the spelling style and stick to it: Greek-transliterated (Kallias, Kirke, Aineias) feels older and more mythic, while Latinized (Callias, Circe, Aeneas) reads smoother to English speakers.
- Give important characters an epithet or homeland instead of a surname, such as Theron Wolfsbane or Melantha of the Violet Hills, and let minor characters go by a single name.
- Keep the classic endings: -os, -on and -es for men, -a, -e and -is for women. Eudorion and Kallistheia sound Greek; Eudorius and Kallisthine do not.
- Mine real roots for invented names: kalli- (beautiful), eu- (good), theo- (god), nik- (victory), -doros (gift), -kles (glory), -krates (power).
- If you borrow a famous mythological name like Kassandra or Theseus, decide whether your world knows that myth, or rename the character to avoid readers importing the old story.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a name sound Greek?
Two joined roots, a hard k or kh sound, and the classic endings: -os, -as, -es or -on for men and -a, -e, -is or -o for women. Names like Nikandros, Kalliope, Theodoros and Kyrene follow that template and read as Greek immediately.
Did ancient Greeks have last names?
No. They used a given name followed by a patronymic (son or daughter of someone), a city or region of origin, or an epithet. Fantasy writers usually copy this with names like Alkaios of Thessaly or Kassandra Truthseer rather than inventing family surnames.
Should I use the Greek spelling or the Latin spelling?
Either works, but be consistent. Greek transliteration (Kleitos, Aineias, Kirke, Herakles) feels more ancient and is popular in modern mythic fantasy; Latinized forms (Clitus, Aeneas, Circe, Hercules) are more familiar from older English translations.
Can I use these names for a Percy Jackson or Hades-style story or a D&D character?
Yes. The classical and invented names here are free to use for fiction, games and tabletop characters. Avoid lifting named characters from a specific modern franchise, but mythological figures like Ariadne or Orion are public domain.
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All 500 Greek fantasy names
A: 79 names
- Achilleus
- Admetos
- Adrastos
- Agamede
- Agamemnon
- Agathe
- Agathon
- Agathon Honeytongue
- Agesilaos
- Aglaia
- Aias
- Aias Towershield
- Aigle
- Aigle of the Bright Grove
- Aineias
- Aiolos
- Aithalos
- Aithra
- Akamas
- Akastos
- Aktaion
- Alexandros
- Alexios
- Alkaios
- Alkaios of Thessaly
- Alkathoe
- Alkestis
- Alkibiades
- Alkinoos
- Alkmaion
- Alkmene
- Alkmene Shieldmaiden
- Alkyone
- Ampelos
- Amphiaraos
- Amphion
- Amphitrite
- Anatolios
- Anaxandros
A, continued
- Anchises
- Androkles
- Andromache
- Ankaios
- Antenor
- Antigone
- Antigone the Unbowed
- Antigonos
- Antikleia
- Antilochos
- Antinoos
- Antiope
- Archelaos
- Arete
- Argeia
- Argos
- Argyros
- Argyros Silvertongue
- Ariadne
- Ariadne of the Labyrinth
- Arion
- Aristaios
- Aristarchos
- Aristeia
- Aristides
- Aristippos
- Aristomache
- Aristomenes
- Ariston
- Aristophanes
- Arkadios
- Arsinoe
- Aspasia
- Asteria
- Astraios
- Astrapios
- Astrapios Lightning-Eyed
- Astyanassa
- Atalanta
- Autolykos
B: 7 names
- Basileios
- Belisarios
- Bellerophon
- Berenike
- Brasidas
- Briseis
- Briseis of the Silver Veil
C: 6 names
- Charis
- Charon
- Chloe
- Chryseis
- Chrysippos
- Chrysothemis
D: 25 names
- Daidalos
- Damaris
- Damon
- Danae
- Danae of the Golden Rain
- Danaos
- Daphne
- Deianeira
- Deianeira Stormshield
- Deiphobos
- Demetria
- Demetrios
- Demonike
- Demophon
- Demosthenes
- Deukalion
- Dexios
- Diokles
- Diokles of Korinthos
- Diomedes
- Diomedes Godwounder
- Dorian
- Dorian of the Gray Hills
- Doris
- Dryope
E: 39 names
- Eirene
- Elektra
- Elpenor
- Endymion
- Eosphoros
- Epaminondas
- Epimetheus
- Erastos
- Erechtheus
- Erigone
- Eriphyle
- Eudemos
- Eudokia
- Eudora
- Eudorion
- Eudorion of the Shadowed Vale
- Eudoros
- Euenos
- Eumaios
- Eumelos
- Eumenes
- Eumolpos
- Euphemia
- Euphrosyne
- Euryale
- Eurybates
- Eurydike
- Eurydike Songweaver
- Eurykleia
- Eurylochos
- Eurymache
- Eurymedon
- Eurynthos
- Eurytion
- Eurytos
- Eurytos of Oichalia
- Euthymia
- Euthymios
- Evander
G: 9 names
- Galateia
- Galene
- Glauke
- Glaukon
- Glaukos
- Glaukos Sea-Eyed
- Glaukothea
- Glaukothea Sea-Grey
- Glykera
H: 30 names
- Halirrhothios
- Harmodios
- Harmonia
- Hedone
- Hegesias
- Hekabe
- Hekabe of the Burning Gate
- Hektor
- Hektor Citybreaker
- Helenos
- Helike
- Helike of the Drowned City
- Heliodora
- Heliodoros
- Hephaistion
- Herakles
- Herakles Lionskin
- Hermione
- Hermolaos
- Hermolaos Quickfoot
- Hesperos
- Hesperos Eveningstar
- Hippolyta
- Hippolytos
- Hyakinthos
- Hyllos
- Hypatia
- Hyperion
- Hypermnestra
- Hypsipyle
I: 17 names
- Iambe
- Ianthe
- Ianthe of the Violet Hills
- Iason
- Idomeneus
- Ikaros
- Ilios
- Ilios of the Burning Towers
- Iolaos
- Iole
- Iphianassa
- Iphigenia
- Iphikles
- Iphitos
- Isidora
- Ismene
- Itys
K: 52 names
- Kadmos
- Kalchas
- Kallias
- Kallikrates
- Kallimachos
- Kallinike
- Kallinike of the Thousand Ships
- Kalliope
- Kallistheia
- Kallistratos
- Kalydora
- Kalydora of the Olive Groves
- Kalypso
- Kapaneus
- Karanos
- Karpos
- Kassander
- Kassander of Makedon
- Kassandra
- Kassandra Truthseer
- Kastor
- Kekrops
- Keleos
- Kepheus
- Khrysandros
- Kimon
- Kirke
- Kirke of the Isle of Aiaia
- Kleio
- Kleio Chronicler
- Kleisthenes
- Kleitos
- Kleitos the Black
- Kleoboulos
- Kleomenes
- Kleon
- Kleon son of Stratos
- Kleonike
- Klymene
- Klytemnestra
- Klytemnestra of the Red Hall
- Korinna
- Krateros
- Kreon
- Kreusa
- Kyknos
- Kyra
- Kyrene
- Kyrene the Swift
- Kyrillos
- Kyros
- Kyros the Great-Hearted
L: 27 names
- Ladon
- Laertes
- Lampetia
- Laodameia
- Laodike
- Laokoon
- Leandros
- Leonidas
- Leonnatos
- Leontios
- Leontios Maneshaker
- Leosthenes
- Leukippe
- Leukon
- Leukothea
- Linos
- Lykaina
- Lykomedes
- Lykomedes of Skyros
- Lykos
- Lykurgos
- Lynkeus
- Lysander
- Lysander of the Silver Bow
- Lysandra
- Lysikles
- Lysimachos
M: 27 names
- Machaon
- Makedon
- Medea
- Medea Spellbinder
- Megakles
- Megara
- Megara Wavebreaker
- Melampos
- Melanippe
- Melantha
- Melantha Nightbloom
- Melanthios
- Melanthios Blackbrow
- Meleagros
- Meliboia
- Melinoe
- Melinoe of the Underworld Mists
- Melite
- Memnon
- Menandros
- Menelaos
- Menestheus
- Miltiades
- Myrine
- Myron
- Myrrhine
- Myrto
N: 25 names
- Narkissos
- Nauplios
- Nauplios Wrecker of Ships
- Nausikaa
- Nausikaa of the White Sands
- Nearchos
- Neokles
- Neokles son of Themistios
- Neoptolemos
- Nephele
- Nereida
- Nereida Wavecaller
- Nestor
- Nikaia
- Nikandros
- Nikandros son of Alkmaion
- Nikephoros
- Nikias
- Nikomedes
- Nikostratos
- Nikoteles
- Niobe
- Niobe the Weeping
- Nyktalos
- Nyktalos Nightwalker
O: 14 names
- Odysseos
- Oileus
- Oinomaos
- Oinone
- Oinone of the Mountain
- Olympias
- Onesimos
- Oreithyia
- Orestes
- Orion
- Orpheus
- Orpheus of the Silver Lyre
- Orphion
- Orphion the Lyre-Struck
P: 61 names
- Palamedes
- Pandaros
- Parmenion
- Parthenope
- Patroklos
- Pausanias
- Peirithoos
- Peleus
- Pelias
- Pelias the Usurper
- Pelops
- Pelops Ivoryshoulder
- Penelope
- Penelope the Patient
- Periander
- Periboia
- Perikles
- Perikles of the High Walls
- Periphas
- Perseis
- Perseus
- Perseus Gorgonslayer
- Phaedon
- Phaedon of Argos
- Phaedra
- Phaenora
- Phaenora of the Dawn Cliffs
- Phaethousa
- Phaidime
- Phaidros
P, continued
- Phaon
- Pherenike
- Philokles
- Philomela
- Philomena
- Philon
- Philon the Far-Seeing
- Phineus
- Phoibe
- Phoibe Brightmoon
- Phoinix
- Phokion
- Polydeukes
- Polydora
- Polydoros
- Polykaste
- Polyneikes
- Polyxena
- Polyxena of the Nine Gates
- Polyxo
- Praxiteles
- Praxithea
- Priamos
- Prokne
- Prokris
- Protesilaos
- Ptolemaios
- Pyramos
- Pyrrha
- Pyrrhion
- Pyrrhos
R: 3 names
- Rhadamanthys
- Rhode
- Roxane
S: 19 names
- Sappho
- Sarpedon
- Selene
- Selenike
- Selenike Moonvictor
- Seleukos
- Semele
- Semele Thunderbride
- Silenos
- Simonides
- Sophokles
- Sophron
- Sostrata
- Sostratos
- Stephania
- Stephanos
- Sthenelos
- Stilpon
- Stratonike
T: 41 names
- Talos
- Telamon
- Telamon Bearer of Burdens
- Telemachos
- Tereus
- Thalassa
- Thalassa of the Deep Isles
- Thalassios
- Thaleia
- Theano
- Theano of Kroton
- Thelxinoe
- Thelxinoe Spellvoice
- Themistokles
- Theodora
- Theodoros
- Theodosia
- Theokles
- Theokritos
- Theophanes
- Theron
- Thersander
- Theseus
- Thessalonike
- Thetis
- Thetis Silverfoot
- Thisbe
- Thoas
- Thorakios
- Thrasyboulos
- Thrasymachos
- Thyone
- Timandra
- Timoleon
- Timotheos
- Tlepolemos
- Triptolemos
- Triptolemos Grainbearer
- Troilos
- Tydeus
- Tyndareos
U: 1 name
- Urania
X: 7 names
- Xanthippe
- Xanthos
- Xanthos Goldenmane
- Xene
- Xenokrates
- Xenophanes
- Xuthos