Siren Name Generator

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Generate siren names from the actual sirens of Greek myth (Parthenope, Leucosia, Ligeia, Thelxiepeia), Nereids and sea nymphs, and later song-lure spirits like Lorelei and Melusine, plus melodic originals. Made for mythic fiction, mermaid and siren OCs, D&D and Pathfinder harpies and sirens, and fantasy romance.

About siren names

The original sirens were not mermaids but bird-bodied women who sang sailors to their deaths off the coast of Italy. Greek writers named them: Parthenope ('maiden-voice'), Leucosia ('white being'), Ligeia ('clear-toned'), Thelxiepeia ('enchanting words'), Aglaope ('splendid voice'), Peisinoe ('persuading mind'), Molpe ('song'), and Himerope ('longing voice'). Almost every siren name is Greek for a quality of voice or persuasion, which is the single most useful rule for coining a new one. The city of Naples was built where Parthenope's body washed ashore, and their island was Anthemoessa, 'flowery'.

Medieval and later folklore turned sirens into fish-tailed singers and gave the type new names across Europe: the German Lorelei on her Rhine rock, the French Melusine, the Slavic Rusalka, the Scottish Ceasg, and the Irish Merrow. Modern fantasy borrows freely from the Nereids (Thetis, Galatea, Cymothoe, Halimede), whose names describe waves, calm, and sea-light, and from words for music itself (Aria, Cadenza, Lyra, Melody).

The names below draw on all of that history: attested sirens, Nereids and sea deities, and song-and-water names that sound like they belong on a reef, so you can pick a register that suits a Percy Jackson-style retelling, a gothic romance, or a D&D encounter. The list also holds bird names for the bird-women, mythic singers for male sirens, literary enchantresses, shells and sea winds.

How to choose siren names

  • Follow the Greek pattern and name your siren for her voice: roots like -ope (voice), -noe (mind), thelx- (enchant), and lig- (clear-toned) instantly read as siren.
  • For a coven or chorus of sirens, give them names that share a sound, as the myths do (Thelxiepeia, Thelxiope, Thelxinoe), so they feel like sisters.
  • Decide whether your siren is a bird-woman or a mermaid; classical Greek names fit the former, while Nereid and Celtic names fit the latter.
  • Northern European folklore names (Lorelei, Nixie, Rusalka) suit rivers and lakes; keep the Greek names for the open Mediterranean and rocky coasts.
  • Music words work best as a middle or second name (Ianthe Cadenza, Nerissa Aria) so the character does not sound like a stage name.

Frequently asked questions

What are the names of the sirens in Greek mythology?

Ancient sources give different sets, most often Parthenope, Leucosia, and Ligeia, or Thelxiepeia, Aglaope, and Peisinoe. Other attested names include Molpe, Himerope, Raidne, Teles, and Thelxiope.

Are sirens the same as mermaids?

Not originally. Greek sirens were part bird, part woman; the fish-tailed image came in the Middle Ages when the two traditions merged. Today most people use siren for a mermaid who sings and lures, and mermaid for the gentler version.

Are there male sirens?

Greek myth has none, but modern fantasy often includes them. Names of mythic singers and sailors (Thamyris, Arion, Butes, Palinurus) or Greek words for song (Aoide, Himeros, Thelxis) work well for male sirens.

Can I use these names commercially?

Yes. Names from Greek myth and European folklore are public domain, and coined names on these patterns are yours to use in books, games, and products.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 103 names

  • Acalanthis
  • Acheloides
  • Achelois
  • Acrasia
  • Actaea
  • Adiante
  • Admete
  • Aedon
  • Aegle
  • Aello
  • Aellope
  • Aesacus
  • Aethusa
  • Aganippe
  • Agaue
  • Aglaia
  • Aglaonoe
  • Aglaope
  • Aglaophonos
  • Ahang
  • Ahès
  • Aigialeia
  • Aigina
  • Aigrette
  • Aithra
  • Aithyia
  • Akaste
  • Aktoessa
  • Alauda
  • Alaw
  • Alcina
  • Alcyone
  • Alisonde
  • Alkonost
  • Allegra
  • Aloja
  • Alouette
  • Alpheia
  • Amabie
  • Amarys of the Lantern Reef
  • Amatheia
  • Amorosa
  • Amphinome
  • Amphiro
  • Amphithoe
  • Amphitrite
  • Amymone
  • Anadyomene
  • Andromeda
  • Angitia
  • Anna Perenna

A, continued

  • Annabel Lee
  • Annowre
  • Anthe
  • Antheleia
  • Anthemis
  • Anthemoessa
  • Anthemope
  • Anthias
  • Anthousa
  • Antiphona
  • Aoide
  • Aoidea
  • Aoidos
  • Aphroessa
  • Aphrogeneia
  • Aphrothea
  • Apollonis
  • Appassionata
  • Apsara
  • Apseudes
  • Aqualine
  • Aquilina
  • Arche
  • Arethusa
  • Argante
  • Argonauta
  • Argyra
  • Argyrophone
  • Aria
  • Ariadne
  • Arianthe
  • Ariel
  • Ariella
  • Arietta
  • Arion
  • Ariosa
  • Armida
  • Arusat al-Bahr
  • Asopo
  • Asterina
  • Atargatis
  • Aubade
  • Aubeline
  • Aulodia
  • Aurelie
  • Aurielle
  • Autonoe
  • Avocet
  • Aycayia
  • Azenor
  • Azurine
  • Azzurra

B: 30 names

  • Bahriye
  • Ballade
  • Bára
  • Barcarolle
  • Battigia
  • Bellechant
  • Belvoix
  • Ben-Varrey
  • Benthesikyme
  • Berceuse
  • Beregynia
  • Beroe
  • Blandina
  • Blóðughadda
  • Boann
  • Bolotnitsa
  • Bonaccia
  • Bora
  • Borysthenis
  • Boto Encantado
  • Brangaine
  • Brinelle
  • Britomartis
  • Brizo
  • Bruma
  • Brumaire
  • Bulbul
  • Burrasca
  • Butes
  • Bylgja

C: 84 names

  • Cabaletta
  • Cadence
  • Cadenza
  • Calandra
  • Calanque
  • Calanthe
  • Calisande
  • Callidice
  • Calliope
  • Calliphaeia
  • Callisonde
  • Calypso
  • Calyx of the Low Tide Choir
  • Camena
  • Canens
  • Cantabile
  • Cantadora
  • Cantara
  • Cantata
  • Cantica
  • Canticle
  • Cantilena
  • Cantrix
  • Canzone
  • Canzonetta
  • Carmen
  • Carmenta
  • Carmina
  • Cassiopeia
  • Castalia
  • Cavatina
  • Ceasg
  • Céladine
  • Celaeno
  • Celesta
  • Celestrine
  • Cenchris
  • Cerelia
  • Cerulea
  • Ceto
  • Chanson
  • Chantelise

C, continued

  • Chantemer
  • Chanterelle
  • Charybdis
  • Chelidon
  • Chrysaude
  • Chryseis
  • Chrysippe
  • Chrysophone
  • Chrysothemis
  • Ciguapa
  • Circe
  • Ciris
  • Cissa
  • Clapotis
  • Clíodhna
  • Coda
  • Colapesce
  • Coloratura
  • Columbella
  • Colymbas
  • Conchelle
  • Coralie
  • Coralind
  • Coraline
  • Cordelia
  • Corisande
  • Corisse of the Wrecker's Light
  • Corposant
  • Corycia
  • Coventina
  • Crepuscine
  • Curlew
  • Cyane
  • Cymbiola
  • Cymodoce
  • Cymoent
  • Cymopoleia
  • Cymothoe
  • Cypraea
  • Cypris
  • Cyrene
  • Cythereia

D: 30 names

  • Dahut
  • Deiopea
  • Delphine
  • Demodocus
  • Denizkızı
  • Derceto
  • Dero
  • Descant
  • Dewi Lanjar
  • Dexamene
  • Diapason
  • Dione
  • Dirce
  • Dolcezza
  • Dolcissima
  • Dolente
  • Dona d'Aigua
  • Donauweibchen
  • Dooinney Marrey
  • Doris
  • Doto
  • Dracontis
  • Dröfn
  • Drymo
  • Dúfa
  • Dulcibella
  • Dulcimara
  • Dylan Eil Ton
  • Dynamene
  • Dziwożona

E: 38 names

  • Ebbtide
  • Echenais
  • Écumelle
  • Egeria
  • Ehuang
  • Eidothea
  • Eione
  • Elais
  • Elara
  • Elegia
  • Elektra
  • Elysande
  • Embrun
  • Enalos
  • Ephyra
  • Erato
  • Estampie
  • Etesia
  • Euagore
  • Euarne
  • Eudora
  • Eugerys
  • Eukrante
  • Eulalie
  • Eulimene
  • Eumolpe
  • Eunike
  • Euphemia
  • Euphone
  • Euphonia
  • Euphrosyne
  • Euploia
  • Eupompe
  • Eurybia
  • Eurydice
  • Eurynome
  • Evadne of the Last Verse
  • Evanthe

F: 11 names

  • Fand
  • Fantasia
  • Fata Morgana
  • Fauvette
  • Fermata
  • Fideal
  • Finwife
  • Fionnuala
  • Fioritura
  • Florimell
  • Fufei

G: 25 names

  • Galatea
  • Galaxaura
  • Galene
  • Galeneia
  • Galit
  • Gamayun
  • Ghazal
  • Ghritachi
  • Girelle
  • Glauce
  • Glaucine
  • Glaucippe
  • Glauconome
  • Gliten
  • Glitonea
  • Glykera
  • Glykymele
  • Glykyphone
  • Golondrina
  • Goplana
  • Gorgona
  • Graziosa
  • Gregale
  • Groac'h
  • Gwenhidwy

H: 56 names

  • Hadeburg
  • Hafmeyja
  • Hafren
  • Hafrún
  • Haidée
  • Halcyon
  • Halcyone
  • Halia
  • Halicore
  • Halie
  • Halimede
  • Halimolpe
  • Haliope
  • Halios Geron
  • Haliotis
  • Halithelxis
  • Halmyris
  • Halosydne
  • Harmonia
  • Harmony
  • Hatmehit
  • Havfrue
  • Havsrå
  • Hedyepeia
  • Hedylogia
  • Hedymele
  • Hedynoe
  • Hedyope
  • Hedyphone
  • Hefring
  • Helie
  • Helmi
  • Heptapora
  • Hero
  • Herophile
  • Hibiki
  • Himeraude
  • Himerodia
  • Himeroessa
  • Himerope
  • Himerophone
  • Himeros
  • Himinglæva
  • Hina
  • Hinemoana
  • Hipponoe
  • Hippothoe
  • Hirondelle
  • Hrönn
  • Huldra
  • Hydna
  • Hymnia
  • Hymnodia
  • Hymnope
  • Hypate
  • Hyperippe

I: 28 names

  • Iachea
  • Iaira
  • Ialemos
  • Ianassa
  • Ianeira
  • Ianthe
  • Ianthis of the Flowering Isle
  • Iara
  • Idyia
  • Iele
  • Illecebra
  • Ilse
  • Incanta
  • İnci
  • Ineo
  • Ino
  • Iolanthe
  • Ione
  • Iphianassa
  • Iphimedeia
  • Isaure
  • Ismene
  • Ismenis
  • Ismerie
  • Iso-onna
  • Isolde
  • Itsaslamia
  • Izaro

J: 9 names

  • Jalpari
  • Janthina
  • Jengu
  • Jiaoren
  • Jingwei
  • Julnar
  • Jumana
  • Jūratė
  • Juturna

K: 44 names

  • Kaia
  • Kailani
  • Kaiolohia
  • Kallianassa
  • Kallianeira
  • Kalliaude
  • Kalligerys
  • Kallimolpe
  • Kallipheme
  • Kalliphone
  • Kallirhoe
  • Kalliste
  • Kallithea
  • Kalyke
  • Kanade
  • Kapheira
  • Kataw
  • Keladeia
  • Keladope
  • Keladousa
  • Keledon
  • Kephiso
  • Kerkeis
  • Kerylos
  • Kianda
  • Kihawahine
  • Kittiwake
  • Kiyohime
  • Kleodora
  • Kleophone
  • Klio
  • Klymene
  • Klytie
  • Koiranos
  • Kokila
  • Kólga
  • Korrigan
  • Kotone
  • Kranto
  • Kydippe
  • Kymatolege
  • Kymatothea
  • Kymene
  • Kymo

L: 52 names

  • La Sirène
  • Lacrimosa
  • Lahari
  • Lamentosa
  • Lamiña
  • Laomedeia
  • Laros
  • Laumė
  • Leander
  • Leiagora
  • Leimomi
  • Leucora of the Bone Shore
  • Leucosia
  • Leucothea
  • Leucothoe
  • Leukippe
  • Levante
  • Lí Ban
  • Líadan
  • Libeccia
  • Lidagat
  • Ligea
  • Ligeia
  • Ligyope
  • Ligyphone
  • Ligyra
  • Ligyros
  • Limenia
  • Limnoreia
  • Lira
  • Lirica
  • Longnü
  • Loralee
  • Lorelai
  • Lorelei
  • Loreley
  • Lorelune
  • Lulwa
  • Lunamaris
  • Luoshen
  • Lurline
  • Luscinia
  • Lusinga
  • Lycorias
  • Lygea
  • Lyra
  • Lyresande
  • Lyria
  • Lyrielle
  • Lyrissa
  • Lyrode
  • Lysianassa

M: 115 names

  • Madreperla
  • Madrepora
  • Madrigal
  • Mãe-d'Água
  • Magindara
  • Maighdean Mhara
  • Maighdean na Tuinne
  • Maira
  • Maman Dlo
  • Mamba Muntu
  • Mami Wata
  • Mamlambo
  • Manannán
  • Marakihau
  • Mareggiata
  • Maréline
  • Mareva
  • Margalit
  • Margygr
  • Mari Morgan
  • Marica
  • Marilune
  • Marina
  • Marinella
  • Maris
  • Marisande
  • Marisol
  • Maristela
  • Marsali
  • Marya Morevna
  • Matsyakanya
  • Matuta
  • Mavka
  • Mazoe
  • Medora
  • Meerjungfrau
  • Melaina
  • Melantho
  • Mele
  • Melete
  • Melia
  • Meliae
  • Meliboia
  • Meligerys
  • Meliglossa
  • Melinoe
  • Melior
  • Meliphone
  • Melisande
  • Melisma
  • Melite
  • Melliflua
  • Melobosis
  • Melodeia
  • Melodia
  • Melodine
  • Melodios

M, continued

  • Melody
  • Melopoeia
  • Melousa
  • Melpodia
  • Melpomene
  • Meltemi
  • Melusine
  • Menaka
  • Menestho
  • Menippe
  • Mercan
  • Merewen
  • Meri
  • Meridiane
  • Merrow
  • Mersonge
  • Merula
  • Mese
  • Metis
  • Mezzavoce
  • Minthe
  • Miranda
  • Mirelle of the Ebb
  • Misaki
  • Mistraline
  • Mneme
  • Moana
  • Molpadia
  • Molpagoras
  • Molpe
  • Molpis
  • Momi
  • Monodia
  • Moonwake
  • Morendo
  • Morforwyn
  • Morgana of the Waves
  • Morgause
  • Morgen
  • Moronoe
  • Morskaya Tsarevna
  • Morvarid
  • Morveren
  • Morwenna
  • Mouette
  • Muireall
  • Muireann
  • Muireartach
  • Muirgel
  • Muirgen
  • Muirín
  • Mukta
  • Murdag
  • Murdúchann
  • Murex
  • Musaeus
  • Mutiara
  • Myrtha

N: 52 names

  • Nacrine
  • Nagham
  • Naghmeh
  • Naia
  • Naiad
  • Naida
  • Näkineiu
  • Näkki
  • Nāmaka
  • Namiko
  • Nammu
  • Nang Ngueak
  • Nausithoe
  • Nautila
  • Ne Hwas
  • Nehalennia
  • Neilo
  • Nemertes
  • Nenia
  • Neomeris
  • Nephele
  • Neptunea
  • Nereida
  • Nereis
  • Nerida
  • Nerina
  • Nerine
  • Nerissa
  • Nerys of the Kelp Forest
  • Nesaea
  • Neso
  • Nesoessa
  • Nete
  • Niamh
  • Nicothoe
  • Nightjar
  • Nikaia
  • Nimue
  • Ningyo
  • Ninna Nanna
  • Nixi
  • Nixie
  • Njuzu
  • Noctiluca
  • Nocturne
  • Nokken
  • Nomia
  • Nuliajuk
  • Nure-onna
  • Nüying
  • Nyctimene
  • Nyktaoide

O: 24 names

  • Oceana
  • Oceane
  • Océane
  • Ocypete
  • Ocythoe
  • Odalys of the White Rocks
  • Oiagros
  • Okyrhoe
  • Olivella
  • Olokun
  • Ombrine
  • Ona
  • Ondelette
  • Ondelle
  • Ondina
  • Ondine
  • Ondrea
  • Opalesse
  • Opis
  • Oreithyia
  • Oriole
  • Oshun
  • Otohime
  • Ourania

P: 76 names

  • Palatyne
  • Palinurus
  • Pallene
  • Paloma
  • Pania
  • Pannychis
  • Panope
  • Pari Daryayi
  • Parthenope
  • Pasithea
  • Pasithoe
  • Pavane
  • Pearl
  • Peirene
  • Peisinoe
  • Peithinoe
  • Peitho
  • Pelagia
  • Pelagie
  • Peloris
  • Penina
  • Pennata
  • Perla
  • Perlette
  • Perlissa
  • Perseis
  • Petraia
  • Petrel
  • Phaedra
  • Phaedria
  • Phalanthos
  • Phemius
  • Pherusa
  • Philammon
  • Philaoide
  • Philomela
  • Philomolpe
  • Philyra

P, continued

  • Phthongeia
  • Phthonia
  • Phyllodoce
  • Physalia
  • Pincoya
  • Pione
  • Pipo
  • Pleione
  • Plenilune
  • Plexaura
  • Ploto
  • Plouto
  • Podarge
  • Polydora
  • Polymatheia
  • Polynoe
  • Polynome
  • Polyxo
  • Pontia
  • Pontomedon
  • Pontomedousa
  • Pontonoe
  • Pontoporeia
  • Porrima
  • Posidonia
  • Pothea
  • Pramlocha
  • Pressyne
  • Procne
  • Pronoe
  • Proto
  • Protomedeia
  • Prymno
  • Psamathe
  • Psamathea
  • Psithyreia
  • Putri Duyung
  • Pylarge

R: 22 names

  • Ragini
  • Raidne
  • Rambha
  • Rán
  • Rautendelein
  • Reefwyn
  • Remora
  • Rhapsodia
  • Rhode
  • Rhodeia
  • Rhodope
  • Rhothia
  • Risacca
  • Risonanza
  • Ritornella
  • River Mumma
  • Romanza
  • Rona
  • Rondine
  • Rossignol
  • Roundelay
  • Rusalka

S: 102 names

  • Sabawaelnu
  • Sabrina
  • Sædís
  • Sadko
  • Sæflæd
  • Sahel
  • Salacia
  • Salinelle
  • Salmacis
  • Salsedine
  • Samodiva
  • Samovila
  • Sanderling
  • Sangita
  • Sanna
  • Sao
  • Sarabande
  • Sargassa
  • Særún
  • Sassuma Arnaa
  • Satet
  • Sæthryth
  • Sæunn
  • Sæwara
  • Sazae-oni
  • Sazanami
  • Scaea
  • Schöne Lau
  • Scogliera
  • Scylla
  • Sea Glass
  • Sea Mither
  • Seafire
  • Sebile
  • Sedef
  • Sedna
  • Seguidilla
  • Seiren
  • Selene of the Shoals
  • Selkie
  • Sellő
  • Selune
  • Senara
  • Sequana
  • Seraphine
  • Sereia
  • Serenade
  • Serenna
  • Shalott
  • Shearwater
  • Shiosai

S, continued

  • Shira
  • Siciliana
  • Sigelind
  • Sim Cheong
  • Sina
  • Sinann
  • Sinope
  • Sirelia
  • Sirelle
  • Sirena
  • Sirena Bay
  • Sirenata
  • Sirenella
  • Sirenetta
  • Sirenice
  • Sirenne
  • Sirenusa
  • Sirin
  • Sirinia
  • Sirinthe
  • Sirocco
  • Sirona
  • Sjöjungfru
  • Sjörå
  • Skerrine
  • Skopeleia
  • Soave
  • Solenne
  • Solfeggia
  • Sonata
  • Sonnet
  • Sonora
  • Sonorelle
  • Sospira
  • Sostenuta
  • Sotto Voce
  • Speio
  • Spilaia
  • Spumaria
  • Sterope
  • Stilbo
  • Știma Apei
  • Stornella
  • Strömkarl
  • Suada
  • Suire
  • Sumpall
  • Suvannamaccha
  • Świtezianka
  • Synallaxis
  • Syrinx

T: 57 names

  • Tamatori-hime
  • Tarana
  • Tarannom
  • Taras
  • Teles
  • Telesto
  • Tellina
  • Tenerezza
  • Tern
  • Terpsichore
  • Terpsimele
  • Terpsimolpe
  • Terpsinoe
  • Terpsiope
  • Tessitura
  • Tethys
  • Thaisa
  • Thalassa
  • Thalassia
  • Thalia
  • Thalorie
  • Thamyris
  • Thelchtereia
  • Thelxandra of the Skerries
  • Thelxaude
  • Thelxiepeia
  • Thelximele
  • Thelxinoe
  • Thelxion
  • Thelxiope
  • Thelxis
  • Thelxithea
  • Themisto
  • Theonoe
  • Thessa of the Singing Strait
  • Thessalonike
  • Thessaly
  • Thetis
  • Thiten
  • Thoe
  • Thoosa
  • Threnody
  • Thrinakia
  • Tiamat
  • Tidelyn
  • Tidewrack
  • Tilottama
  • Tipoplo
  • Tlanchana
  • Tonadilla
  • Tortorella
  • Toyotama
  • Tramontana
  • Tritonis
  • Turritella
  • Tyro
  • Tyronoe

U: 9 names

  • Uðr
  • Uhaina
  • Umi-nyōbō
  • Undine
  • Undineth
  • Urashima Tarō
  • Urmi
  • Urvashi
  • Utako

V: 17 names

  • Vashti of the Reef
  • Vedenemo
  • Vedenneito
  • Velella
  • Vellamo
  • Venilia
  • Vesperine
  • Vespertine
  • Vila
  • Villanelle
  • Virelai
  • Viridine
  • Vivienne
  • Vocalise
  • Vodník
  • Vodyanitsa
  • Volkhova

W: 3 names

  • Wachilde
  • Watramama
  • Wingsong

X: 3 names

  • Xanthe
  • Xiang Furen
  • Xtabay

Y: 6 names

  • Yakamoz
  • Yao Bikuni
  • Yawkyawk
  • Yemaya
  • Yseline
  • Ysmay of the Seventh Wave

Z: 4 names

  • Zeemeermin
  • Zephyrine
  • Zeuxo
  • Zimra