173 Truly Epic Greek Mythology Names for Pets

From gods and goddesses to epic heroes to incredible creatures, there’s no shortage of inspiration when it comes to Greek mythology names for pets!

Most people know about the 12 Greek gods and goddesses from Mount Olympus, but did you know that there are hundreds more deities in Greek mythology?

I divided these up into the different categories of deities, starting with the Primordials (since they started everything themselves). Use the table of contents to jump around, or just browse the entire list.

Primordial Gods & Goddesses Names

The Primordials came before everything. In fact, they kind of are everything! Here are my favorites.

1. Aion:  eternity
2. Chronos: time
3. Erebus: darkness and shadow
4. Eros: love
5. Gaia: Earth (mom to the Titans)
6. Hemera: day
7. Hypnos: sleep
8. Nemesis: retribution
9. Nesoi: islands
10. Nyx: night
11. Ourea: mountains
12. Pontus: the sea (before Poseidon came along)
13. Tartarus: the deep dark underworld
14. Thalassa: she personifies the sea.
15. Thanatos: death
16. Uranus: the heavens (dad to the Titans)

Nyx and Erebus are the coolest Greek mythology names ever for a black cat or dog, don’t you think?

Names Inspired by Greek Titans

1. Coeus: Intellect
2. Cronus: Harvests, destructive time. (Different from Chronos, fyi)
3. Hyperion: Light
4. Iapetus: Mortality
5. Phoebe: Intellect and prophecy
6. Rhea: Fertility and motherhood
7. Tethys: Fresh water goddess
8. Theia: Sight and blue skies
9. Themis: The “law and order” goddess
10. Asteria: Falling stars
11. Atlas: Endurance (he carried the heavens on his shoulders)
12. Helios: Sun & promises
13. Selene: The moon
14. Eos: Dawn
15. Leto: Also a goddess of motherhood
16. Metis: Good advice and craftiness.
17. Prometheus: Forethought. He also gave us fire and get credit for creating humans.

Out of these, Asteria is my favorite. It’s so pretty and mystical!

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Major Greek Gods and Goddesses Names

These are the 14 that pretty much everyone knows. Most of them have dominion over more than what’s listed below, but these are the things for which they’re best-known.

1. Aphrodite: love, beauty, desire
2. Apollo: music, arts, knowledge
3. Ares: war, courage
4. Artemis: hunt, animals, the moon
5. Athena: wisdom, skill, warfare
6. Demeter: harvest, agriculture, growth
7. Dionysus: wine, parties, madness
8. Hades: the Underworld and the dead
9. Hephaestus: fire, metalworking, and crafts.
10. Hera: Queen of the gods, women, marriage, childbirth
11. Hermes: travel, trade, language
12. Hestia: hearth and home.
13. Poseidon: sea and rivers.
14. Zeus: King of the gods, sky, weather, lightning.

I’ve always loved Demeter. She seems to be the kindest and gentlest among the major Greek deities. As far as pet names go, though, I really like Artemis or Hermes. I think Hermes would be a good name for a fast dog!

Greek Mythology Names Inspired by Other Deities

I was going to call these “lesser deities,” but some of them were actually pretty important to different areas of ancient Greece. So let’s just go with “other.” They’re broken down into four major categories: underworld, sea, sky, and rustic (earthy deities).

Underworld

1. Angelos: one of Zeus’ and Hera’s daughters
2. Charon: the Ferryman
3. Erebos: darkness
4. Hecate :  magic & witchcraft, ghosts, the moon
5. Aiakos: one of the judges of the dead
6. Macaria: blessed death
7. Melinoe daughter of Persephone and Zeus.
8. Minos: once a king, now he casts the final vote when judging the dead
9. Persephone: queen of the underworld, Demeter’s daughter
10. Thanatos: god of death
11. Zagreus: hunting and rebirth

Sea

1. Alpheus: a river god.
2. Amphitrite: Poseidon’s wife
3. Brizo: goddess sailors
4. Ceto : goddess of of sea monsters
5. Glaucus: god of fishermen
6. Leucothea: a goddess who helped sailors
7. Nereus: god of the sea’s fish bounty
8. Scamander: a river god (a good Harry Potter pet name, too)

Sky

1. Alectrona: goddess of the morning
2. Arke: she was the Titan’s messenger
3. Astraios: god of planets and astrology
4. Aura:  goddess of the breezy, cool air
5. Boreas: a north wind and winter god
6. Chione: goddess of snow
7. Electra: one of the goddesses of the star cluster Pleiades
8. Ersa:  goddess of morning dew
9. Iris: goddess of rainbows
10. Maia: a very nurturing Pleiades goddess & mom to Hermes
11. Notus: a south wind god
12. Zephyrus: a west wind god

Rustic deities (gods of forests, mountains, and other earthy nature elements)

1. Aetna – goddess Mount Etna
2. Britomartis – goddess of hunting and trapping.
3. Chloris – goddess of flowers.
4. Corymbus – god of ivy fruits and a good pal to Dionysus
5. Cybele – a mother goddess
6. Hecaterus – god of the hekateris dance
7. Khariklo- Chiron’s (the centaur) wife, daughter of Apollo
8. Pan – god of the wild, music, and hunting
9. Silenus – god of dance (another friend of Dion’s)
10. Zagreus – god of the Orphic mysteries.

Persephone has always been my favorite Greek goddess, but as far as names go, I really love Maia. I named my Lab/Collie (below) after the goddess. She, too, was very nurturing and motherly. She passed away a few years ago (she was 15) and I miss her every day.

Pet Names From Creatures in Greek Mythology

There are countless creatures in Greek mythology. The giants alone could fill this entire post.

1. Acanthis -a bird
2. Actaeon- not a creature, but known for his dogs
3. Aello- one of the Harpies
4. Aethon – one of Ares’ horses
5. Agrius- centaur
6. Alcyoneus-giant.
7. Alectryon – good name for a rooster
8. Amalthea- a goat, and Zeus’ foster mom
9. Aphros- a marine Centaur
10. Arachne
11. Arion- perfect horse name
12. Argus- giant with 100 eyes
13. Athos- giant
14. Agrius- centaur
15. Asbolus- centaur
16. Amycus- centaur
17. Balius – one of Achilles’ horses
18. Boreas- one of the horses that pulls Zeus’ chariot
19. Brontes -one of the Cyclops
20. Cerberus- Hades’ three-headed dog
21. Cerastes -perfect name for a snake!
22. Ceto- a sea monster
23. Charon- River Styx ferryman who transports the dead to the Underworld.
24. Chiron- one of the most famous centaurs, he trained Heracles
25. Chimera
26. Corvus- Apollo’s crow
27. Chthonius- great for a giant-breed dog
28. Cycnus- a swan
29. Damarchus- a werewolf
30. Damysus- the fastest giant, so a great Greyhound name!
31. Delphin- a dolphin
32. Dinus= one of Poseidon’s immortal horses
33. Dryad
34. Enyo- one of the Graeae sisters
35. Euryale- a Gorgon who could kill with her scream, so it’s perfect for a loud pet!
36. Gerana- Hera turned her into a crane
37. Geryon- another giant
38. Gryphon
39. Hippodamia – a lark
40. Kobaloi- a trickster spirit
41. Konabos – another one of Ares’ horses
42. Ladon- a dragon
43. Laelaps- great female hunting or sighthound dog name!
44. Lamia- a vampiric daemon
45. Maera-Erigone’s dog
46. Medusa- the most famous of the Gorgons
47. Notos- another of Zeus’ chariot-pulling horses
48. Orion- he was a giant huntsman
49. Orthrus- Cerebus’ two-headed brother
50. Ouroboros- another great snake name!
51. Philomela – a swallow
52. Pholus- a centaur friend to Heracles.
53. Procne – a nightingale bird
54. Scylla
55. Siren
56. Thoon- yet another giant (there sure were a lot of them!)
57. Tityos- you guessed it, another giant!
58. Xanthus – horse belonging to Achilles

Greek Heroes, Important Women, & Other Mortals

Gods, goddesses and magical creatures aren’t the only source for good Greek mythology names for pets. There are hundreds of mere mortals (or half-mortals) who did some truly impressive things! Again, I divided these up into categories that made sense to me.

Heroes & Kings

1. Achilles: hero of the Trojan War 
2. Ajax: both the Great and Lesser Ajax were Trojan war heroes
3. Amycus: a son of Poseidon
4. Bellerophon hero who killed the Chimera
5. Castor: of Castor and Pollux, he was the mortal twin
6. Codrus: an Athens king
7. Creon: a Corinthian who’s claim to fame is that he was decent to Jason and Medea
8. Daedalus: he made the labyrinth 
9. Gelanor: a king of Argos
10. Ganymede: a Trojan hero and cup-bearer to the gods
11. Hector: Trojan war hero
12. Heracles: Greek equivalent of Hercules
13. Icarus: son of Daedalus, he flew too close to the sun
14. Jason: he was the leader of the Argonauts
15. Meleager: an Argonaut
16. Midas: the king who turned everything he touched to gold
17. Nestor: a king and one of the Argonauts
18. Odysseus : hero who inspired Homer’s Odyssey
19. Orpheus: he’s best known for his journey to the Underworld to bring back his wife
20. Perseus: demigod who killed Medusa
21. Theseus: demigod who killed the Minotaur

Important Women in Greek Mythology

1. Aegea: a queen of the Amazons
2. Andromeda:  wife of Perseus who became a constellation
3. Antigone: daughter of Oedipus
4. Antiope: Ares’ daughter and an Amazon
5. Arachne: a weaver that Athena turned into a spider
6. Ariadne: helped Theseus beat the Minotaur
7. Asteria: one of the Amazons killed by Heracles
8. Atalanta: helped hunt the Calydonian boar and find the Golden Fleece
9. Cassandra: she saw the future, but no one believed her
10. Cassiopeia: a queen and the mother of Andromeda
11. Danaë: Perseus’ mom
12. Electra: daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
13. Helen: the face that launched a thousands ships
14. Hermione: Helen’s daughter
15. Hippolyta: another queen of Amazons, sister to Antiope
16. Medusa: once a beautiful mortal, turned into a Gorgon by spiteful Athena.
17. Myrina: another Amazon queen
18. Otrera: Amazon queen and mom to Hippolyta
19. Pandora: the first woman ever
20. Penelope : Odysseus’ wife
21. Phaedra: Theseus’ wife
22. Thrace: Oceanus’ daughter

I hope you found something amazing from this massive list of Greek mythology names! If you’re just in the planning stage of adopting a new pet, pin this post for later. 😀

What are your favorite Greek mythology names for pets? I’d love to hear from you!