There are lots of gods and heroes in the world of mythology, and these mythological names have the special meanings and connotations. Naming your beloved puppy with a god name will specify your dog's unique personage or characteristics. Check out our selection of 86
mythological dog names for your male or female puppies, these names are inspired by Greek, Roman, Welsh, Celtic, Ireland mythology and others around the world.
Achilles: The son of the beautiful nymph Thetis and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons.
Adonis: Adonis was a young man so beautiful that Aphrodite, goddess of love, became enamored of him. The name Adonis has come to epitomize male beauty.
Althea: The daughter of King Thestius and Eurythemis, and wife of the king of Calydon, Oeneus.
Ammon: The Egyptian god that the Greeks equated with Zeus.
Andromeda: The daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia.
Antigone: The daughter of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta.
Aphrodite: The goddess of love. The Romans called her Venus.
Apollo: A god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis.
Ares: God of war.
Argus: Guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant whose epithet, "Panoptes", "all-seeing", led to his being described with multiple, often one hundred, eyes.
Ariadne: The daughter of Minos, King of Crete, and his queen Pasiphae, daughter of Helios.
Athena: The patron goddess of heroic endeavour.
Bacchus: God of wine and intoxication.
Balthazar: May God protect the king.
Belenos: The Shining God from Celtic Mythology.
Beowulf: A Norse hero and warrior who fought and conquered several monsters that terrorized Denmark and Sweden.
Brahma: A supreme god in diverse versions of Hindu mythology.
Brontes: A cyclops of Greek mythology, whose name means Thunder.
Calypso: A nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she detained Odysseus for several years.
Cassiopeia: Wife of king Cepheus of Ethiopia, was beautiful but also arrogant and vain.
Chandra: A lunar god and a Graha in Hinduism.
Circe: A goddess of magic.
Cupid: The god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars.
Cybele: The great Phrygian Mother of the Gods, a primal nature goddess worshipped with orgiastic rites in the mountains of central and western Anatolia.
Damon: A steadfast and loyal person.
Daphne: A dryad in Greek mythology, daughter of the river god Peneus.
Dido: The founder and first queen of Carthage.
Dionysus: The god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology.
Echo: A mountain nymph condemned to speak only in echoes because her chattering distracted the goddess Hera from the infidelity.
Electra: The daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus princess of Argos.
Eros: The Greek god of love.
Fauna: A goddess said in differing ancient sources to be the wife, sister, or daughter of Faunus.
Faunus: The horned god of the forest, plains and fields.
Finn: The hero of a series of Irish legends known as the Fionn Cycle. Finn was the son of Cumhail, who led a band of warriors called the Fianna.
Freya: One of the preeminent goddesses in Norse mythology.
Gandalf: A Dvergr in Norse mythology.
Ganesh: The lord of beginnings and as the lord of removing obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences, and the god of intellect and wisdom.
Gilgamesh: A demigod of superhuman strength who builds the city walls of Uruk to defend his people and travels to meet the sage Utnapishtim, who survived the Great Flood.
Govinda: The names of Vishnu which mean "The finder of Veda" & "Protector of Veda" as 'Go' means Veda not Cow.
Gunnar: King of the Giukungs. Son of Giuki and Grimhild. Brother of Gudrun, Guttorm and Hogni. Husband of Brunhild and Glaumvor.
Hades: God of death.
Hector: One of the bravest Trojan warriors. He was killed by the Greek warrior Achilles.
Helena: The divinely beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda, the wife of Tyndareos of Sparta.
Helle: The twin sister of Phrixus, daughter of Athamas and nephele.
Hera: The Queen of the gods, and goddess of the sky, women and marriage.
Hercules: The son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
Hermes: The god of animal husbandry.
Hermione: In Greek mythology, Hermione was the only child of King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen of Troy.
Hippolyta: The Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the god of war.
Icarus: The son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth.
Isolde: Wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan in Ireland myth.
Janus: The god of beginnings and transitions, and thereby of gates, doors, doorways, passages and endings.
Jasper: Legend says that Jasper would drive away evil spirits and protect against snake and spider bites. In the fourth century, it was thought to bring about the rain.
Jocasta: A daughter of Menoeceus, a descendant of the Spartoi, and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece.
Juno: An ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Mars and Vulcan.
Jupiter: The god of sky and thunder and king of the gods in Ancient Roman religion and mythology.
Krishna: A Hindu deity, worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives.
Lilith: The first wife of Adam. She was banished from the Garden of Eden when she refused to make herself subservient to Adam.
Loki: In Norse mythology, Loki is a god. Loki is the son of Farbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Byleistr.
Mars: The son of Jupiter and Juno, and was the Roman god of war. Mars was the lover of Venus and the father of the famous Roman heroes Romulus and Remus.
Medusa: A monster, one of the Gorgon sisters and daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaea and Oceanus. She had the face of an ugly woman with snakes instead of hair; anyone who looked into her eyes was immediately turned to stone.
Mercury: God of merchandise and merchants。
Midas: A king of Phrygia, a region nowadays part of Turkey.
Narcissus: A hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. He was the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph Liriope.
Neptune: The god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion.
Nike: A goddess who personified victory.
Odin: A god of war and death, as well as a sky god and the god of wisdom and poetry. Along with being a god, he is the All-Father of all the Nordic Gods. He is also heavily associated with magic.
Oscar: A great warrior. Son of Oisin and Eibhir. Grandson of Finn mac Cool. Husband of Aidin. As a youth, he fought with the Fianna against the army of Lochlanners led by Colga and killed him in single combat.
Pallas: The daughter of Triton in Greek mythology.
Pandora: The first human woman created by the gods.
Pax: Pax in Roman mythology was the goddess of peace, equivalent of the Greek goddess Eirene.
Phobos: The personification of fear in Greek mythology.
Phoebe: In Greek mythology, a titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea.
Pluto: God of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea; also called Hades.
Psyche: The goddess of the soul, wife of Eros god of love.
Puck: In English folklore, Puck is a domestic and nature sprite, demon, or fairy.
Rhea: The Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus.
Romulus: The main characters of Rome's foundation myth, twin brother of Remus.
Saturn: A god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in myth. He was the first god of the Capitol, known since the most ancient times as Saturnius Mons, and was seen as a god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. In later developments he came to be also a god of time.
Shiva: The destroyer, is one of the three supreme gods in Hindu mythology.
Thanatos: In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death.
Ulysses: A king of Ithaca and brave warrior who fought in the Trojan War.
Uther: Uther Pendragon is a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain and the father of King Arthur.
Vulcan: The god of fire in Roman mythology. His Greek equivalent is the god Hephaestus. He is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and the husband of Venus.
Zephyr: The son of Astraeus and Eos, the goddess of the dawn.
Zeus: The King of the Olympian Gods, God of Sky and Thunder, and rules over the Heavens and Earth.
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