Greek Hero Names
Greek heroic names belong to more than warriors. Alongside Achilles and Perseus are the women whose decisions, journeys, and endurance shape the legends. These are mortal and semi-divine characters, distinct from a list of Olympian gods.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The leader of the Argonauts in the quest for the Golden Fleece. | 2,224#165 | Down 46 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
The queen whose resourcefulness shapes the Odyssey. | 6,225#22 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
The Trojan prince who defends his city. | 779#409 | Down 44 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
The Latin form of Odysseus. | 169#1,201 | Down 133 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
The experienced king who counsels the Greeks at Troy. | 113#1,535 | Up 205 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
The Cretan princess who helps Theseus escape the labyrinth. | 115#1,758 | Down 569 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
The Greek warrior at the center of the Iliad. | 151#1,290 | Down 239 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
The princess rescued by Perseus. | 78#2,327 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The hero who defeats Medusa and rescues Andromeda. | 168#1,210 | Up 313 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The Latin form of Heracles, the hero of the Twelve Labors. | 20#4,920 | Up 1,843 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
The king of Ithaca whose homecoming fills the Odyssey. | 44#2,869 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The Trojan hero who survives the war and later leads the action of the Aeneid. | 9#8,259 | Down 1,636 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
A name shared by two Greek warriors at Troy. | 36#3,242 | Up 899 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
The Athenian hero who enters the Minotaur's labyrinth. | 19#5,180 | Down 776 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
One of the Dioscuri, the twin brothers of Greek legend. | 21#4,733 | Down 795 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
The Theban heroine who defies a king to bury her brother. | —Unranked | — | 1997 | ||
The musician who journeys to the underworld for Eurydice. | —Unranked | — | 1968 | ||
The Latin name of Polydeuces, Castor's twin. | 5#13,406 | new | 2015 | ||
A Greek commander prominent in the Iliad. | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
The swift huntress of Greek heroic legend. | —Unranked | — | 2000 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.