Names Categorized "goddesses"

Nane is a feminine name of Armenian origin, whose meaning is uncertain. It may be related to the Sumerian goddess Nanaya, whose own name is of unknown etymology but possibly connected to Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of l...

Nanna is a feminine name used in Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and Norse contexts. It is possibly derived from Old Norse nanþ meaning “daring, brave.” In Norse mythology, Nanna was a goddess who died of grief wh...

Nebet-Hut is the reconstructed Egyptian form of the name Nephthys, the name of a prominent goddess in ancient Egyptian mythology. The name itself translates to "lady of the house" or "mistress of the mansion," derived fr...

Neith (also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) is the Greek form of an ancient Egyptian name, possibly derived from nt meaning "water" or nrw meaning "fear, dread." This name was borne by one of the earliest Egyptian deities, a...

EtymologyNemain is an Irish name derived from a goddess or spirit of battle frenzy in Celtic mythology. The name likely originates from the Celtic root nemo meaning "poison", or a root meaning "to take, to seize", reflec...

Nemesis is the Greek goddess who personifies retribution for the sin of hubris, the arrogance before the gods. Her name means "distribution of what is due, righteous anger" in Greek (from νέμειν, meaning "to give what is...

Nephthys is the Greek name of an ancient Egyptian goddess, derived from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt (Nebet-Hut), meaning "lady of the house". This enigmatic epithet likely refers to her role as a protective deity associated with te...

Nerthus is the Latinized form of the Proto-Germanic deity name *Nerþuz, recorded by the Roman historian Tacitus in the 1st century AD in his ethnographic work Germania. The same root also gives the Old Norse god name Njǫ...

Niamh (Irish: [n̠ʲiəw]) is an Irish feminine given name meaning 'bright' or 'radiant'. It derives from Old Irish Niaṁ and has been anglicized as Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh, or Neeve. The name has deep roots in Irish mytho...

Nijolė is a Lithuanian feminine given name of uncertain etymology. It is considered a pseudomythological name, invented in the 19th century by Polish-Lithuanian historian and writer Teodor Narbutt for his reconstruction...

Nike is a feminine given name of Greek origin, meaning "victory". In Greek mythology, Nike was the goddess of victory, often depicted as a winged figure accompanying Zeus and Athena in battle. The name derives from the G...

Nikephoros is a Greek masculine given name meaning "carrying victory" or "bringer of victory," derived from the elements nike (victory) and phero (to carry, to bear). In ancient Greek religion, the name was also used as...

EtymologyNingal is a Sumerian name meaning "great lady" or "great queen". It is composed of the nin ("lady") and gal ("big, great") elements. In cuneiform, the name was written as dNIN.GAL.MythologyNingal was a goddess o...

Ninhursag is the Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, whose name means "lady of the (sacred) mountain" from the Sumerian elements nin ("lady") and hursaĝ ("mountain" or sacred mountain mountain). She was one of the...

Ninisina is a Sumerian goddess whose name means "lady of Isin," from the Sumerian element nin (𒎏) meaning "lady" combined with the name of the city-state of Isin. She served as the tutelary deity of Isin and was primaril...

Ninlil is a name of Sumerian origin, derived from the elements nin meaning "lady" and lil meaning "wind." In Sumerian mythology, she was a major goddess worshipped from the late 3rd millennium BCE onward. As the consort...

Nona is a feminine given name of Latin origin, derived from nonus, meaning "ninth." In ancient Roman religion, Nona was a goddess of pregnancy, specifically associated with the ninth month of gestation. Her name directly...

Noor 1 is a variant transcription and the most common English spelling of the Arabic and Urdu نور (Nūr, from the root Nur), as well as the Bengali নূর (Nur). It is also used as a Malay and Indonesian variant. Meaning "li...

Nour is an alternate transcription of the Arabic نور (see Nur), meaning "light." In Islamic tradition, al-Nūr (النور) is one of the 99 names of Allah, the "Light of the heavens and the earth" (Quran 24:35). The name thus...

Nox is the Latin word for "night" and the name of the Roman goddess of the night. She is the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nyx, and like her Greek equivalent, Nox was often depicted as a primordial deity born from Cha...

Nuha is the name of a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess of the sun, whose exact meaning remains unknown. She was identified with the goddess Shams, whose name means "sun" in Arabic, and was also associated with the Mesopotamia...

Nur (also spelled Noor or Nour) is a unisex given name meaning "light" in Arabic, derived from the root n-w-r (ن و ر). In Islamic theology, النور (al-Nūr), "the Light", is one of the 99 names of Allah, emphasizing divine...

Nut is the Egyptian goddess of the sky, whose name derives from the Egyptian word nwt meaning "sky." She was a central figure in ancient Egyptian mythology, serving as the personification of the heavens. Often depicted a...

Nüwa (also read Nügua) is the Chinese creator goddess in mythology, depicted as a snake with a human head. Her name is composed of the elements 女 (nǚ) meaning "woman, female" and 娲 (wā), a character of uncertain origin...

Nyx is the personification of the night in Greek mythology. Her name derives from the Ancient Greek word nyx (νύξ), meaning "night.” In Hesiod’s Theogony, she is the offspring of Khaos (Chaos) and the wife of Erebus (Dar...

Ọṣun (also known as Oshun, Ochún, and Oxúm) is the Yoruba name of a powerful orisha (deity) venerated as the patron goddess of the Osun River in southwestern Nigeria. The name is possibly related to the Yoruba word ṣán,...

Ourania is a Greek female name derived from οὐράνιος (ouranios), meaning "heavenly." In Greek mythology, it belongs to one of the nine Muses, the goddesses who presided over the arts and sciences. Ourania (also known as...

Øydis is a Norwegian feminine given name, representing the Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Eydís. The name traces its roots to Old Norse, where it combines elements of ey, meaning "good fortune" or "island," and dís...

Shannon is an English given name derived from the name of the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland. The river's Irish name, an tSionainn, is associated with the legendary figure Sionann and is sometimes said to be...

Yang is a Chinese given name that can be either masculine or feminine, though it is more commonly masculine. The name is written with characters such as 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean" or 阳 (yáng) meaning "light, sun, male" —...