Save Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Ὕλας(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /hý.laːs/(Attic Greek) /ˈy.las/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) /ˈi.las/(Constantinopolitan Greek) /ˈhy.laːs/(Classical Latin) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Greek ὕλη (hyle) meaning "wood, timber" or "trees, forest". This was the name of a companion of Heracles in Greek mythology, a member of the Argonauts.