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Abdemon m Phoenician
Of unknown origin, name borne by a king of Cyprus (fl. 5th century BCE).

Aedesia f Ancient Greek
Aedesia was a philosopher of the Neoplatonic school who lived in Alexandria. She was married to Hermias and thr mother of Ammonius and Heliodorus.

Amaracus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Amaracus is a young cypriot boy who transformed into a marjoram plant in Greek mythology.

Amyrtaeus m Ancient Egyptian (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ἀμυρταῖος (Amyrtaios), a Hellenization of the original Egyptian form Amenirdisu. This was the name of the only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt.

Andragoras m Parthian
Andragoras was an Iranian satrap.

Archeanassa f Ancient Greek
Archeanassa was a hetaera living in Athens in the late 5th century BC, with whom Plato the philosopher was deeply in love with as a young man.

Aregon m Ancient Greek
Aregon was a painter from Corinth in ancient Greece.

Ariaeus m Old Persian
Persian general

Ariantas m Scythian
King of the Scythians

Aridolis m Old Persian
Tyrant of Alabanda in Caria

Aril m Etruscan
Etruscan form of the Greek Atlas

Aristaineta f Ancient Greek (Archaic)
Woman from Aetolia, who dedicated a monument at the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi in the third century BCE.

Aristion m Ancient Greek
Aristion was a philosopher who became tyrant of Athens

Ascarus m Ancient Greek
Ascarus was a sculptor of ancient Thebes, who made a statue of the Greek god Zeus, which was dedicated by the Thessalians at Olympia.

Athis m Literature, Roman Mythology
In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Athis is a young demigod.

Azaes m Ancient Greek
Azaes was one of the ten sons of Poseidon and Cleito in Plato's myth of Atlantis.

Bardylis m History (Archaic)
Name of multiple Illyrian rulers

Caeria f History (Archaic)
Illyrian queen

Canachus m Ancient Greek
Canachus was a sculptor of Sicyon in Corinthia.

Carteron m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Carteron was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the King Lycaon

Carthalo m Phoenician
Carthalo was an officer in Hannibal's army during the Second Punic War.

Charmides m Ancient Greek
Means "son of Charmos" in Greek, derived from the name Charmos combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides).... [more]

Daetor m Ancient Greek
In Greek mythology, Daetor was one of the Trojan warriors who attacked the Greek fleet during the tenth year of the Trojan War.

Dalide f Italian
Possibly a variant of Delida.

Damis m Ancient Greek
Damis was a student and lifelong companion of Apollonius of Tyana.

Damno f Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Damno was an Egyptian princess.

Datames m Old Persian
Achaemenid satrap of Cappadocia.

Demarchos m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek (demos) meaning "the people" and (archos) meaning "master, leader". This was the name of a satrap of Phrygia and a son of Aegyptus in Greek mythology.

Dinon m Ancient Greek
Of unknown etymology, name borne by an ancient Greek historian (fl. c. 360–340 BC).

Elinai f Etruscan
Ancient Etruscan version of Helen

Ellopion m Ancient Greek
Ellopion of Peparethus was a Socratic philosopher and contemporary of Plato, who is mentioned only by Plutarch.

Epulon m History (Archaic)
King in northern Illyria

Erymneus m Ancient Greek
Erymneus was a Peripatetic philosopher in Ancient Greece.

Esmoreit m Dutch (Archaic)
Esmoreit is a Middle Dutch drama. ... [more]

Evaemon m Ancient Greek
Alternate spelling of Euaemon

Galaor m Literature
In the book 'Amadis de Gaula', Galaor is the brother of Amadis.

Galaton m Ancient Greek
Galaton was an ancient Greek painter.

Helicaon m Ancient Greek
In Greek mythology, Helicaon or Helikaon was a Trojan warrior and son of the elder Antenor and the priestess Theano.

Idrieus m Old Persian
Achaemenid satrap of Caria

Irereo m Old Irish, Irish Mythology
Irereo Fáthach was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.

Kalyptos f & m Gnosticism
In Sethian Gnosticism, Kalyptos ("the Hidden One") is one of the three emanations of Barbelo.

Karimala f Northern African
Nubian queen whose existence is known from a temple relief in Semna (present-day Sudan).

Lamiskos m Ancient Greek
Lamiskos was an ancient Greek Pythagorean philosopher.

Laran m Etruscan
Laran is the Etruscan god of war.

Lulianos m Early Jewish (Archaic), Turkish (Archaic), Ancient Greek
Lulianos and Paphos were two wealthy Jewish brothers who lived in Laodicea on the Lycus in Anatolia in the second century CE and who suffered martyrdom at the hands of the Roman legate.

Lygdamis m Ancient Greek
Lygdamis was the first tyrant of Caria under the Achaemenid Empire.

Manesus m Persian (Archaic)
Manesus was a Parthian prince, the son of the Parthian King Phraates

Mano f Sami
In Sami mythology, Mano is a personification of the Moon as a female deity.

Marmorie m Carolingian Cycle, Pet
Means "dappled" or "marbled", from Latin marmor "marble". This is the name of the warhorse of Grandoyne, one of the Saracens in the Old French epic The Song of Roland.

Mazaeus m Old Persian
Achaemenid satrap of Cicilia and later Babylon.

Menestho f Ancient Greek
Water nymph from greek mythology

Mentes m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Mentes is the name of the King of the Taphians and the son of Anchialus. He is mentioned in the Odyssey.

Mereddon f Welsh

Meriones m Ancient Greek
In Greek mythology, Meriones was the son of Molus and Melphis or Euippe.

Metamia ? Northern African (Archaic)
Name from an Old Nubian visitor's inscription by a priest, found in Banganarti, present-day Sudan.

Metaneaera f Ancient Greek (Archaic)
Hetaera active in classical Corinth and Athens.

Metion m Ancient Greek
In Greek mythology, Metion was an Athenian prince.

Mikon m Ancient Greek
Mikon the Younger of Athens was an ancient Greek painter and sculptor.

Mimnermus m Ancient Greek
Mimnermus was a Greek elegiac poet from either Colophon or Smyrna in Ionia.

Molon m Ancient Greek
Meaning uncertain. This was the name of several ancient Greek figures, including a general of the Seleucid empire.

Monimus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Monimus of Syracuse was a Cynic philosopher.

Moriaen m Arthurian Cycle
Moriaen is a 13th-century Arthurian romance in Middle Dutch.

Mydon m Greek Mythology
Ine of the defenders of Troy in Homer's Iliad.

Myllias m Ancient Greek
Husband of Timycha of Sparta.

Mytilos m History (Archaic)
Illyrian King, successor of Monunios

Nealces m Ancient Greek
Nealces was an ancient Greek painter from Sicyon.

Neleus m Ancient Greek
Neleus of Scepsis son of Coriscus of Scepsis, was a disciple of Aristotle and Theophrastus.

Neomeris f Ancient Greek
Water nymph from greek mythology

Nereis f Ancient Greek
Nereis of Epirus was a daughter of Pyrrhus II. She was married to Gelo, son of Hiero II, king of Syracuse, by whom she became the mother of the king Hieronymus of Syracuse.

Nessos m Ancient Greek
Nessos of Chios was a pre-Socratic ancient Greek philosopher.

Nonacris f Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Nonacris was the wife of King Lycaon of Arcadia and mother of Callisto.

Paeon m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Paeon or Paion was a son of Poseidon.

Palmithe m Etruscan
Ancient Etruscan version of Palamedes

Panaenus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Panaenus was an ancient Greek painter who worked in Athens.

Panyassis m Ancient Greek
Panyassis of Halicarnassus was a Greek epic poet from Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey).

Paphos m Early Jewish (Archaic), Turkish (Archaic), Ancient Greek
Lulianos and Paphos were two wealthy Jewish brothers who lived in Laodicea on the Lycus in Anatolia in the second century CE and who suffered martyrdom at the hands of the Roman legate.

Phaedymia f Old Persian (Latinized)
Latinized form of Phaidyme. This name was borne by a 6th-century BC Persian noblewoman, the daughter of Otanes, who would later go on to marry Darius I.

Phanagora f Ancient Greek (Archaic)
Athenian businesswoman who owned and operated a tavern in Athens during the fifth or fourth century BCE. Her business partner was Demetrios.

Phanes m Ancient Greek
Phanes of Halicarnassus was a councilman, tactician and mercenary from Halicarnassus, serving the Egyptian pharaoh Amasis II.

Phanto m Ancient Greek
Phanto of Phlius was a Pythagorean philosopher.

Phaon m Ancient Greek
Name of a boatman of Lesbos in Greek Mythology.

Pharis m Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Pharis was the son of Hermes and the Danaid Phylodameia

Pharismanes m Middle Persian
Parthian satrap

Pheretima f Ancient Greek
Pheretima was regent of Cyrene (a North African Greek colony) in place of her son, Arcesilaus III of Cyrene, circa 518–515 BC.

Phintys f Ancient Greek
Phintys was allegedy a Pythagorean philosopher that lived around the 4th century BCE.

Piraeicus m Ancient Greek
Piraeicus was an Ancient Greek painter, known only from a text by Pliny the Elder.

Puanea f Etruscan
Etruscan name of a satyr.

Rhinthon m Ancient Greek
Rhinthon was a Hellenistic dramatist.

Sandon m Ancient Greek
Sandon was an Orphic philosopher and son of Hellanikos.

Satre m Etruscan Mythology
Satre is an Etruscan god identified with Saturn

Semonides m Ancient Greek
Semonides was a Greek iambic and elegiac poet.

Setheus m Gnosticism
According to Gnosticism, Setheus is one of the great celestial powers dwelling in the Sixth Heaven.

Silaces m Parthian
Silaces was a Parthian commander

Silouan m Russian (Rare, Archaic)
Silouan the Athonite, Orthodox monk

Simmias m Ancient Greek
Simmias of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher and disciple of Socrates.

Siron m Ancient Greek
Siro was an Epicurean philosopher who lived in Naples. He was a teacher of Virgil.

Sotion m Ancient Greek
Sotion was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher.

Talaemenes m Ancient Greek
Talaemenes was the Father of Antiphos and Mesthles. His sons led the Maeonians during the Trojan War.

Tamos m Ancient Egyptian
Etymology unknown. This was the name of an Egyptian mercenary admiral from Memphis who was hired by Cyrus the Younger during the 4th century BC.

Thearidas m Ancient Greek
Father of Lycortas of Megalopolis, Grandfather of the historian Polybius.

Themison m Ancient Greek
Themison of Samos was an Ancient Greek naval commander

Theoris f Ancient Greek
Theoris of Lemnos was an ancient Greek woman who was tried as a witch

Thibron m Ancient Greek
Thibron was a Spartan general.

Thymaridas m Ancient Greek
Thymaridas of Paros was an ancient Greek mathematician

Tiraios m Ancient Aramaic
Tiraios I was a king of Characene

Tmolus m Ancient Greek
Name of several figures in greek mythology, such as Tmolus, king of Lydia and husband of Omphale, or Tmolus, the god of Mount Tmolus in Lydia.

Vesonia f Ancient Roman (Archaic)
Vesonia was a woman from Pompeii who lived during the 1st century BCE. Her father was Publius.

Vikare m Etruscan
Etruscan version of the Greek Icarus

Vilae m Etruscan
Etruscan version of the Greek Iolaos

Walrab m German (Rare, Archaic)
German name used the 16th and 17th century. Namebearers include Walrab von Keudell and Walrab von Wangenheim.

Zerline f German (Rare), French (Rare), Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
French form and German and Yiddish variant of Zerlina.... [more]