Along with Athena and Luna other mythological girl names in the US Top 1000 include Aurora Daphne Iris Lilith Maeve Maia Penelope and Phoebe.

Twin names mythology. Zeus gets Leto pregnant with twins which gets his wife Hera somewhat annoyed so she rains down vengeance. Boy-Boy Twin Name Pairs. Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus the king of Sparta while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan.

Along with Orion and Apollo other mythological boy names in the US Top 1000 include Arthur Damon Dylan Finn Jason Jasper Oscar and Tristan. He was a moody and unreliable GodThis is one of the another strong Greek mythology boy names. The two names are words for horse and stallion respectively in.

Poseidon God of the Ocean He even produced five pairs of twins according to Plato and the Greek-Roman Mythology. The god of healing and the goddess of the hunt. First things first twins are individuals with their own personalities dreams and so on and in many cases they dont like being packaged as twins through names or any other means.

Ares was the bloodthirsty Greek God of war. Apollo and Artemis the names of twins in Greek mythology. Unbeknown to Fionn these two faithful companions were actually the offspring of his aunt Tuireann.

However an interesting association occurs in the names of the twin leaders of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britannia Horsa and Hengest of Jutes who are said to be the descendants of Woden the god Odin of Norse mythology. Eryx was known for being an excellent boxer who eventually was defeated by none other than Hercules. Mythological Twin Names.

In Greek mythology Eryx was the name of Poseidon and Aphrodites son who was a king in Sicily. Athena Daphne Helen Selene Phoebe Penelope Cassandra Melania Clio Iris Gaia Thalia Larisa Harmonia. American parents most likely to choose names from European myths but Asian and African countries have many gods with intriguing names such as Kirin and Shango and Vishnu.