Female Ancient Baby Names, Page 6

Choosing an ancient baby name is a way to hand your child a piece of deep history the moment they're born. These names echo from the temples of Rome, the agoras of Greece, the courts of Byzantium, and the pages of old scripture, and they carry a weight that trendy modern picks simply can't match. If you want your baby to stand out with a name that feels timeless, mysterious, and quietly powerful, ancient baby names are a wonderful place to start.

You'll find striking options like Cassius and Octavia from Rome, Atticus and Calliope from Greece, Theodora and Alaric from Byzantium, and Ezra and Naomi from biblical tradition. Each of these ancient baby names carries a story — Atticus means "from Attica" and evokes wisdom, Theodora means "gift of God," and Alaric was the Visigoth king who shook an empire. These names have survived thousands of years precisely because they sound strong and mean something worth remembering.

When you read these names aloud, notice which ones feel natural with your family's rhythm and which ones invite nicknames you'll actually use. If this collection inspires you, you may also love our Biblical baby names, Arthurian picks, or our Celtic origins collection for more storied options. An ancient baby name gives your little one a name that has outlasted empires — and will grow gracefully with them through every stage of life.

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Name	Meaning	Gender	Recorded origin
Olympia	From Olympus	Female	Greek
Omphale	Myth Name (A Queen Of Lydia)	Female	Greek
Orithyia	Myth Name	Female	Greek
Parthenia	Chaste	Female	Greek
Pasiphae	Myth Name (Wife Of Minos)	Female	Greek
Paula	Small	Female	Romanian
Pelopia	Myth Name (Mother Of Aegisthus)	Female	Greek
Penelope	Myth Name (Faithful Wife Of Odysseus)	Female	Greek
Penthesilea	Myth Name (A Queen Of The Amazons)	Female	Greek
Persephone	Myth Name (Wife Of Hades)	Female	Greek
Persis	From Persia	Female	Greek
Phaedra	Myth Name (Daughter Of Minos)	Female	Greek
Phaethusa	Myth Name	Female	Greek
Phillida	Loving	Female	Greek
Philomela	Nightingale	Female	Greek
Phoebe	Myth Name (Mother Of Leto)	Female	Greek
Phyllis	A Green Branch.	Female	Greek
Podarge	Myth Name (A Harpy)	Female	Greek
Polyxena	Myth Name (Daughter Of Priam)	Female	Greek
Priscilla		Female	English
Procne	Myth Name (Wife Of Pandion)	Female	Greek
Psyche	Myth Name (Lover Of Cupid)	Female	Greek
Pyrrha	Myth Name (Daughter Of Epimetheus)	Female	Greek
Ra	Doe	Female	English
Rana	Behold	Female	Arabic
Rhea	Myth Name (Wife Of Cronus)	Female	Greek
Rhiannon	Myth Name (Daughter Of Hefeydd)	Female	Celtic
Rhoda	Rose	Female	Greek
Roxane	Dawn	Female	French
Rufina	Red-Haired	Female	Italian
Sabina	Sabine	Female	Romanian
Sakhmet	Myth Name (Goddess Worshiped In Memphis, Lioness)	Female	Egyptian
Samara	Protected By God	Female	Hebrew
Saturnina	Gift Of Saturn	Female	Spanish
Scylla	Myth Name (A Sea Monster)	Female	Greek
Sekhet	Wife Of Ptah	Female	Egyptian
Sela	Rock	Female	Hebrew
Semele	Myth Name (Mother Of Dionysus)	Female	Greek
Silvia	From The Woods	Female	Romanian
Sophia	Wise	Female	Greek
Tamra	Palm Tree. Variant Of Tamar. Biblical Tamara Was Daughter Of King David And S...	Female	Hebrew
Tara	Irish/Gaelic Name Meaning "Rocky Hill," Or "From The Crag Of A Tower."Variant...	Female	Gaelic
Tatiana	Variant Of An Ancient Italian Name; Myth Name	Female	Romanian
Thais	Beloved	Female	Greek
Thalassa	From The Sea	Female	Greek
Thelma	Nursing	Female	Greek
Themis	Myth Name (Righteousness)	Female	Greek
Theophania	God Appears	Female	Greek
Thetis	Myth Name (Mother Of Achilles)	Female	Greek
Thisbe	Myth Name (Lover Of Pyramus)	Female	Greek

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More Ancient Baby Names

Persian Mythology Baby Names: Heroes of the Shahnameh and Names From Ancient Iran

Persian mythology offers two distinct wells for baby names: Ferdowsi's Shahnameh — the epic Book of Kings, completed around 1010 CE — and the older Zoroastrian and Avestan tradition, which deserves respect as a living faith. This guide groups the names by real-world wearability rather than dumping them in one pile. The crossover tier (Cyrus and Kourosh, Darius and Dariush, Roxana, Soraya, Daria, Yasmin) already crosses easily onto Western birth certificates. The hero tier from the Shahnameh (Rostam, Sohrab, Arash, Jamshid, Kaveh, Bahram, Esfandiyar, Zal, Khosrow) is bolder but still in everyday use across Iran and Central Asia. The heroines and lovers (Tahmineh, Rudabeh, Shirin, Manijeh, Farangis, Gordafarid, Parisa) make soft, literary choices, while the Zoroastrian deity and scripture names (Anahita, Mithra and Mehr, Mehrdad, Avesta, Zarathustra) range from quietly usable to admire-only. The piece flags Simorgh as a mythic bird rather than a human name, gives a pronunciation key for the trickier names, and decodes the shared roots — mehr for sun and love, the suffix -dad for given, the bright-roots inside Roxana and Jamshid — that explain why these names have survived a thousand years of continuous use.

8 Pretty Girl Baby Names From Ancient Culture

For a baby name that truly stands apart, step back through centuries to these eight ancient picks for girls. Amica is the Latin feminine of Amicus, meaning a friendly, loving woman, while Aurelia has flowed gracefully since the Roman Empire. Cassia comes from Greek for "spicy cinnamon," Fabia belongs to the Roman Fabius clan, and Flavia means golden, perfect for a blonde-haired baby. Gaia is the Greek earth goddess and universal mother, Junia is a Biblical name meaning "youth," and Russian Mila translates to "people's love." Each name hands your daughter a story that predates every trend.