Names Like Adrastus — Find Similar Baby Names
Adrastus is an 8-letter Greek boys' name meaning “Myth Name (One Of The Attackers In "The Seven Against Thebes")”. This page collects 115 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Acastus and Acrisius, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -tus like Artus and Cetus, and names sharing the “attackers” concept like Alcmaeon and Amphiaraus.
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Names Similar in Spelling to Adrastus
3 baby names that differ from Adrastus by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Adrastus’s Greek origin.
| Name | Meaning | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Abdera | From Abdera | Female |
| Abderus | Myth Name (A Friend Of Hercules) | Male |
| Absyrtus | Myth Name (Brother Of Medea) | Male |
| Abydos | From Abydos | Male |
| Acantha | Thorn | Female |
| Acastus | Myth Name (An Argonaut) | Male |
| Acestes | Myth Name | Male |
| Achates | Myth Name (Companion Of Aeneas) | Male |
| Achelous | Myth Name (A River God) | Male |
| Acheron | Myth Name (River Of Woe) | Male |
| Achilles | Lipless | Male |
| Acis | Myth Name (Lover Of Galatea) | Male |
| Aconteus | Myth Name | Male |
| Acrisius | Myth Name (Grandfather Of Perseus) | Male |
| Acteon | Myth Name (A Hunter Torn Apart By His Own Dogs) | Male |
| Adelpha | "Dear Sister."Variants Include Adelphe And Adelphie. | Female |
| Admeta | Myth Name (From A Tale Of Hercules) | Female |
| Admetus | Myth Name (A King Of Pherae) | Male |
| Adrial | Male | |
| Aeacus | Myth Name (Grandfather Of Achilles) | Male |
| Aeaea | Myth Name (Island Of Circe) | Female |
| Aedon | Myth Name (Daughter Of Pandareos) | Female |
| Aeetes | Myth Name (Medea's Father) | Male |
| Aegeus | Myth Name (Second Husband Of Medea) | Male |
8-Letter A-Names Like Adrastus
24 names that share Adrastus's exact length (8 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Adrastus's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Adrastus
Top 12 boys' names by US births in the most recent decade (2014–2024 SSA records). Each link opens a side-by-side comparison with Adrastus.
Names That Rhyme with Adrastus
18 baby names that share Adrastus's last 3 letters — -tus. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artus | Noble | French | Male |
| Cetus | Myth Name (Sea Monster Of Poseidon) | Greek | Male |
| Lotus | Flower | Greek | Female |
| Notus | Myth Name (The South Wind) | Greek | Male |
| Titus | Of The Giants | Greek | Male |
| Brutus | Myth Name | English | Male |
| Cestus | Myth Name (Aphrodite's Girdle) | Greek | Female |
| Cletus | Summoned | Greek | Male |
| Cottus | Myth Name (A Titan) | Greek | Male |
| Plutus | Myth Name (Wealth) | Greek | Male |
| Pontus | Sea | Greek | Male |
| Acastus | Myth Name (An Argonaut) | Greek | Male |
| Admetus | Myth Name (A King Of Pherae) | Greek | Male |
| Cocytus | Myth Name (River Of Lamenting) | Greek | Male |
| Iapetus | Myth Name (A Titan) | Greek | Male |
| Iphitus | Myth Name (Brother Of Iole) | Greek | Male |
| Absyrtus | Myth Name (Brother Of Medea) | Greek | Male |
| Aegyptus | Myth Name (Father Of Danaides) | Greek | Male |
Names That Start Like Adrastus
18 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Adrastus — Adr-. Good for parents who like Adrastus's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adra | "Virgin." See Adara. | Arabic | Female |
| Adri | Rock AGNI | Indian | Male |
| Adrie | From The Adriatic | Dutch | Female |
| Adrik | Dark ALEK, ALIK, ALEKSANDR, ALEKSIS, ALEKSI, ALEXEI | Russian | Male |
| Adron | From Adria.: (Adriatic Sea Region.) | English | Male |
| Adrial | Greek | Male | |
| Adrian | Dark AGDA, AGATA, AGATON, AGNETA | English | Female |
| Adriel | Of God's Flock | Hebrew | Male |
| Adrien | Variant Of Adrian. From Adria.: (Adriatic Sea Region.) | French | Male |
| Adrion | From Adria.: (Adriatic Sea Region.) | English | Male |
| Adriaan | Variant Of Adrian. From Adria. | Dutch | Male |
| Adriana | Dark; From Adria | Romanian | Female |
| Adriane | From Adria The Adriatic Sea Region. Also Means Dark. | French | Female |
| Adriano | Dark: Variant Of Adrian. From Adria.: (The Adriatic Sea Region.) | Spanish | Male |
| Adriene | From Adria The Adriatic Sea Region. Also Means Dark. | French | Female |
| Adriyel | Of God's Flock | Hebrew | Male |
| Adreanna | From Adria The Adriatic Sea Region. Also Means Dark. | French | Female |
| Adrianna | From Adria The Adriatic Sea Region. Also Means Dark. | French | Female |