Names Like Boreas — Find Similar Baby Names
Boreas is a 6-letter Greek boys' name meaning “Myth Name (The North Wind)”. This page collects 110 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Barak and Baram, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -eas like Eneas and Aeneas, and names sharing the “north” concept like Amanishakhete and Bilal.
For the full Boreas profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Boreas page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Boreas
23 baby names that differ from Boreas by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
| Name | Edit distance | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barak | 3 | Flash Of Lightning. In The Bible The Valiant Fighting Man Barak Coo... | Hebrew | Male |
| Baram | 3 | Son Of The Nation | Hebrew | Male |
| Baran | 3 | Noble Warrior | Gaelic | Male |
| Bardan | 3 | Lives Near The Boar's Den | English | Male |
| Barday | 3 | From Berkeley | Scottish | Male |
| Barend | 3 | Bear | Dutch | Male |
| Bariah | 3 | Excelling | Arabic | Female |
| Baris | 3 | Peaceful | Turkish | Male |
| Barra | 3 | Marksman | Celtic | Male |
| Barrak | 3 | Flash Of Lightning. In The Bible The Valiant Fighting Man Barak Coo... | Hebrew | Male |
| Barram | 3 | Handsome | Irish | Male |
| Barran | 3 | Little Top | Irish | Female |
| Barta | 3 | Ploughman | Hebrew | Male |
| Bates | 3 | Variant Of Bartholomew Often Used As A Surname. | English | Male |
| Beal | 3 | Meaning Unknown | Arthurian | Male |
| Bean | 3 | Fair Skinned | Scottish | Male |
| Beat | 3 | Blessed | Swiss | Male |
| Beau | 3 | Handsome. | French | Male |
| Benes | 3 | Czechoslovakian For Benedict (Blessed) | Czechoslovakian | Male |
| Beore | 3 | Birch Tree | English | Male |
| Berend | 3 | Brave As A Bear | German | Male |
| Berta | 3 | Intelligent | German | Female |
| Bess | 3 | Diminutive Of Elizabeth. | English | Female |
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Boreas’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 |
| Adrastus | Myth Name (One Of The Attackers In "The Seven Against Thebes") | 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 |
6-Letter B-Names Like Boreas
24 names that share Boreas's exact length (6 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Boreas's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Boreas
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 Boreas.
Names That Rhyme with Boreas
8 baby names that share Boreas's last 3 letters — -eas. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
Names That Start Like Boreas
7 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Boreas — Bor-. Good for parents who like Boreas's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bors | Uncle Of Arthur | Arthurian | Male |
| Bort | Fortified. | English | Male |
| Borak | The Lightning. Al Borak Was The Legenday Magical Horse That Bore Mu... | Arabic | Male |
| Borre | Son Of Arthur | Arthurian | Male |
| Bordan | From The Boar Valley | Anglo | Male |
| Borden | From The Boar Valley | Anglo | Male |
| Borbala | Hungarian Forms Of Barbara (Stranger) | Hungarian | Female |