Names Like Daedalus — Find Similar Baby Names
Daedalus is an 8-letter Greek boys' name meaning “Myth Name (Killed His Nephew)”. This page collects 102 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Dardanus and Daegal, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -lus like Talus and Zelus, and names sharing the “killed” concept like Abhimanyu and Antaeus.
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Names Similar in Spelling to Daedalus
3 baby names that differ from Daedalus by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Daedalus’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 |
8-Letter D-Names Like Daedalus
24 names that share Daedalus's exact length (8 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Daedalus's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Daedalus
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 Daedalus.
Names That Rhyme with Daedalus
14 baby names that share Daedalus's last 3 letters — -lus. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talus | Myth Name (Mechanical Man Made By Hephaestus) | Greek | Male |
| Zelus | Myth Name | Greek | Male |
| Aeolus | Myth Name (God Of The Winds) | Greek | Male |
| Boulus | Arabic Form Of Paul | Arabic | Male |
| Carolus | Strong | French | Male |
| Nikalus | Beautiful Loving Son Of God. | Hebrew | Male |
| Searlus | Manly | French | Male |
| Cephalus | Myth Name (Husband Who Killed Procris) | Greek | Male |
| Euryalus | Myth Name (Taunted Odysseus) | Greek | Male |
| Marcelus | Warlike One | English | Male |
| Tantalus | Myth Name (Condemned To Eternal Torment) | Greek | Male |
| Eurypylus | Myth Name (A Soldier Against Greece In The Trojan War) | Greek | Male |
| Marcellus | "YOUNG WARRIOR .VARIATIONS: MARCEAU,MARCEL,MARCELIN,MARCELLO." | Latin | Male |
| Patroclus | Myth Name (Achilles' Best Friend) | Greek | Male |
Names That Start Like Daedalus
13 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Daedalus — Dae-. Good for parents who like Daedalus's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dae | Indian | Female | |
| Daeg | Black-Haired. | Irish | Male |
| Dael | Lives In The Valley | English | Female |
| Daena | From Denmark. Also A Variant Of Daniel. | English | Female |
| Daeva | Myth Name (An Evil Spirit) | Indian | Female |
| Daegal | Dweller By The Dark Stream | Anglo | Male |
| Daegan | Black-Haired. | Irish | Male |
| Daelan | Rhyming Variant Of Waylon - A Historical Blacksmith With Supernatur... | English | Male |
| Daelyn | Small Valley. | English | Female |
| Daemon | Myth Name (Guardian Spirit) | Greek | Male |
| Daedbot | "Penance." | Anglo | Female |
| Daelynn | English | Female | |
| Daesgesage | Day's Eye | English | Female |