Names Like Hecate — Find Similar Baby Names
Hecate is a 6-letter Greek girls' name meaning “Greek Goddess Of Fertility Who Later Became Associated With Persephone As God...”. This page collects 108 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Heath and Hale, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -ate like Ate and Cate, and names sharing the “associated” concept like Ifor and Ivor.
For the full Hecate profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Hecate page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Hecate
24 baby names that differ from Hecate by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
| Name | Edit distance | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath | 2 | Untended Land Where Flowering Shrubs Grow. Surname And Place-Name. | English | Male |
| Hale | 3 | Lives In The Hall | English | Male |
| Hare | 3 | Rabbit | English | Male |
| Harte | 3 | Strong: Brave. Surname. | English | Male |
| Hayat | 3 | Life | Arabic | Female |
| Haye | 3 | From The Stockade | Scottish | Male |
| Heall | 3 | From The Manor | English | Male |
| Healy | 3 | From The Slope Land | English | Male |
| Hearne | 3 | Myth Name (A Hunter) | English | Male |
| Heather | 3 | A Flowering Evergreen Plant That Thrives On Peaty Barren Lands As I... | English | Female |
| Heaven | 3 | From The Heavens. | American | Female |
| Hebe | 3 | Myth Name (Goddess Of Youthful Beauty) | Greek | Female |
| Hector | 3 | Steadfast | Greek | Male |
| Hecuba | 3 | Myth Name (Mother Of Paris And Hector) | Greek | Female |
| Hegarty | 3 | Unjust | Irish | Male |
| Hehet | 3 | Myth Name (Goddess Of The Immeasurable) | Egyptian | Female |
| Heide | 3 | Little Miss. Abbreviation Of Adelheid. | German | Female |
| Helaine | 3 | Variant Of Helen. In Mythology The Abduction Of Zeus's Mortal Daugh... | French | Female |
| Helaku | 3 | Full Of Sun | Native American | Male |
| Helene | 3 | Variant Of Helen. In Mythology The Abduction Of Zeus's Mortal Daugh... | French | Female |
| Helice | 3 | From Helicon | Greek | Female |
| Helle | 3 | Myth Name (Daughter Of Athamas) | Greek | Female |
| Heort | 3 | Stag | English | Male |
| Heqet | 3 | Myth Name (A Frog-Headed Goddess) | Egyptian | Female |
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Hecate’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 H-Names Like Hecate
24 names that share Hecate's exact length (6 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Hecate's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Girls' Names — Compare to Hecate
Top 12 girls' names by US births in the most recent decade (2014–2024 SSA records). Each link opens a side-by-side comparison with Hecate.
Names That Rhyme with Hecate
12 baby names that share Hecate's last 3 letters — -ate. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ate | Myth Name (Goddess Of Irrationality) | Greek | Female |
| Cate | Innocent | Anglo | Female |
| Fate | Myth Name (Destiny) | Greek | Female |
| Kate | English Abbreviation Of Katherine. Pure. | English | Female |
| Mate | Gift From God | Hebrew | Male |
| Nate | Given. Form Of Nathan. | Hebrew | Male |
| Tate | "Pleasant And Bright."Some Variants Are Tait, Taite, And Tayte. | Anglo | Female |
| Agate | Kind | Irish | Female |
| Anate | A Singer | Hebrew | Female |
| Wingate | From The Winding Gate | English | Male |
| Windgate | From The Winding Gate | English | Male |
| Bradamate | Legend Name | French | Female |
Names That Start Like Hecate
2 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Hecate — Hec-. Good for parents who like Hecate's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.