Names Like Hippolytus — Find Similar Baby Names
Hippolytus is a 10-letter Greek boys' name meaning “Myth Name (Son Of Theseus)”. This page collects 89 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Hippolyte, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -tus like Artus and Cetus, and names sharing the “theseus” concept like Aethra and Ariane.
For the full Hippolytus profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Hippolytus page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Hippolytus
1 baby names that differ from Hippolytus by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
| Name | Edit distance | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hippolyte | 2 | Myth Name (Queen Of The Amazons) | Greek | Female |
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Hippolytus’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 |
10-Letter H-Names Like Hippolytus
24 names that share Hippolytus's exact length (10 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Hippolytus's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Hippolytus
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 Hippolytus.
Names That Rhyme with Hippolytus
18 baby names that share Hippolytus'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 |
| Adrastus | Myth Name (One Of The Attackers In "The Seven Against Thebes") | Greek | Male |
Names That Start Like Hippolytus
6 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Hippolytus — Hip-. Good for parents who like Hippolytus's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hipolit | Freer Of Horses | Greek | Male |
| Hippolyte | Myth Name (Queen Of The Amazons) | Greek | Female |
| Hippodamia | Myth Name (Wife Of Piirithous) | Greek | Female |
| Hippogriff | Myth Name (Part Horse, Part Griffen) | Greek | Male |
| Hippomenes | Myth Name (Winner Of Atalanta) | Greek | Male |
| Hippocampus | Myth Name (A Horse Of Poseidon) | Greek | Male |