Names Like Persephone — Find Similar Baby Names
Persephone is a 10-letter Greek girls' name meaning “Myth Name (Wife Of Hades)”. This page collects 101 such names across 6 kinds of similarity — including Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -one like Ione and Jone, and names sharing the “hades” concept like Avernus and Cerberus.
For the full Persephone profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Persephone page.
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Persephone’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 P-Names Like Persephone
21 names that share Persephone's exact length (10 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Persephone's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Girls' Names — Compare to Persephone
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 Persephone.
Names That Rhyme with Persephone
18 baby names that share Persephone's last 3 letters — -one. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ione | From The King's Island | Celtic | Female |
| Jone | Gift From God | Hebrew | Female |
| Yone | Rice | Japanese | Female |
| Boone | Good: A Blessing. American Frontier Hero Daniel Boone. | English | Male |
| Brone | Sorrowful | Irish | Male |
| Dione | From The Sacred Spring. The Mythological Dione Was Wife To Zeus And... | English | Female |
| Igone | Refers To Christ's Ascension | Basque | Female |
| Leone | Lion | French | Female |
| Brione | The Name Of A Flowering Vine Used In Folk Medicine. | English | Female |
| Chione | Daughter Of The Nile. | Egyptian | Female |
| Divone | Divine One | Celtic | Female |
| Ellone | God Loves Me. | African | Female |
| Jaione | Reference To The Nativity | Spanish | Female |
| Jasone | Assumption | Spanish | Female |
| Malone | Serves Saint John. Surname. | Irish | Male |
| Oenone | Myth Name (Lover Of Paris) | Greek | Female |
| Ramone | Form Of Raymond Guards Wisely. | Spanish | Male |
| Simone | Heard; Good Listener. | French | Female |
Names That Start Like Persephone
18 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Persephone — Per-. Good for parents who like Persephone's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per | A Rock. Form Of Peter. | German | Male |
| Pert | From The Thorn Bush Or Thicket | Celtic | Male |
| Percy | Pierce | French | Male |
| Perke | Devoted To God | Hebrew | Female |
| Perry | Pear Tree | Anglo | Male |
| Perth | From The Thorn-Bush Thicket | Celtic | Male |
| Perye | From The Pear Tree | English | Male |
| Perdix | Myth Name (Killed By His Uncle) | Greek | Male |
| Perkin | Little Rock | English | Male |
| Pernel | Little Rock | English | Male |
| Perren | French Form Of Peter | French | Male |
| Perrin | Rock | French | Male |
| Perris | Variant Of Perry. Pear Tree. | English | Male |
| Perryn | French Form Of Peter | French | Male |
| Persis | From Persia | Greek | Female |
| Perzsi | Devoted To God | Hebrew | Female |
| Perahta | Glorious | German | Female |
| Peredur | Meaning Unknown | Arthurian | Male |