Names Like Pittheus — Find Similar Baby Names
Pittheus is an 8-letter Greek boys' name meaning “Myth Name (King Of Trozen)”. This page collects 91 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Pentheus and Pirithous, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -eus like Zeus and Coeus, and names sharing the “king” concept like Abbey and Abbie.
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Names Similar in Spelling to Pittheus
3 baby names that differ from Pittheus by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Pittheus’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 P-Names Like Pittheus
24 names that share Pittheus's exact length (8 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Pittheus's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Pittheus
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 Pittheus.
Names That Rhyme with Pittheus
18 baby names that share Pittheus's last 3 letters — -eus. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus | Myth Name | Greek | Male |
| Coeus | Myth Name (Father Of Leto) | Greek | Male |
| Aegeus | Myth Name (Second Husband Of Medea) | Greek | Male |
| Aloeus | Myth Name (Father Of Giants) | Greek | Male |
| Atreus | Myth Name (Father Of Agamemnon) | Greek | Male |
| Celeus | Myth Name (Father Of Triptolemus) | Greek | Male |
| Inteus | Has No Shame | Native American | Male |
| Neleus | Myth Name (Son Of Poseidon) | Greek | Male |
| Nereus | Myth Name (Father Of The Nereids) | Greek | Male |
| Oeneus | Myth Name (King Of Calydon) | Greek | Male |
| Peleus | Myth Name (Father Of Achilles) | Greek | Male |
| Peneus | Myth Name | Greek | Male |
| Tereus | Myth Name (King Of Thrace) | Greek | Male |
| Toxeus | Myth Name (Brother Of Althaea) | Greek | Male |
| Tydeus | Myth Name (Father Of Diomedes) | Greek | Male |
| Alpheus | Myth Name (River God) | Greek | Male |
| Ancaeus | Myth Name (An Argonaut) | Greek | Male |
| Antaeus | Myth Name (Killed By Hercules) | Greek | Male |
Names That Start Like Pittheus
4 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Pittheus — Pit-. Good for parents who like Pittheus's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pit | From The Pit | English | Male |
| Pitney | From The Preserving Land | English | Male |
| Pithasthana | Myth Name (Wife Of Shiva) | Indian | Female |
| Pityocamptes | Pine-Bender | Greek | Male |