Names Like Ulysses — Find Similar Baby Names
Ulysses is a 7-letter Greek boys' name meaning “Wrathful”. This page collects 60 such names across 6 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Ulises, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -ses like Moses and Moises, and names sharing the “wrathful” concept like Odessa and Odysseus.
For the full Ulysses profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Ulysses page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Ulysses
1 baby names that differ from Ulysses by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
| Name | Edit distance | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulises | 2 | Variant Of The Greek Name Odysseus. Ulysses Was The Clever And Reso... | Spanish | Male |
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Ulysses’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 |
7-Letter U-Names Like Ulysses
13 names that share Ulysses's exact length (7 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Ulysses's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Ulysses
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 Ulysses.
Names That Rhyme with Ulysses
8 baby names that share Ulysses's last 3 letters — -ses. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moses | Saved From The Water | Hebrew | Male |
| Moises | Spanish Form Of Moses From The Water | Spanish | Male |
| Ramses | Name Of A Pharaoh | Egyptian | Male |
| Ulises | Variant Of The Greek Name Odysseus. Ulysses Was The Clever And Reso... | Spanish | Male |
| Chryses | Myth Name (A Priest Of Apollo) | Greek | Male |
| Eulises | Spanish | Male | |
| Anchises | Myth Name (Father Of Aeneas) | Greek | Male |
| Manasses | Forgetful | Hebrew | Male |