Greek Names by Mrs. Shirk

Greek Names by Mrs. Shirk https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao Share your Greek name, the significance of this Greek character, and the definition of the name. Also, include an image that represents your name. en-us 2018-01-16 15:23:04 UTC 2025-11-24 10:47:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Greek Name: Daphne https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222412939 Definition: means "laurel" in Greek
Significance: she was a nymph that was turned into a laurel tree by her father to escape Apollo

Claudia Kilhefner, 1]]> 2018-01-18 13:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222412939 Greek Name: Cora https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413051 Significance: Another name for Goddess, Persephone
Definition: Maiden
Real Name: Chey Marnoch (Pd 2)]]> 2018-01-18 13:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413051 Greek name: Alexandra https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413059 Definition: to defend, help
Significance: Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, alternate name of Cassandra.
(Amy Babich 2)

]]> 2018-01-18 13:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413059 Greek Name: Melissa https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413063 Significance : Melissa was a name of a nymph that cared for Zeus when he was young.
Definition: means "bee" in Greek
Melanie Shirk Pd 2

]]> 2018-01-18 13:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413063 Johnny Weiss Pd 2 Greek name : Orion https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413188 Definition : from Greek word ‘οριον (horion) translates to "boundary, limit"

Legendary hunter who who was killed by a scorpion that was sent from Gaia

]]> 2018-01-18 13:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413188 Greek Name: Althea madisonmiller17522 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413191 Definition: means healing
Myth: Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She extinguished the fire and sealed it in a chest, but out of rage years later she took it out, thereby killing her son.
Madison Miller Pd.2]]> 2018-01-18 13:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413191 Greek name: Euria https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413268 Definition: means rain (in basque)
Significance: none

(Rhiannon Roth)1 aka pd2]]> 2018-01-18 13:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413268 Greek name: Medusa (Morgan) https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413282 Meaning "to protect, to rule over". She was one of the three Gorgons, ugly women who had snakes for hair. She was so hideous that anyone who gazed upon her was turned to stone.
~Morgan Stoltzfus pd.2]]> 2018-01-18 13:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222413282 Greek Name: Alcyone (Deanna Pd 2) https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222414118 Definition: means "kingfisher"
Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus who was turned into a kingfisher by the gods alongside her husband after trying to throw herself into the ocean when her husband's ship wrecked.
Deanna Ham Pd 2]]> 2018-01-18 13:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222414118 Zac McGillan Pd.2 Greek Name: Castor zmcgillan https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222414450 Significance: Castor was the son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Definition: to excel, to shine]]> 2018-01-18 13:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222414450 Greek Name: Ourania https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222414865 In Greek mythology she was the goddess of astronomy and astrology, one of the nine Muses.
Definition: Heavenly
Joanna Mantsevich Pd. 2
]]> 2018-01-18 13:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222414865 Greek Name: Proteus https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222415057 Significance: This was the name of a prophetic God of the sea in Greek Mythology.
Definition: the first
Owen Gockley-1]]> 2018-01-18 13:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222415057 Katherine - Greek Name - Iris https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222415390 Iris is the godless of the rainbow, who also served as a messenger to the gods. This name also is the modern name of a type of flower

Katherine Zelenak
Period 2 ]]> 2018-01-18 13:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222415390 Thanatos https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222415645 God of death who resided with Hades in the Underworld
Gavin Romaniw Pd. 2]]> 2018-01-18 13:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222415645 Claire Robertson Pd. 2 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222416610 Irene - derived from a word meaning "peace".
This was the name of the Greek goddess who personified peace.

]]> 2018-01-18 13:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222416610 Greek Name: Cassandra https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222417133 Significance: Cassandra was a Trojan princess, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but when she spurned his advances he cursed her so nobody would believe her prophecies.
Definition: To excel, to shine

(Ally Ehrhart Period 2)]]> 2018-01-18 13:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222417133 Zeus https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222418385 god of thunder and sky
Supreme Deity
Clay Oberholtzer-pd 2]]> 2018-01-18 14:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222418385 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222419336 2018-01-18 14:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222419336 Sydney Morgan (PD 2) https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222419503 Greek Name: Selene
Meaning: It translates to "the moon" in Greek. It is also identified as the moon goddess, and the name "Selene" is often interchanged with "Artemis".

]]> 2018-01-18 14:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222419503 Phaenna https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222421596 Greek meaning: shining
According to some Greek myths, this was the name of one of the three Graces or Charites.
Jenna Raezer, Pd. 2]]> 2018-01-18 14:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222421596 Jennifer Sherk - Pd. 5C https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514156 Greek Name: Daphne
Significance: Daphne is a greek mythological nymph who was rescued from the unwanted attentions of the god Apollo. She is then turned into a laurel tree.
Meaning: Bay tree or laurel tree

]]> 2018-01-18 16:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514156 Skylar Brown Pd. 5 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514283 Greek Name: Rhea
Signifigance: Mother Of many gods.
Definition: To Flow, Ground

]]> 2018-01-18 16:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514283 Grace Dalavai Pd.5c https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514345 Greek Name: Alena
Significance: Short form of Helena or Helen. She was is famous for her abduction that finally ended the Trojan War.
Meaning: Torch of Light]]> 2018-01-18 16:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514345 Ciara Barreto - Period 5C ciarabarret323 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514485 Greek Name: Demeter
Meaning: Earth mother
Significance: Demeter was the goddess of agriculture, the daughter of Cronus, the sister of Zeus, and the mother of Persephone]]> 2018-01-18 16:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514485 Adelle Constein, pd. 5C https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514957 Greek Name: Kleio
Meaning: Glory
She was the goddess of history and heroic poetry (one of the nine Muses). It is also said that she brought the alphabet to Greece.]]> 2018-01-18 17:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222514957 Emily Pauley Pd. 5c https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515197 Greek name: Hermione
Meaning: Well born. Stone.
Significance: Child of King Menelaus of Sparta and Helen of Troy

]]> 2018-01-18 17:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515197 Caroline Weber https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515318 Greek name: Calliope
Meaning: a whistling instrument, beautiful-voiced
Significance: Calliope is a muse who stands for epic poetry and is known as "Chief of all Muses"

]]> 2018-01-18 17:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515318 Derek Murphy - Period 5C derekmmurphy https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515838 Greek Name: Dionysus
Significance: Dionysus was the Greek god of wine, fertility and dance and the son of Zeus and Semele.
Meaning: Combination of Dios, which means of Zeus, and Nysa, the land which Dionysus was said to have been raised.]]> 2018-01-18 17:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515838 Hannah Galen- Period 5C hgalen14 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515915 Greek name: Theia
Meaning: goddess
Significance: This was the name of the Titian goddess of sight and glory. She is the mother of the sun god, moon goddess, and the dawn goddess. ]]> 2018-01-18 17:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222515915 Ryan Jantzen Pd. 5c https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516075 Greek Name: Adonis
Meaning: Lord
Significance: Allowed to be restored to life for part of each year

]]> 2018-01-18 17:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516075 Trevin Hertzog - Pd.5c https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516206 Greek Name: Tychon
Meaning: Hit the mark, succeed
Significance: This was the name of a minor deity associated with Priapus in Greek mythology

]]> 2018-01-18 17:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516206 Jessica Mantsevich- Period 5C agirlinthejjjjoys https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516293 Greek Name: Enyo
Significance: She is the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and the companion of Ares. She is the goddess of war and destruction.
Meaning: War]]> 2018-01-18 17:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516293 Biola Fatusin Pd. 5 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516321 Greek Name: Gaea
Meaning: Earth
Significance: She was the mother goddess who presided over Earth. She was the mother of all creation, bearing the Titans and Cyclopes with her mate Uranus.]]> 2018-01-18 17:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516321 Anna Phommachanthone - Pd: 5c https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516493 Greek Name: Gaia
Meaning: Earth
Significance: The goddess Gaia ruled and watched other Earth. She was the mate of Uranus and mother of the Titans and Cyclopes.]]> 2018-01-18 17:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516493 Abby Winger 5c https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516939 Greek Name: Ariadne
Meaning: Most Holy
Significance: She was the daughter of King Minos. She also helped Theseus escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. ]]> 2018-01-18 17:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222516939 Lindsay Helock- 5C https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222517195 -Greek name: Esmeralda

-Meaning: Green gemstone
-Significance: The ballet La Esmeralda was named after the main character, Esmeralda, inspired by the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo.

]]> 2018-01-18 17:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222517195 Vickie Bondarenko -Pd. 5 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222517841 Greek Name: Delia
Meaning: From Delos.
Significance: It is an epithet of Artemis, a Greek moon goddess. Delos was place where Artemis and her brother were thought to be born.]]> 2018-01-18 17:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222517841 Katie Wenger 5C https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222518827 Name: Helena
Meaning: comes from the name of Helen which means torch or corposant.
Significance: used among the Christians to honor the saint.
Picture]]> 2018-01-18 17:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222518827 Devin Robson 5c darobson15 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222519958 Name: Gemini
Meaning:Twins
Significance: Comes from Castor and Pollux, twin sons of Leda in Greek mythology.]]> 2018-01-18 17:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222519958 Alex Auker https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520460 Name: Perseus
Meaning: destroyer
Significance:

In Greek Mythology, he was one of the greatest slayers of monsters. He beheaded Medusa. Also, he slayed a Cetus to save Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus.

]]> 2018-01-18 17:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520460 Brooke Wilson 5c speyeseebuffalo https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520483 Name: Pandora
Meaning: all gifts
Significance: Pandora was the first mortal woman, and Zeus gave her a jar that contained troubles and ills known today and told her not to open it. She opened it because she was curious, which unleashed evil into the world. ]]> 2018-01-18 17:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520483 Geoffrey Goldman https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520516 Name: Geoffrey
Meaning: To heal or healer
Significance: In Greek Mythology, Jason is a hero that led the Argonauts to find the golden fleece.

]]> 2018-01-18 17:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520516 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520532 2018-01-18 17:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222520532 Lauren Kachel Pd. 5c laurenkachel8 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222522032 Name: Daphe
Meaning: Laurel
Significance: In Greek mythology, Daphne was a nymph who was turned into a laurel tree by her father as a way to get away from Apollo.]]> 2018-01-18 17:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222522032 Sarah Megivern Pd. 5c smegivern1 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222525171 Name: Kallisto
Meaning: "Most beautiful"
Significance: In Greek mythology, Kallisto was a nymph who was loved by Zeus. She was changed into a she-bear by Hera and became the great bear constellation.]]> 2018-01-18 17:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222525171 Aubrey Good Pd. https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222527611 Meaning: moon
Significance: lunar deity, connected with the Greek goddess of the moon, connected to brightness

]]> 2018-01-18 17:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/222527611 Melaina King Pd. 2 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/223173430 Name: Melaina
Significance: The name of a nymph in Greek mythology. According to other sources, Melaina was a Greek nightmare Goddess.
Meaning: "Black, dark".]]> 2018-01-22 01:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/223173430 Dylan Embiscuso Pd. 2 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/223345600 Name: Pegasus
Meaning: from a water spring or strong
Significance: Pegasus was the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa after she was killed by Perseus.

]]> 2018-01-22 14:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/223345600 Vanessa Teleguz Pd. 2 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/223356431 Name: Aglaia
Meaning: Means "splendour, beauty" in Greek
Significance: In Greek mythology she was one of the three Graces or Χαριτες (Charites).]]> 2018-01-22 14:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/223356431 Daniella Tristaino Pd. 2 https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/225615313 Name: Dione
Meaning: Means "goddess" in Greek
Significance: Dione was said to possibly be the mother of Aphrodite]]> 2018-01-29 13:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_shirk1/320jpad39vao/wish/225615313