Fantasy Baby Names

Fantasy names draw from mythology, legend and the imagination. They carry an otherworldly quality that feels both ancient and fresh. Names like Arwen, Oberon, Lyra and Orion have roots in the stories humans have told for millennia.

These are not made-up names without meaning. Most fantasy names trace back to Greek mythology, Norse legend, Arthurian romance or celestial objects. They carry real etymology and real history, even if they feel like they belong in another world.

If you want a name with a sense of wonder, browse the collection below. Each entry includes the name's real-world origins, meaning and cultural context.

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All Fantasy Baby Names

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Name	Meaning	Origin	Gender	Popularity
Abraxas	mystical word	greek	Boy	Rare
Aeliana	sunshine	latin	Girl	Rare
Aelin	moonlight	fictional	Girl	Uncommon
Aislinn	dream	irish	Girl	Uncommon
Alara	water fairy	turkish	Girl	Rare
Alastor	avenger	greek	Boy	Rare
Aldryn	wise ruler	english, nordic	Boy	Rare
Altair	the flying one	arabic	Boy	Uncommon
Alva	elf	nordic	Girl	Popular
Amarantha	unfading	greek	Girl	Rare
Ambrosia	immortal	greek	Girl	Rare
Amethyst	precious gemstone	greek	Girl	Rare
Amoret	little love	french	Girl	Rare
Anakin	warrior	american, fictional	Boy	Moderate
Andromeda	ruler of men	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Annabeth	graceful and pledged to God	english	Girl	Uncommon
Aphrodite	goddess of love	greek	Girl	Rare
Arcturus	guardian of the bear	greek	Boy	Rare
Arianwen	white, fair, blessed	welsh	Girl	Uncommon
Aric	eternal ruler	english, nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Arwen	noble maiden	english	Girl	Uncommon
Asriel	God is my help	hebrew	Boy	Uncommon
Asteria	of the stars	greek	Girl	Rare
Astraeus	of the stars	greek	Boy	Rare
Astrophel	star lover	greek	Boy	Rare
Atreyu	son of all	fictional	Boy	Uncommon
Auberon	noble bear	english, german	Boy	Rare
Aurelia	golden	latin	Girl	Moderate
Auryn	golden	celtic	Boy	Uncommon
Avalon	island of apples	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Averie	elf ruler	english	Girl	Moderate
Azlan	lion	arabic	Boy	Uncommon
Balian	strong warrior	greek	Boy	Rare
Bastian	venerable	german, greek	Boy	Moderate
Belladonna	beautiful lady	italian	Girl	Rare
Bellatrix	female warrior	latin	Girl	Uncommon
Beowulf	bee wolf	english	Boy	Rare
Blade	knife edge	english	Boy	Uncommon
Blaze	flame	english, latin	Boy	Uncommon
Bluebell	blue flower	english	Girl	Rare
Bran	raven	irish, celtic	Boy	Uncommon
Brunhilde	armored warrior	german	Girl	Rare
Buttercup	yellow flower	english	Girl	Rare
Caelum	sky	latin	Boy	Rare
Calix	very handsome	greek, latin	Boy	Rare
Callidora	gift of beauty	greek	Girl	Rare
Callisto	most beautiful	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Calytrix	star flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Carmilla	garden	italian	Girl	Rare
Cassiopeia	she whose words excel	greek	Girl	Rare
Castiel	my cover is God	hebrew	Boy	Uncommon
Celestia	heavenly	latin	Girl	Uncommon
Chaol	unique	fictional	Boy	Rare
Cinder	ash	english	Girl	Rare
Circe	bird	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Columbina	little dove	italian	Girl	Rare
Delphi	womb	greek	Girl	Rare
Demetrius	follower of Demeter	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Diablo	devil	spanish	Girl	Rare
Draco	dragon	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Drake	dragon	english	Boy	Moderate
Echo	reverberating sound	greek	Unisex	Uncommon
Eilonwy	brightness	welsh	Girl	Rare
Elanor	sun star	english	Girl	Rare
Elara	sparkling	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Eldric	old ruler	english	Boy	Rare
Eldron	old tree	english	Boy	Rare
Eleri	river flowing	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Elion	sun	greek	Boy	Rare
Elora	God is my light	english	Girl	Moderate
Elowen	elm tree	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Elowyn	elm tree	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Eluned	idol, image	welsh	Girl	Rare
Elysium	paradise	greek	Boy	Rare
Emrys	immortal	welsh	Boy	Rare
Eowyn	horse joy	english	Girl	Uncommon
Esmeralda	emerald	spanish	Girl	Popular
Evadne	pleasant	greek	Girl	Rare
Evaine	radiance	celtic, french	Girl	Rare
Fae	fairy	english	Girl	Uncommon
Faelan	little wolf	irish	Boy	Rare
Faelina	wild beauty	celtic	Girl	Rare
Faolan	little wolf	irish, celtic	Boy	Uncommon
Faris	knight	arabic	Boy	Uncommon
Fay	fairy	english	Girl	Moderate
Faye	loyalty; belief	english	Girl	Moderate
Fenella	white-shouldered	celtic	Girl	Rare
Fenrir	mythical wolf	nordic	Boy	Rare
Ferelith	true sovereignty	celtic	Girl	Rare
Feyre	beautiful, fairy	fictional	Girl	Rare
Fianna	band of warriors	irish	Girl	Rare
Finnigan	fair little one	irish	Boy	Uncommon
Fiyero	no specific meaning	fictional	Boy	Rare
Frey	lord	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Freya	goddess of love	nordic	Girl	Popular
Gaius	rejoicer	latin	Boy	Uncommon
Gareth	gentle	english	Boy	Uncommon
Geraint	old	welsh	Boy	Uncommon
Ginevra	juniper	italian	Girl	Uncommon
Griffin	strong lord	welsh, english	Unisex	Popular
Guinevere	fair one	welsh	Girl	Uncommon
Gwendolen	blessed ring	welsh	Girl	Moderate
Gwendolyn	blessed ring	english	Girl	Moderate
Gwydion	born of trees	welsh	Boy	Rare
Hades	unseen	greek	Boy	Rare
Heledd	meaning unknown, possibly 'thread'	welsh	Girl	Rare
Illyria	ancient region	fictional	Girl	Rare
Inara	ray of light	arabic	Girl	Uncommon
Isolde	fair lady	celtic	Girl	Rare
Ivar	archer	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Jinx	spell or charm	english	Unisex	Uncommon
Joar	horse warrior	nordic	Boy	Rare
Jove	father of the sky	latin	Boy	Rare
Kaelan	mighty warrior	nordic	Unisex	Uncommon
Kaelen	slender	celtic	Boy	Rare
Kaladin	unknown	fictional	Boy	Rare
Khaleesi	queen	fictional	Girl	Moderate
Kitsu	fox	japanese	Girl	Rare
Laufey	leaf island	nordic	Girl	Rare
Lelouch	unknown	french	Boy	Rare
Leonidas	lion-like	greek	Boy	Moderate
Liadain	grey lady	celtic	Girl	Rare
Lilivere	imaginary lily	fictional	Girl	Rare
Lilou	lily	french	Girl	Uncommon
Loki	trickster god	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Lovett	little wolf	french	Boy	Rare
Lucinda	light	spanish	Girl	Uncommon
Lucius	light	latin	Boy	Uncommon
Lumina	light	latin	Girl	Rare
Lupin	wolf-like	latin	Boy	Rare
Lycus	wolf	greek	Boy	Rare
Lyra	lyre	greek	Girl	Moderate
Marceline	little warrior	french	Girl	Uncommon
Mars	god of war	roman, latin	Boy	Rare
Marsali	pearl	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Melinoe	goddess of ghosts	greek	Girl	Rare
Melisande	strength	french	Girl	Rare
Melora	golden apple	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Melusine	water nymph	french	Girl	Rare
Mercury	messenger of the gods	latin	Boy	Rare
Merlin	sea fortress	celtic	Boy	Uncommon
Merrick	ruler	welsh	Boy	Uncommon
Merryn	joyful	celtic	Girl	Rare
Midnight	the middle of the night	english	Boy	Rare
Minerva	goddess of wisdom	roman	Girl	Uncommon
Moon	moon	english	Girl	Uncommon
Morgana	sea-circle	welsh	Girl	Uncommon
Morrigan	phantom queen	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Morwenna	waves of the sea	welsh	Girl	Uncommon
Mungo	dear one	celtic	Boy	Rare
Myrddin	sea fort	welsh	Boy	Rare
Naoise	warrior	irish	Girl	Rare
Nephele	cloud	greek	Girl	Rare
Nereida	sea nymph	greek	Girl	Rare
Nimue	lady of the lake	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Nixie	water sprite	german	Girl	Rare
Nox	night	latin	Girl	Uncommon
Nyx	night	greek	Unisex	Uncommon
Oberon	noble bear	german, english	Boy	Rare
Omen	foreboding sign	english	Boy	Rare
Opaline	gemstone	french, english	Girl	Rare
Orin	pale	celtic	Boy	Rare
Ozymandias	ruler of air	greek	Boy	Rare
Pandora	all gifted	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Percival	pierce the valley	english	Boy	Uncommon
Perrin	little rock	french	Boy	Uncommon
Persephone	bringer of destruction	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Perseus	destroyer	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Petal	flower part	english	Girl	Rare
Petunia	flower name	english	Girl	Rare
Phaedra	bright	greek	Girl	Rare
Phoenix	rebirth	greek	Unisex	Moderate
Pippin	traveler	english	Boy	Rare
Pixie	fairy	english	Girl	Uncommon
Pluto	wealth	greek	Boy	Rare
Queenie	queen	english	Girl	Uncommon
Quintavius	fifth	latin	Boy	Rare
Ragnar	army rule	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Raiden	thunder and lightning	japanese	Boy	Moderate
Rapunzel	rampion, a plant name	german	Girl	Rare
Reverie	daydream	french	Girl	Uncommon
Rhiannon	great queen	celtic	Girl	Moderate
Riven	split, divided	english	Boy	Rare
Roderic	famous ruler	german	Boy	Uncommon
Romilly	from the Roman settlement	french, english	Unisex	Uncommon
Rosenwyn	fair rose	celtic	Girl	Rare
Rowena	fame joy	english	Girl	Uncommon
Rune	secret or mystery	nordic	Unisex	Uncommon
Sansa	praise or charm	hindi	Girl	Uncommon
Selkie	seal folk	celtic	Girl	Rare
Senara	light	celtic	Girl	Rare
Sereia	mermaid	portuguese	Girl	Rare
Sigurd	victorious guardian	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Sindri	sparkling	nordic	Boy	Rare
Siofra	elf-like	irish	Girl	Uncommon
Skadi	goddess of winter	nordic	Girl	Rare
Snow	frozen rain	english	Girl	Uncommon
Solara	of the sun	latin	Girl	Rare
Solaris	of the sun	latin	Boy	Rare
Somerled	summer traveler	celtic, nordic	Boy	Rare
Soraya	star cluster	arabic	Girl	Uncommon
Story	tale or legend	english	Unisex	Uncommon
Strider	one who walks with long steps	english	Boy	Rare
Sulien	sun-born	celtic, welsh	Boy	Rare
Taliesin	shining brow	celtic	Girl	Rare
Tanith	serpent lady	celtic	Girl	Rare
Tanwyn	white fire	welsh	Boy	Rare
Tempest	storm	english	Boy	Rare
Theia	goddess	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Thoren	thunder	nordic, english	Boy	Rare
Thorin	thunder	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Thunder	powerful sound in the sky	english	Boy	Rare
Tiana	princess	greek	Girl	Popular
Torben	thunder bear	nordic, german	Boy	Rare
Torge	Thor's spear	nordic	Boy	Rare
Tsireya	princess	greek	Girl	Rare
Twila	twilight	english	Girl	Rare
Tycho	hitting the mark	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Valor	bravery	english	Boy	Rare
Verona	truth	italian	Girl	Uncommon
Vesper	evening star	latin	Unisex	Uncommon
Vevina	sweet lady	celtic	Girl	Rare
Vidar	forest warrior	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Vienna	city of music	english	Girl	Uncommon
Viviette	alive	french	Girl	Rare
Whimsy	playful and fanciful	english	Girl	Rare
Winry	joyful friend	fictional	Girl	Rare
Wishmay	wishful dream	fictional	Girl	Rare
Wizard	wise one	english	Boy	Rare
Wulfric	wolf ruler	german	Boy	Rare
Xiomara	famous in battle	spanish	Girl	Moderate
Xion	tidal wave	japanese	Boy	Rare
Yvaine	evening star	english	Girl	Rare
Zaira	princess	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Zenith	the highest point	english	Boy	Uncommon
Zephyrine	west wind	greek	Boy	Rare
Zeppelin	airship	german	Boy	Uncommon

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are fantasy names too unusual for everyday use?

Not necessarily. Names like Luna, Arya, Phoenix and Orion have entered the mainstream in recent years. Many fantasy names are easier to wear than you might expect.

Where do fantasy names come from?

Most draw from Greek, Roman or Norse mythology, Arthurian legend, celestial bodies, or classic fantasy literature. They have real etymological roots even when they feel otherworldly.

Can fantasy names work in professional settings?

Many can. Cassandra, Tristan, Arthur and Diana are all names with fantasy and mythological connections that work perfectly in any professional context.