Nyx
Nyx is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Night; goddess of night.
What Nyx means
Night; goddess of night.
Nyx is short — 3 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Nyx comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Nyx is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Nyx?
You will not find Nyx in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Nyx
We group Nyx under Moon and the stars and sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Nyx
These share Nyx's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Delia — Of Delos; the moon goddess.
- Selene — Goddess of the moon.
- Luna — The moon.
- Nguyet — The moon.
- Tsuki — The moon.
- Stellaluna — Star and moon.
- Astra — Of the stars.
- Cosima — Order; beauty; the universe.
- Hesper — The evening star.
- Lyra — Lyre; harp.
- Theia — Goddess; divine.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.