Orpheus
Orpheus is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning Beautiful voice.
What Orpheus means
Beautiful voice.
Orpheus sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Orpheus 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.
Orpheus is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Orpheus?
You will not find Orpheus in the top 100 boy 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 Orpheus
Orpheus spans music and grace and gentleness, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Orpheus
These share Orpheus's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Calliope — Beautiful voice; muse of poetry.
- Riya — Singer; graceful.
- Teagan — Little poet; attractive.
- Adonis — Lord; supremely handsome.
- Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
- Calix — Very handsome.
- Ophelia — Help; serene wisdom.
- Agatha — Good and honourable.
- Cosima — Order; beauty; the universe.
- Echo — Reflected sound; a mountain nymph.
- Effie — Well-spoken; pleasant.
- Eudora — Good gift.
More Greek names
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
- Pandora — All-gifted.
- Ophelia — Help; serene wisdom.
- Pelagia — Of the open sea.
- Onyx — The deep-black gemstone.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Nyx — Night; goddess of night.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Nikolas — Victory of the people.
- Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.