I was originally just going to do two lists--humans & non, but there are a ton of Greek nymphs! They'll need a list all their own.
Nymphs were minor deities, the personifications of various parts of nature--water, forest, earth, heavens/sky, or underworld--and they were all female.
Although 'nymph-' doesn't exactly have the best connotation in modern English, the nymphs of Greek mythology were not sex-crazed spirits--rather, many tales revolve around them running away from over-amorous gods!
(note: this is nowhere near a complete listing--just a compilation of a few names that are relatively "easy" in English!)
- Acantha (ah-KAHN-thah)
- Aethria (EYE-three-ah, ETH-ree-ah)
- Alcyone (al-SYE-on-ee)
- Anthe (AN-thee)
- Arethusa (ah-reh-THOO-sah)
- Asia (ah-SEE-ah, AY-zhah)
- Caliadne (kal-ee-AHD-nee)
- Calypso (kah-LIP-soh)
- Corycia (koh-REE-see-ah)
- Cyane (SYE-an-ee)
- Danais (DAN-ah-is, dah-nah-EES)
- Daphne (DAF-nee, DAHF-neh)
- Deaira/Daira (deh-EYE-rah / DYE-rah)
- Dione (dee-OH-nee)
- Doris (DOH-ris)
- Echo (EH-koh)
- Eidothea (ay-doth-EH-ah)
- Electra (el-EK-trah)
- Ephyra (eh-FEE-rah)
- Eudora (yoo-DOH-rah)
- Eurydice (yoo-RID-ih-see)
- Euadne/Evadne (yoo-AHD-nee / ev-AHD-nee)
- Eupheme (yoo-FEE-mee)
- Ianeira (yan-AY-rah)
- Ianthe (ee-AN-thee, YAN-theh)
- Ione (eye-OH-nee, EYE-oh-nee, YOH-neh)
- Kallirhoe/Calliroe (kal-lih-ROH-ee)
- Kallisto (kah-LEES-toh)
- Karya/Carya (KAHR-ee-ah)
- Klaia (KLYE-ah)
- Kleodora/Cleodora (kleh-o-DOH-rah)
- Koronis/Coronis (kor-OH-nis)
- Lara (LAH-rah)
- Larisa (lah-REE-sah)
- Lilaia (lil-EYE-ah)
- Maia (MYE-ah)
- Memphis (MEM-fis)
- Melaina (mel-EYE-nah)
- Melia (MEL-ee-ah)
- Melissa (meh-LIS-sah)
- Merope (MEHR-oh-pee)
- Morea (mor-EH-ah)
- Neaira (neh-EYE-rah)
- Nephele (NEF-el-ee)
- Nomia (nom-EE-ah)
- Oenone (ee-NOH-nee)
- Orseis (or-SEH-is)
- Phoebe (FEE-bee)
- Rhene (REE-nee)
- Samia (sah-MEE-ah)
- Sose (SOH-see)
- Thetis (THEH-tis)
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