Girl

Hecate

HEK-uh-tee

Rare & Uncommon ↑ Rising

✦ Meaning

“Greek goddess of magic, crossroads, and liminal spaces, her name derives from 'hekatos' possibly meaning 'far-shooting' (like Apollo). A powerful, mysterious figure in ancient mystery religions and modern witchcraft traditions.”

Popularity Over Time

Hecate US popularity rank over timeRank 16833 in 2022 to rank 16833 in 2022. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#16833#16833#168332022

Hecate is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Greek

Syllables

3

Style

StrongCelestialBoldGrand

Famous Bearers

  • Hecate from Greek mythology
  • Hecate from Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
  • multiple modern witchcraft practitioners

Collections

Celestial & Cosmic → Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Strong Names →

Similar Names

Hera

Greek Rare & Uncommon

Persephone

Greek Beautiful But Not Top 100

Circe

Greek Rare & Uncommon

Sibling Name Ideas

Hecate

Greek Rare & Uncommon

Circe

Greek Rare & Uncommon

Juno

Latin Rare & Uncommon

Morgan

Welsh Beautiful But Not Top 100

Salem

Arabic Beautiful But Not Top 100

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Universal through classical and modern references

People Also Ask

Greek goddess of magic, crossroads, and liminal spaces, her name derives from 'hekatos' possibly meaning 'far-shooting' (like Apollo). A powerful, mysterious figure in ancient mystery religions and modern witchcraft traditions.

Hecate is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's trending up as more parents discover it.

Hecate works beautifully as a full name and does not lend itself to an obvious short form. Most parents see that as a feature.

Names that pair beautifully with Hecate include Hecate, Circe, Juno, Morgan, Salem.