Entry № 7679 · Greek origin

Nyx Nyx — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NIKS /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Night"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "night".

Nyx (Νύξ) is the Greek goddess and personification of night — one of the primordial deities, mother of many gods including Hypnos (sleep), Thanatos (death), and Hemera (day).

Nyx is rare as a given name but rising — chosen for its mythological weight and modern sound.

Night. The Greek primordial goddess.

The name in its native script.

Νύξ
Transliteration
Nýx
Pronunciation
/ nɪks /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nyx stands.

Nyx does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nyxs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nyx
Greek primordial goddess of night.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Nyx.

The number behind Nyx.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nyx reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.