This is a short list of names from Linear B sources that scholars generally agree are non-Greek, and probably Minoan.

Female Names

The endings of these names are Hellenized. -A, -e, -o, and -u remain as they are, but -i becomes -is. For example, ko-pi becomes Kopis and sa-mi becomes Samis.

Many possibly-Minoan female names end in -o. This ending is rare in Archaic Greek and Mycenaean Greek feminine names, so we may have a brief glimpse into Minoan tastes in female names.

a-nu-wa-to
ka-na-to-po
ka-pa₃-so-ta
ki-nu-qa
ki-zo
ko-pi
ku-tu-qa-no
o-sa-po-to
pa₃-po-so
qe-pa-ta-no
ru-ta₂-no (ru-tja-no)
sa-mi
sa-ti-qi-to
tu-ka-na
tu-ka-to
tu-zo
wi-da-ma-ta₂ (wi-da-ma-tja)
wi-ja-na-tu

Male Names

The endings of these names are Hellenized:

• -a becomes -as
• -e becomes -es
• -i becomes -is
• -o becomes -os
• -u becomes -us
• -wo becomes -won
• -i-jo becomes -ios

a-nu-wi-ko
a-pa₃-da-ro
a-pa₃-no
a-qi-ro, a-qi-ru
a-ra-da-jo
a-ra-ka-jo
a-ra-ko
a-ra-na-ro
a-ra-so
a-wa-so
da-i-ta-ra-ro
da-ra-mu-ro
da-zo
di-de-ro
di-ka-ta-ro
di-ra-qo
di-ta-ka-so
di-za-so
di-zo
do-ti-jo-no
du-pu₂-ra-zo, da-pu₂-ra-zo
du-ri
du-ru-po
du-ta-so
e-mi-ja-ta
ja-ma-ra
ja-ma-ta-ro
ja-pa-ra-ro
ja-qo
ja-ra-to
ja-sa-no
ja-sa-ro, a-sa-ro
ja-ti-ri
je-zo
ka-da-i-so (pronounced ka-da-hi-so)
ka-pa₃-na-to
ka-pa₃-no
ka-sa-ro
ke-u-sa
ki-ke-ro, ki-ke-ru
ki-mu-ko, ki-mu-ku
ko-ni-da-jo
ko-ro
ko-ti
ku-da-jo
ku-i-so (pronounced ku-hi-so)
ku-ka-da-ro
ku-ka-ro
ku-ka-so
ku-ke-so
ku-mi-so
ku-pa-nu-we-to
ma-di-qo
ma-ki
mi-ja-ra-ro
mi-ta-qo
mi-ti
na-ki-zo
no-da-ro
no-si-ro
pa₃-ni-sa-ta
pa₃-ti
pa-ja-so
pa-pa-ro
pa-ti
pi-ma-na-ro
pi-ra-qo
po-ro-tu-qo-no
pu₂-ru-da-ro
pu-da-so
pu-nu-so
pu-ri
qa-da-ro
qa-da-so
qa-i-po
qa-nu-wa-so, qa-nwa-so (nu-wa-is pronounced “nwa”)
qa-qa-ro
qa-ra-i-so (pronounced qa-ra-hi-so)
qa-si-da-ro
qa-to-no-ro
qe-ri
qi-ja-zo
qi-nwa-so
qi-ta-ro
qi-zo
ra-ni
ra-wi-zo
ri-ma-zo
ri-wi-so
ri-zo
ru-pa₃-ra-so
sa-ma-ja-so
sa-ma-ri-wa-ta
sa-sa-jo
sa-zo
si-ja-ma
si-ja-ma-to
si-ja-pu₂-ro
si-ki-to
si-pu₂
si-ta-ro
si-za
su-mi
su-po
su-ru-so
ta-de-so
ta-mi-de-so
ta-na-po-so
ta-na-to
ta-ra-qo
ta-so
ta-ta-ro
ta-u-na-so
te-mi
te-ru-sa
ti-mi-za
tu-da-ra
tu-ma-da-ro
tu-pa₃-da-ro
tu-qa-ni-ja-so
tu-ti
wa-du-na
wa-du-na-ro
wa-du-na-to
wa-wi
wi-da-jo
wi-da-ka-so
wi-ja-ma-ro
wi-je-so
za-mi-so
za-ra-ro
ze-me
ze-ro
ze-wa-so
zo-do-so
zo-ta

Updated April 8, 2025