Hyades as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hyades

What is the meaning of the name Hyades ?

The baby name Hyades is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced HY-uh-deez (IPA: /ˈhaɪədiːz/).

Hyades is Greek in Origin.

Hyades (pronounced HY-uh-deez) comes from the Greek Ὑάδες (Hyádes), the collective name of the rain-bringing nymphs whose tears for their brother Hyas were said to bring seasonal showers. The root is usually linked to Greek hyein/huō, “to rain,” hence the meaning “the rainy ones” or “rain-bringers.” In the sky, the Hyades are the V-shaped open cluster marking the head of Taurus, long used by Mediterranean peoples as a calendar sign of the wet season.

While Hyades is attested in classical literature (Hesiod, Pindar, Ovid) as a mythic group and a star name, it has only very rarely been used as a given name before the modern era. Today it appears as a rare, unisex, celestial choice. Variants and related forms include Hyad/Hyade (singular members), Híades (Spanish), Iadi/Iade (Italian), and the myth-related masculine Hyas. Possible short forms are Hya or Hy.

⚙ Hyades is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Hyades appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.