Kephalos as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kephalos

What is the meaning of the name Kephalos ?

The baby name Kephalos is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KEF-ah-los (IPA: /ˈkɛfəlɒs/; US: /ˈkɛfəloʊs/).

Kephalos is Greek in Origin.

Kephalos is the classical Greek name Κέφαλος, built on κεφαλή (kephalē), “head,” a word that yields the English scientific combining form cephalo-. In Greek, the -os ending marks a masculine nominative, so the sense can extend to “leader, chief, person at the head.”

The name belongs to several figures in Greek myth, most famously the hunter Kephalos, husband of Prokris, pursued by Eos; his tale appears in Apollodorus and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. An Athenian metic named Cephalus also opens Plato’s Republic, showing the name’s civic use in classical Athens, and an eponymous hero was linked to the island of Cephalonia. Post‑antique usage is rare as a given name, though it survives in toponyms and surnames (Kefalas). Variants and transliterations include Kephalos, Cephalus (Latinized), and Kefalos in Modern Greek; related spellings sometimes show Cephalos.

⚙ Kephalos does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.