[Opinions] Greek girl names - WDYT?
Aphrodite, Agata, Aglaia, Alexandra, Alexia, Anastasia, Angela, Angelina, Andromeda, Andrea, Agnes, Apollonia, Areta, Ariana, Ariadne, Artemis, Atalanta, Athena, Barbara, Berenika, Daphne, Damaris, Danae, Delia, Demetria, Doris, Dorothea, Elektra, Esmeralda, Euphrosyne, Phoebe, Philomena, Helena, Chloe, Irene, Iris, Jolana, Georgina, Iolanthe, Kalypso, Karin, Katharina, Kleopatra, Kristina, Larisa, Lara, Leda, Leukothea, Leokadia, Leona, Leonie, Leontina, Lydia, Melania, Medea, Melissa, Nikita, Nikoleta, Niobe, Ophelia, Olympia, Pamela, Palmira, Penelope, Selena, Sophia, Stephanie, Thais, Thea, Thekla, Theodora, Theresia, Xenia, Zenobia, Zoe
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I really really like Zenobia - i think it is beautiful and unusual - but i can think of a tonne of nicknames she would be called :(
Some of them I wouldn't actually use, but I like:
Aphrodite, Agata, Aglaia, Alexandra, Anastasia, Angela, Angelina, Andromeda, Agnes, Ariana, Ariadne, Artemis, Atalanta, Athena, Daphne, Danae, Delia, Dorothea, Elektra, Phoebe, Helena, Chloe, Iris, Kalypso, Katharina, Kleopatra, Lara, Leona, Lydia, Medea, Niobe, Ophelia, Olympia, Penelope, Selena, Sophia, Thea, Theodora, Zenobia, Zoe
Aphrodite, Agata, Aglaia, Alexandra, Anastasia, Angela, Angelina, Andromeda, Agnes, Ariana, Ariadne, Artemis, Atalanta, Athena, Daphne, Danae, Delia, Dorothea, Elektra, Phoebe, Helena, Chloe, Iris, Kalypso, Katharina, Kleopatra, Lara, Leona, Lydia, Medea, Niobe, Ophelia, Olympia, Penelope, Selena, Sophia, Thea, Theodora, Zenobia, Zoe
I love Greek names and names that come from Greek! These are the ones that I particularly like;
Aphrodite
Apollonia
Artemis
Berenika - haven't seen it with an A at the end, very nice.
Daphne - One of my very favorites right now.
Damaris
Euphrosyne
Phoebe
Irene
Iris
Karin
Katharina
Leonie
Niobe
Olympia
Palmira
Theodora
Aphrodite
Apollonia
Artemis
Berenika - haven't seen it with an A at the end, very nice.
Daphne - One of my very favorites right now.
Damaris
Euphrosyne
Phoebe
Irene
Iris
Karin
Katharina
Leonie
Niobe
Olympia
Palmira
Theodora
I like: Ariadne,Elektra, Philomena, Iris, Kalypso,Melissa,Niobe,Selena, Stephanie, Thais, Thea, Xenia, , Zoe
They arent Greek:Kristina, Larisa(is a town not a name), Ophelia, Pamela, Andrea, Esmeralda, Theresia, Palmira, Jolana, Ariana (latin),Karin(?), Lara
They arent Greek:Kristina, Larisa(is a town not a name), Ophelia, Pamela, Andrea, Esmeralda, Theresia, Palmira, Jolana, Ariana (latin),Karin(?), Lara
This message was edited 3/19/2008, 3:06 AM
Larisa
Larissa / Larisa was also a nymph in mythology.
Larissa / Larisa was also a nymph in mythology.
But it isn't a name for a baby...Just like Nyx nobody use it in Greece.Larisa is a name of a town but I think that is used like a baby name somewhere is Europe...
This message was edited 3/19/2008, 3:07 PM
There is no way...I know better on this...
Pamela in BtN say maybe comes from greek...;If some name is greek then the name should be either Orthodox or Ancient.Those names aren't...
Pamela in BtN say maybe comes from greek...;If some name is greek then the name should be either Orthodox or Ancient.Those names aren't...