New Post
Search
Help[Opinions] Your favorite Greek names
What are your favorite Greek choices for either sex? Either ancient or modern, doesn't have to be on BTN. I'm kind of liking the idea of pairing a Greek and a Hebrew name together (doesn't matter which is FN or MN).
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1
Replies
I like a few of them, although they are rather English:
Alexander
Cassandra
Elias
Georgia
Lysander
Petra
Silas
Alexander and Cassandra are probably my two favourites. And I like the idea of a Hebrew name (as I love Hebrew names) and a Greek name...I've done it with Noam Alexander.
Alexander
Cassandra
Elias
Georgia
Lysander
Petra
Silas
Alexander and Cassandra are probably my two favourites. And I like the idea of a Hebrew name (as I love Hebrew names) and a Greek name...I've done it with Noam Alexander.
1
From my lists, some of these are not in the database or are under the Latinized spellings, and a lot of these are rare (my top favorites are bolded):
Alexandros, Alexis, Alexilaos, Anastasios, Athanasios, Aniketos, Angelos, Agapios, Andreas, Argyros, Agislaos, Basileios, Basilikos, Bartholomaios, Damianos, Demetrios, Domenikos, Dorotheos, Elias, Eugenios, Eleutherios, Eustathios, Evandros, Eutropios, Evangelos, Georgios, Gregorios, Herakleitos, Herakleides, Herakles, Heliodoros, Hektor, Ioannes, Iosephos, Iordanis, Ignatios, Iakovos, Kyriakos, Kyrillos, Kallistos, Kleitos, Khrysanthos, Khristophoros, Kallistratos, Kallikrates, Kalandros, Kyros, Kyranos, Kypros, Kyprianos, Khrysostomos, Krispos, Krispianos, Krispinos, Kassandros, Kleios, Klementinos, Klementios, Konstantinos, Loukas, Linos, Lysandros, Lysimakhos, Matthias, Markellos, Maiandros, Maiandrios, Margaritos, Melissos, Nikolaos, Nikandros, Nikodemos, Nikomedes, Nikostratos, Nikephoros, Nektarios, Nestor, Orestes, Onesimos, Onesiphoros, Petros, Philippos, Pavlos, Panagiotis, Pamphilos, Patrokleos, Phaidros, Philotheos, Paskhalos, Paskhalinos, Paskhalis, Pantelis, Sebastos, Stephanos, Stavros, Stelios, Sotirios, Sotiris, Sophronios, Sophokles, Sokrates, Sosigenes, Stamatios, Theodoros, Theokrites, Theophanes, Theodosios, Theodoulos, Theophilos, Theokharis, Telesphoros, Xenos, Xenokrates, Xenophon, Xenopanes, Xerxes, Zotikos, Zephyros
Alexandra, Alexia, Athena, Andromeda, Antigone, Ariadne, Aranthea, Antheia, Anastasia, Athanasia, Amalthea, Althea, Akakia, Aglaia, Angelike, Artemisia, Basilia, Basilissa, Daphne, Domenika, Demetria, Dorothea, Eleni, Eleutheria, Eudoxia, Eugenia, Evadne, Euthalia, Eulalia, Euphrosyne, Ekaterini, Elektra,
Alexandros, Alexis, Alexilaos, Anastasios, Athanasios, Aniketos, Angelos, Agapios, Andreas, Argyros, Agislaos, Basileios, Basilikos, Bartholomaios, Damianos, Demetrios, Domenikos, Dorotheos, Elias, Eugenios, Eleutherios, Eustathios, Evandros, Eutropios, Evangelos, Georgios, Gregorios, Herakleitos, Herakleides, Herakles, Heliodoros, Hektor, Ioannes, Iosephos, Iordanis, Ignatios, Iakovos, Kyriakos, Kyrillos, Kallistos, Kleitos, Khrysanthos, Khristophoros, Kallistratos, Kallikrates, Kalandros, Kyros, Kyranos, Kypros, Kyprianos, Khrysostomos, Krispos, Krispianos, Krispinos, Kassandros, Kleios, Klementinos, Klementios, Konstantinos, Loukas, Linos, Lysandros, Lysimakhos, Matthias, Markellos, Maiandros, Maiandrios, Margaritos, Melissos, Nikolaos, Nikandros, Nikodemos, Nikomedes, Nikostratos, Nikephoros, Nektarios, Nestor, Orestes, Onesimos, Onesiphoros, Petros, Philippos, Pavlos, Panagiotis, Pamphilos, Patrokleos, Phaidros, Philotheos, Paskhalos, Paskhalinos, Paskhalis, Pantelis, Sebastos, Stephanos, Stavros, Stelios, Sotirios, Sotiris, Sophronios, Sophokles, Sokrates, Sosigenes, Stamatios, Theodoros, Theokrites, Theophanes, Theodosios, Theodoulos, Theophilos, Theokharis, Telesphoros, Xenos, Xenokrates, Xenophon, Xenopanes, Xerxes, Zotikos, Zephyros
Alexandra, Alexia, Athena, Andromeda, Antigone, Ariadne, Aranthea, Antheia, Anastasia, Athanasia, Amalthea, Althea, Akakia, Aglaia, Angelike, Artemisia, Basilia, Basilissa, Daphne, Domenika, Demetria, Dorothea, Eleni, Eleutheria, Eudoxia, Eugenia, Evadne, Euthalia, Eulalia, Euphrosyne, Ekaterini, Elektra,
1
Alecto tops my list for girls. Daphnis for boys. Nemesis (for a girl) and Philadelphia (as an MN) are GPs.
GIRL:
Themis | Hestia | Thalia | Clio | Atalanta | Andromeda | Cassandra | Sibylla | Echo | Hero | Hermione | Pandora | Eudora | Cassiopeia | Eris Adrasteia | Eirene | Megaera | Eulalia | Mache (battle) | Tyche (luck)
Lyssa (rage) | Ania (sorrow) - Nevermind what BTN says. I'm going for what they represent as Greek personifications.
BOY:
Endymion | Apollo | Castor | Paris | Hector | Leander | Helios | Orion | Narcissus | Morpheus | Zephyr
I ♥ your idea of Hebrew/Greek combo. It could make for a powerful name!
GIRL:
Themis | Hestia | Thalia | Clio | Atalanta | Andromeda | Cassandra | Sibylla | Echo | Hero | Hermione | Pandora | Eudora | Cassiopeia | Eris Adrasteia | Eirene | Megaera | Eulalia | Mache (battle) | Tyche (luck)
Lyssa (rage) | Ania (sorrow) - Nevermind what BTN says. I'm going for what they represent as Greek personifications.
BOY:
Endymion | Apollo | Castor | Paris | Hector | Leander | Helios | Orion | Narcissus | Morpheus | Zephyr
I ♥ your idea of Hebrew/Greek combo. It could make for a powerful name!
This message was edited 3/10/2009, 6:09 PM
1
Chrysanthe
Xanthe
Alexandra
Alexander
Xanthe
Alexandra
Alexander
1
Theodora and Nicholas
1
I'm in a classical mythology class at the moment, so this is right up my alley! Some of these are distinctly GP material, and I've included a mix of Greek, ancient Greek and Greek mythology names.
Agape (ah-GAH-pee, I think, not uh-GAYP like the word)
Alexandra
Anastasia
Gaiana
Kallistrate
Kyriakos
Melaina
Nike (NEE-kee or NEE-keh)
Nikolaos
Sophia / Sofia
Xanthe
Ariadne
Athene (ah-THEE-nee)
Danae (DAH-nah-ee)
Daphne
Evadne
Evander
Irene
Iris
Kallisto
Larisa
Maia
Selene (seh-LEE-nee)
Katerina / Aikaterine (I think it's eye-kat-eh-REE-nee)
Eleni
Elias
Elisavet
Kyriaki (girl)
Marina
Matthias
Petra
Agape (ah-GAH-pee, I think, not uh-GAYP like the word)
Alexandra
Anastasia
Gaiana
Kallistrate
Kyriakos
Melaina
Nike (NEE-kee or NEE-keh)
Nikolaos
Sophia / Sofia
Xanthe
Ariadne
Athene (ah-THEE-nee)
Danae (DAH-nah-ee)
Daphne
Evadne
Evander
Irene
Iris
Kallisto
Larisa
Maia
Selene (seh-LEE-nee)
Katerina / Aikaterine (I think it's eye-kat-eh-REE-nee)
Eleni
Elias
Elisavet
Kyriaki (girl)
Marina
Matthias
Petra
1
Evadne
Eirene
Persephone
Cassandra
Hermione
Myrsine
Eurydice
Andromache
Andromeda
Dido
Eido
Eris
Alexandra
Nephele
Calandra
Maera/Maira
Aoede/Aoide
Antigone
Danae
Helena/Helene/Helen
Eirene
Persephone
Cassandra
Hermione
Myrsine
Eurydice
Andromache
Andromeda
Dido
Eido
Eris
Alexandra
Nephele
Calandra
Maera/Maira
Aoede/Aoide
Antigone
Danae
Helena/Helene/Helen
1
Greek names are my favourite! I have lots more but those are just the major ones for now:
Adrastia
Alethia
Althaea
Ambrosia
Anna
Anthia
Ariadne
Astraea
Athanasia
Athena
Athenais
Daphne ♥ ♥ ♥
Despena
Eunomia
Euphemia
Euthalia
Euthenia
Evadne
Ilithyia
Katerina
Matthias
Megaera
Melete
Nephele
Orphne
Phaenna
Photine
Roxane
Selene
Sophia
Stamatia
Theophania
Tisiphone
Zenobia
Aenias
Alexandros
Evandros
Phaedros
Photios
Phrixos
Adrastia
Alethia
Althaea
Ambrosia
Anna
Anthia
Ariadne
Astraea
Athanasia
Athena
Athenais
Daphne ♥ ♥ ♥
Despena
Eunomia
Euphemia
Euthalia
Euthenia
Evadne
Ilithyia
Katerina
Matthias
Megaera
Melete
Nephele
Orphne
Phaenna
Photine
Roxane
Selene
Sophia
Stamatia
Theophania
Tisiphone
Zenobia
Aenias
Alexandros
Evandros
Phaedros
Photios
Phrixos
1
I couldn't rank them, so here are all of the Greek names off of my PNL. I hope they're all Greek, I haven't checked them all.
Female-
Hera
Heraklea
Persephone
Selene
Pandora
Evadne
Evanthe
Anthea
Theodora
Dorothea
Xanthippe
Xanthe
Hippolyte
Amarantha
Cassiopeia
Demeter
Mnemosyne
Phoebe
Sibylla / Sibyl
Melantha
Melaina
Ismene
Hermione
Andromeda
Astraea
Atalanta
Athena / Athene
Athenais
Eos
Camilla
Calypso
Callisto
Circe
Medusa
Clio
Delphia
Apollonia
Despoina
Dione
Nike
Helene
Irene
Iris
Kleio
Larisa
Myrrine
Parthenia
Parthenope
Pelagia
Psyche
Kallistrate
Demostrate
Female-
Hera
Heraklea
Persephone
Selene
Pandora
Evadne
Evanthe
Anthea
Theodora
Dorothea
Xanthippe
Xanthe
Hippolyte
Amarantha
Cassiopeia
Demeter
Mnemosyne
Phoebe
Sibylla / Sibyl
Melantha
Melaina
Ismene
Hermione
Andromeda
Astraea
Atalanta
Athena / Athene
Athenais
Eos
Camilla
Calypso
Callisto
Circe
Medusa
Clio
Delphia
Apollonia
Despoina
Dione
Nike
Helene
Irene
Iris
Kleio
Larisa
Myrrine
Parthenia
Parthenope
Pelagia
Psyche
Kallistrate
Demostrate
1
I love Iris, Zinovia, and Artemis for girls. I also like Alcyone, Eleni, Calypso, Ambrosia, Andromeda, Persephone, Parthenope, and Polymnia. For boys, I like Theron, Silas, Spyro, Stavros, and Alexander. I like Alexis for both genders.
This message was edited 3/10/2009, 4:39 PM
1
Aglaia and Xenia
Aglaia is great. How are you pronouncing it? I know it is pronounced, "ah-glah-EE-uh" in Russian. In English, I say, "ah-GLIE-uh" but I'm never sure if that should be more like, "ah-GLAY-uh."
Xenia is pronounced "KSEH-nee-uh" in Russian. I'm sure of that. I assume Xenia is also pronounced that way in the original Greek. Either that, or "ZEE-nee-uh." But double check with someone who is sure.
Aglaia is great. How are you pronouncing it? I know it is pronounced, "ah-glah-EE-uh" in Russian. In English, I say, "ah-GLIE-uh" but I'm never sure if that should be more like, "ah-GLAY-uh."
Xenia is pronounced "KSEH-nee-uh" in Russian. I'm sure of that. I assume Xenia is also pronounced that way in the original Greek. Either that, or "ZEE-nee-uh." But double check with someone who is sure.
This message was edited 3/10/2009, 4:43 PM
1
I was pronouncing Aglaia as "ah-GL-EYE-ah"/"ah-GLAI-ah"... I am not sure if I've ever heard it pronounced before-- only I've seen it in print!
I think from what I can find about Xenia in Greek, the modern Greek pronunciation would be the same as the Russian.
When I looked up info about the Greek letter Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ), Wikipedia states, "It is pronounced [ksi] in Modern Greek, and generally pronounced /ˈsaɪ/ (UK) or /ˈzaɪ/ (US) in English." I don't know how that makes sense!!
(Thank you for voting on my list: http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9516801)
I think from what I can find about Xenia in Greek, the modern Greek pronunciation would be the same as the Russian.
When I looked up info about the Greek letter Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ), Wikipedia states, "It is pronounced [ksi] in Modern Greek, and generally pronounced /ˈsaɪ/ (UK) or /ˈzaɪ/ (US) in English." I don't know how that makes sense!!
(Thank you for voting on my list: http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9516801)
1
Penelope! :)
1