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Cleo
Hera
Athena
Apollon
Artemis - Diana
Hercules
Orestes
Orpheus
Euridicki
Callihroe
Phillipos
Olympiada
Alexandros
Pasifai
Ermis
Afrodite

Greek male
Agamemnon
Platon
Stephanos
Andreas
Aristotle
Kimon
Constantinos

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Greek female
Athena
Katerini
Katina
Calliope
Chrysanthemis
Thalia
Aspasia
Euterpe
Persephone
Olympia
Marika

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Roman male
Romulus
Angelo
Lorenzo
Ezio
Pascale
Dominico
Niccolo
Alfredo
Gennaro

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Roman girl
Elena
Concetta or Concettina
Lucia
Caterina
Angela
Margherita
Teresa
Silvia
Bianca
Francesca
Louisa
Maria
Rosa
Amelia
Ida

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Check out my PNL. I love tons and I would use quite a few.

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 7:36 PM

I'm so glad you asked this! Haha here are my favorites. Some are guilty pleasures. A lot of these I would most likely use as middle names or with nicknames.

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Boys:
Ariston-Usable. I like it as both a first and middle name.
Caius-Not positive I'd use it, but if I did, it would be a middle name.
Maximus "Max"-I wouldn't use this.
Pyrrhus-Probably wouldn't use this either.

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Girls:
Antonia-I don't like it enough to use it.
Augustina-What a mouthful. I like it, but I probably wouldn't use it.
Aurelia-I love this! I would actually consider using this name.
Camilla "Millie"-I love Millie as a nickname, but I'm still trying to find the right given name for it. This is my favorite so far.
Cassia-Don't think I'd use it.
Constantina-Again, wouldn't use it.
Cornelia-I prefer Cordelia, but this is cute, too.
Demetria "Demi"-I would consider using this.
Eirene-Probably wouldn't use.
Kallisto "Kallie"-Unsure.
Livia "Liv"-I prefer Olivia, but I like this, also.
Lucia "Lucy"-I'd consider using it.
Melaina-Don't love it enough to make use of it.
Marina "Mina"-I love this!
Priscilla "Tilla"-I just met someone named Priscilla who goes by Tilla. Her nephew couldn't say Priscilla, so he called her "Auntie Tilla" (I asked her about it haha).
Romana "Romy"-I love this!
Sophia-Too common. Maybe as a middle name.
Theodora "Thea"-I love this!
Timo-This would make a cute nickname for...I'm not sure what...
Tullia-I love this! It's very cute. Still unsure if I'd use it.
Valentina-I love this! I'm pretty sure I'll use it as a middle name.
Valeria-Don't like it enough to use.
Victoria-I know way too many to actually use it.
Zoe-Short and sweet. I'd consider using it as a first name.

I love and would use:
Minerva
Julius
Augustus
Augusta
Octavius
Octavia
Claudius (and Claudia)
(Camilla, Cecilia, and lots of other girls' names that were used in ancient Rome and are still used today)
Ignatius

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I think these ancient Roman names are some of the finest names in the world, really. I love Severus and Sirius and Remus also.

I would use Alexis, Andreas, and Apollonia

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 5:41 PM

I love a lot of them, but I'm not sure I'll ever use them. I always thought that if I ever have twin boys, I'll have to seriously consider giving them the middle names Castor and Pollux. I love Calliope for a girl ("Callie"), Andromeda (think I spelt that right!), Briseis (one that I would actually consider using), Phaedra, Leonidas, Phoebe, Cassandra...I can't think of any others off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are others that I find/would find appealling :-)

I like:

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Alexandra, Anastasia, Anna, Georgia, Katerina, Maria, Marina, Martha, Philippa, Selene, Zoe
Andreas, Elias, Leonidas, Matthias, Thomas
Would use.

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Chrysanthe, Olympia, Sophia, Theodora
Chrysanthos, Dionysius
Probably wouldn't use.

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Edited... Not including Greek mythology! Pooh! I'll put it this way: Aphrodite, Calliope, Persephone, and Penelope are all gorgeous! :-D

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 7:07 PM

I love the name Patricia nn Tricia which happens to be my mom' s name AND is ancient Roman.

Alexandros (Alexander)- Absolutely
Damon - Might
Felix - Definitely
Leander - MN awesome
Lysander - MN awesome
Maximus - Absolutely

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Calliope - GP
Calypso - GP
Kleio - GP
Lucretia - MN Awesome
Lyra - Definitely
Nyx - GP MN Awesome
Psyche - GP
Tatiana - GP
Thalia - Might
Zoe - Might

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 1:01 PM

I'd probably use some of the really ancient / mythology names for middle names-- It'd be so cool to be able to say your middle name is Agathangelos or Psyche.

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Andromeda f
Agathangelos m
Ambrose m (not greek, but from greek roots)
Evangeline f (same as Ambrose)
Evangelos m
Felix m
Nemesis f
Pandora f
Phobos m
Pollux m
Pax f
Psyche f
Xanthe f

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 12:19 PM

I like:
Cicero - wouldn't use it, but I think it'll be great for a cat
Junia - I would use this
Maximus - maybe I'd use it
Andreas - I might use it
Ariston - I'll probably won't use it
Callias - I won't use it
Erasmus - I'll probably won't use it
Hero - I don't think I will use it
Nicodemus - I won't use it
Solon - I might use it
Theron - I might use it
Tycho - I would use this

I love, love, love Aikaterine and Leonidas, but I can't see myself using them in the real world (oh, and I already have a dd named Katherine). I also love Andromeda and Stephanos. Re: Roman names, many of the female names are lovely and absolutely doable. The male names, in their original forms, don't do much for me.

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 11:20 AM

My daughter's fifth name (yup, we are French) is Victoria :)

If you look back at the "Planetary Moon Names" post, there are many ancient greek names there that I like. Theodora is my first choice for a daughter as well, though I am not sure how ancient the name actually is. Greek names have always been my favorite.

Most of them, I would only use as a middle name. Some of them, I like them but I wouldn't use them. This is a long list, sorry. I like:

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Boys:
Adonis - wouldn't use
Agamemnon - mn
Alcinous - mn
Amadeus - mn
Apollo - wouldn't use
Archimedes - mn
Aristotle - mn
Atlas - wouldn't use
Aurelius - mn
Daedalus - mn
Leonidas - mn
Lucius - fn or mn
Menelaus - mn
Orion - fn or mn
Poseidon - wouldn't use
Praxiteles - mn
Prometheus - mn
Rhadamanthus - mn
Severus - mn
Socrates - mn
Telemachus - mn
Titus - fn or mn

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Girls:
Andromache - wouldn't use
Andromeda - mn
Antigone - wouldn't use
Aphrodite - mn
Ariadne - fn or mn
Arsinoe - wouldn't use
Artemis - fn or mn
Athena - fn or mn
Aurelia - fn or mn
Briseis - mn
Calliope - mn
Callisto - mn
Calypso - wouldn't use (except I did name my fish that)
Cassandra - fn or mn
Cassiopeia - mn
Cressida - mn
Daphne - fn or mn
Deianeira - mn
Echo - wouldn't use
Electra - wouldn't use
Eurydice - mn

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There are many names I find usable (without being too quaint) but only one I would actually use, which is Lucius.

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Edit: Actually, I would also use Aurora, Victoria (which is late Roman, so it might count...), Stella, Pia, Petra and Lazarus (not quite Roman, but it's a latin transcription). And Helena, if you consider it as a Greek name. In a broader sense, if you consider names that derive from latin nomina, there are more (e.g. Marcel, from Marcellus, Lucian, from Lucianus or Urban, from Urbanus). When I first wrote this reply, I only considered names actually USED in Ancient Greece and Rome.

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 10:10 AM

Roxana (technically Persian)
Julius
Alexander
Anthony
Octavia
that's pretty much it for the moment.

Do Alexander and Sophia count?

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I used them.

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I'm not naming any more babies, but my PNL is loaded with ancient names. Love 'em. Some of my faves:

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Ariadne
Athena
Chloe
Claudia
Elektra
Lucina
Nyx
Octavia
Pandora
Persephone
Tatiana

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Achilles
Adonis
Aias
Antonius
Apollo
Caius
Darius
Galen
Hector
Leonidas
Magnus
Marius
Maximus
Octavius
Rex
Tiberius
Ulysses
Zephyr

There are a lot of Ancient Roman ones that I'd use (Julia, Livia, Augustus, Lucius, etc.) but I can't really think of any Greek ones that I particularily like.

I like Aurelius for a boy, and I actually am using it, for my son. :) I'm almost 6 mos preggo and his name is going to be Rowan Aurelius.