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HelpYour Favorite Greek Names?
Hi everyone,
We are hoping for baby #2. DH is of Greek heritage and would like a Greek name, but we're having a hard time agreeing on any that aren't too "out there." Especially boy names! Baby #1's name is Moses, which fits him very well but I don't think we'd want to go any weirder than that. :) A couple parameters:
--DH is Douglas and DS is Moses, so although I gravitate towards masculine -s names, I think we should probably avoid a third.
--Last name is -er so I don't want an -er first name as well.
--I get the idea that DH doesn't care how "Greek" it sounds, as long as it just is of Greek origin.
--Most of DH's male ancestors were named Stephen, but I don't care for it.
Here are some we've liked so far (but not sold on any of them in particular):
Male:
Simon
Orion
Female:
Penelope
Persephone
Echo
Cleo
Iris
Eleni
Corinna (I prefer Corinne but then it's not Greek)
Any suggestions? What Greek names do you like?
We are hoping for baby #2. DH is of Greek heritage and would like a Greek name, but we're having a hard time agreeing on any that aren't too "out there." Especially boy names! Baby #1's name is Moses, which fits him very well but I don't think we'd want to go any weirder than that. :) A couple parameters:
--DH is Douglas and DS is Moses, so although I gravitate towards masculine -s names, I think we should probably avoid a third.
--Last name is -er so I don't want an -er first name as well.
--I get the idea that DH doesn't care how "Greek" it sounds, as long as it just is of Greek origin.
--Most of DH's male ancestors were named Stephen, but I don't care for it.
Here are some we've liked so far (but not sold on any of them in particular):
Male:
Simon
Orion
Female:
Penelope
Persephone
Echo
Cleo
Iris
Eleni
Corinna (I prefer Corinne but then it's not Greek)
Any suggestions? What Greek names do you like?
This message was edited 9/8/2020, 9:03 AM
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I don't have a favourite Greek name but I prefer non christian native Greek names
This message was edited 9/9/2020, 2:28 AM
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I like Simon and Penelope from your list
others Eva, Katerina,Natalia, Sophia, Stella, Xanthe, Zoe, Chloe, Katherine, Lydia Angela Angelina Eliana Melissa Stephanie Nicole Anastasia Cassandra Daphne Helena Evangeline Tessa
Alexander, Thomas, Titus, Victor, Zacharias, Andrew, Christian, Damien Lucas Christopher Jason Luke Nicholas Peter Timothy Sebastian Darius Jonas Leon Phillip Theodore
Aaron Abigail Caleb Eli Gabriel Hannah Jeremiah Tobiah Jonah Josiah Levi Naomi Nathaniel
others Eva, Katerina,Natalia, Sophia, Stella, Xanthe, Zoe, Chloe, Katherine, Lydia Angela Angelina Eliana Melissa Stephanie Nicole Anastasia Cassandra Daphne Helena Evangeline Tessa
Alexander, Thomas, Titus, Victor, Zacharias, Andrew, Christian, Damien Lucas Christopher Jason Luke Nicholas Peter Timothy Sebastian Darius Jonas Leon Phillip Theodore
Aaron Abigail Caleb Eli Gabriel Hannah Jeremiah Tobiah Jonah Josiah Levi Naomi Nathaniel
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I love Simon, and Orion is nice too. A lot of my favorite names are Greek. Some of my favorite Greek boy names are Gregory, Theodore, Philip, Alexander, Nicholas, Cyril, Eugene, Cleopas, Anthony and Leon. I guess no Alexander, Nicholas or Cleopas since they're -s and -er names. I like some other Greek names, but these are the most common ones I like. The other ones can be pretty weird hehe.
This message was edited 9/8/2020, 12:25 PM
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Leon was my granddad's middle name! We were very close. I didn't realize it was Greek. Thank you for suggesting that!
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You're welcome! And girl's names
Wow you're welcome! Sorry, I forgot to put girl names too. I really love Iris and Penelope! Persephone does have a pretty sound, but you should know it means "destroy and murder" or something like that. That puts me off of it. Eleni and Cleo are nice. I don't like Echo, but it is okay. My favorite Greek female names are Evangeline, Phoebe, Zoe, Leona which I love, and it's like Leon! Barbara, Katherine, Dorothy, Theresa, and I really love the name Eunice too, but I don't know if you'd like it.
Wow you're welcome! Sorry, I forgot to put girl names too. I really love Iris and Penelope! Persephone does have a pretty sound, but you should know it means "destroy and murder" or something like that. That puts me off of it. Eleni and Cleo are nice. I don't like Echo, but it is okay. My favorite Greek female names are Evangeline, Phoebe, Zoe, Leona which I love, and it's like Leon! Barbara, Katherine, Dorothy, Theresa, and I really love the name Eunice too, but I don't know if you'd like it.
This message was edited 9/8/2020, 8:35 PM
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I don’t mind Simon. Orion isn’t really my style. For female names, I really like Penelope, Persephone, Cleo and Iris.
How about:
Athena
Aphrodite
Daphne
Evangeline
Olympia
Phoebe
Selena
Theodora
Voula
Alessandro
Apollo
Calix
Demetrius
Elias
Isidore
Sorry I couldn’t find so many boy names, a lot of them end in s.
How about:
Athena
Aphrodite
Daphne
Evangeline
Olympia
Phoebe
Selena
Theodora
Voula
Alessandro
Apollo
Calix
Demetrius
Elias
Isidore
Sorry I couldn’t find so many boy names, a lot of them end in s.
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Too bad, my two favorites Charis and Thais are out of the question then ;)
Simon is the Greek form of a Hebrew name. It feels much more Hebrew than Greek to me and I never cared for the sound. I love Orion, but I guess many people find it too close to Oreos.
Penelope is way too trendy. Persephone is kind of cool but has one of the most awful meanings a name could possibly have. Echo is an invitation for endless teasing even though I do like it. Cleo is nice but kind of trendy. Iris just doesn't sound nice to me. Eleni is very mainstream in Greece, I think every other woman in Greece is named Eleni. I still like it. Corinna is boring.
Out of yours I'd choose Orion and Eleni. Or Persephone if meanings don't matter to you (I personally couldn't bring myself to bestow a name with the meaning "murder", "destroy" on my baby girl. But I know that meanings don't matter to everyone and I'd like to meet a little Persephone).
How about:
Thalia
Kali (or Kale, from Greek meaning "beautiful")
Athena
Danae
Melina
For boys I also like Alexis but it ends in -s. So I'd go with Orion.
Simon is the Greek form of a Hebrew name. It feels much more Hebrew than Greek to me and I never cared for the sound. I love Orion, but I guess many people find it too close to Oreos.
Penelope is way too trendy. Persephone is kind of cool but has one of the most awful meanings a name could possibly have. Echo is an invitation for endless teasing even though I do like it. Cleo is nice but kind of trendy. Iris just doesn't sound nice to me. Eleni is very mainstream in Greece, I think every other woman in Greece is named Eleni. I still like it. Corinna is boring.
Out of yours I'd choose Orion and Eleni. Or Persephone if meanings don't matter to you (I personally couldn't bring myself to bestow a name with the meaning "murder", "destroy" on my baby girl. But I know that meanings don't matter to everyone and I'd like to meet a little Persephone).
How about:
Thalia
Kali (or Kale, from Greek meaning "beautiful")
Athena
Danae
Melina
For boys I also like Alexis but it ends in -s. So I'd go with Orion.
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Orion, I just realized...
that in English it seems to be pronounced o-RY-on. I dislike that, it sounds like "Oh, Ryan" :( I pronounce it the Greek way oh-ree-on.
that in English it seems to be pronounced o-RY-on. I dislike that, it sounds like "Oh, Ryan" :( I pronounce it the Greek way oh-ree-on.
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