Greek Names

Sotiroula f Greek
Diminutive of Sotiria.

Sotos m Greek
Short form of Sotirios.

Spiridon m Greek, Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Serbian and Croatian form of Spyridon, as well as an alternate transcription of the Greek name.

Spiro m Greek (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Spyros.

Spiros m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Σπύρος (see Spyros).

Spyridon m Greek, Late Greek
Late Greek name derived from Greek σπυρίδιον (spyridion) meaning "basket" or Latin spiritus meaning "spirit". Saint Spyridon was a 4th-century sheep farmer who became the bishop of Tremithus and suffered during the persecutions of Diocletian.

Spyridoula f Greek
Feminine form of Spyridon.

Spyro m Greek (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Spyros.

Spyros m Greek
Short form of Spyridon.

Stamatia f Greek
Feminine form of Stamatios.

Stamatios m Greek
Derived from medieval Greek σταματώ (stamato) meaning "stop".

Stamatis m Greek
Variant of Stamatios.

Stathis m Greek
Short form of Efstathios.

Stavros m Greek
Means "cross" in Greek, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

Stavroula f Greek
Feminine form of Stavros.

Stefania f Italian, Polish, Greek
Italian, Polish and Greek feminine form of Stephen.

Stefanos m Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Στέφανος (see Stephen).

Stelios m Greek
Variant of Stylianos.

Stella 2 f Greek
Diminutive of Styliani, with the spelling influenced by that of Stella 1.

Stephanos m Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Greek
Greek form of Stephen. In Modern Greek it is usually transcribed Stefanos.

Styliani f Greek
Feminine form of Stylianos.

Stylianos m Greek, Late Greek
Derived from Greek στῦλος (stylos) meaning "pillar". Saint Stylianos was a 7th-century hermit from Adrianopolis in Asia Minor who is regarded as a patron saint of children.

Takis m Greek
Short form of Panagiotakis and other names with similar endings.

Tasia f Greek
Short form of Anastasia.

Tasoula f Greek
Greek diminutive of Anastasia.

Tatiana f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, French, Slovak, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Greek, Georgian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia (as Татьяна) and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s.

Thalia f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Greek
From the Greek name Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Thanasis m Greek
Modern Greek short form of Athanasios.

Thanos m Greek
Diminutive of Athanasios.

Theano f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology, Greek
From Greek θεά (thea) meaning "goddess". Theano was a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher associated with Pythagoras. The name was also borne by several figures from Greek mythology.

Thekla f German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek
From the ancient Greek name Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεός (theos) meaning "god" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 1st-century saint, appearing (as Θέκλα) in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. The story tells how Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.

Themistoklis m Greek
Modern Greek form of Themistocles.

Theodora f English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Theodore. This name was common in the Byzantine Empire, being borne by several empresses including the influential wife of Justinian in the 6th century.

Theodoros m Greek, Ancient Greek
Greek form of Theodore.

Theodosia f Ancient Greek, Greek
Feminine form of Theodosius.

Theofania f Greek
Modern Greek form of Theophania.

Theofanis m Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Theophanes.

Theofilos m Greek
Modern Greek form of Theophilus.

Theofylaktos m Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Theophylaktos.

Thomas m English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of the Aramaic name תְּאוֹמָא (Teʾoma) meaning "twin". In the New Testament this is the name of an apostle. When he heard that Jesus had risen from the dead he initially doubted the story, until Jesus appeared before him and he examined his wounds himself. According to tradition he was martyred in India. Due to his renown, the name came into general use in the Christian world.... [more]

Thrasyvoulos m Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Thrasyboulos.

Tilemachos m Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Telemachos.

Timothea f Ancient Greek, Greek
Feminine form of Timothy.

Triantafyllia f Greek
Feminine form of Triantafyllos. This is also the Greek word for "rosebush".

Triantafyllos m Greek
Means "rose" in Greek, derived from τριάντα (trianta) "thirty" and φύλλον (fyllon) "leaf". This was the name of a 17th-century Greek saint and martyr.

Tryfon m Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Tryphon.

Valentina f Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1). A famous bearer is the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.

Vangelis m Greek
Variant of Evangelos.

Varvara f Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Russian, Greek, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Barbara.

Vasia f Greek
Diminutive of Vasiliki.

Vasileios m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βασίλειος (see Vasilios).

Vasiliki f Greek
Modern Greek feminine form of Basil 1.

Vasilios m Greek
Modern Greek form of Basil 1.

Vasilis m Greek
Modern Greek form of Basil 1.

Vaso 2 f Greek
Diminutive of Vasiliki.

Vassiliki f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βασιλική (see Vasiliki).

Vassilis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βασίλης (see Vasilis).

Vasso f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βάσω (see Vaso 2).

Venetia f English (Rare), Greek
From the Latin name of the Italian region of Veneto and the city of Venice (see the place name Venetia). This name was borne by the celebrated English beauty Venetia Stanley (1600-1633), though in her case the name may have been a Latinized form of the Welsh name Gwynedd. Benjamin Disraeli used it for the heroine of his novel Venetia (1837).

Veniamin m Russian, Greek
Russian and Greek form of Benjamin.

Viktor m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Greek
Form of Victor used in various languages.

Viktoria f German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Greek, Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian
German, Scandinavian and Greek variant of Victoria. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Виктория or Ukrainian Вікторія (see Viktoriya) or Belarusian Вікторыя (see Viktoryia), as well as the usual Georgian transcription.

Virginia f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Greek, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius or Virginius, which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin". According to a legend, it was the name of a Roman woman killed by her father so as to save her from the clutches of a crooked official.... [more]

Vissarion m Russian (Archaic), Greek
Russian form and Modern Greek transcription of Bessarion.

Vlasis m Greek
Greek form of Blaise.

Vlassis m Greek
Greek form of Blaise.

Voula f Greek
Diminutive of Paraskevi.

Xanthi f Greek
Modern Greek form of Xanthe.

Xanthippi f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Xanthippe.

Xeni f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Xene.

Xenia f Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek
Means "hospitality" in Greek, a derivative of ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest". This was the name of a 5th-century saint who is venerated in the Eastern Church.

Xenofon m Greek
Modern Greek form of Xenophon.

Yanis m Greek, French
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάνης (see Gianis). It is also used in France, in part inspired by the Breton names Yann and Yannic.

Yanna 1 f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννα (see Gianna).

Yanni m Greek (Expatriate)
Diminutive of Yiannis. A famous bearer is the Greek-American musician Yiannis Chryssomallis (1954-), who goes by the single name Yanni.

Yannis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννης (see Giannis).

Yianna f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννα (see Gianna).

Yianni m Greek (Expatriate)
Diminutive of Yiannis.

Yiannis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννης (see Giannis).

Yiorgos m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιώργος (see Giorgos).

Yorgos m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιώργος (see Giorgos).

Zacharias m Biblical, Biblical Greek, Greek
Greek form of Zechariah. This form of the name is used in most English translations of the New Testament to refer to the father of John the Baptist. It was also borne by an 8th-century pope (called Zachary in English).

Zenovia f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Ζηνοβία (see Zinovia).

Zinon m Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Ζήνων (see Zeno).

Zinovia f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Zenobia.

Zoi f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Zoe.