Greek names!

What are your favorite names with Greek origins? Looking for ideas for future kiddos as hubby is Greek.

So far I like names like [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Chloe[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], and [name_f]Cassia[/name_f] for a girl. I’m totally stumped on boy names. Any ideas are appreciated!

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[name_u]Leander[/name_u] or [name_m]Evander[/name_m]

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@tallemaja might have some good ideas!

A few that I thought of:

[name_u]Cleo[/name_u]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Charis[/name_f]
[name_f]Chiara[/name_f]

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]

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Some of my favourites! Most of these would be considered pretty fashionable in Greece.

Nephele
Artemis
Ariadne
Kassiani
Danae
Amalia
Margarita
Phoebe
Thalia
Zoe
Cleo
Persephone
Phaedra
Aspasia
Amaryllis
Gaia
Dione
Ianthe
Electra
Hero
Iris
Kali
Melina
Chara

Leonidas
Ionas
Apollo (note that this isn’t used in Greece) / Apollon
Ares / Aris
Achilles / Achilleas
Hector
Viktor
Theseus / Theseas
Leander / Leandros
Nestor
Paris
Perseus / Perseas
Phineas
Mihail
Leon (Greek origin but I don’t think it’s used as a name here)
Giannis
Odysseus / Odysseas
Orestis
Alexander / Alexandros
Phoebus / Phoebos
Phaedon
Constantine / Konstantinos
Emmanuel

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[name_f]My[/name_f] goddaughter is named [name_f]Danae[/name_f] :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I also really like

[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Ismene[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_u]Cleo[/name_u]

[name_u]Paris[/name_u]
Achilleas
[name_m]Alexandros[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximus[/name_m]
Dimitris
Aristoteles
[name_u]Ares[/name_u]

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I grew up in a small town in Connecticut where at least a third of the town was Greek. Common boy names were:

[name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Kostas[/name_m] (Gus), [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Stephen[/name_m], [name_u]George[/name_u], Alexander/Alekos, [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_m]Stavros[/name_m], [name_m]Aristotle[/name_m] (Ari), and [name_m]Thomas[/name_m].

[name_m]Andreas[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollon[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Ilias[/name_m]
[name_u]Leon[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Markos[/name_m]
[name_m]Platon[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
Stelios
[name_m]Viktor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zacharias[/name_m]

[name_f]Berenice[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
Athenaïs
[name_f]Danaë[/name_f]
[name_f]Hera[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
Helenaïs
[name_f]Margarita[/name_f]
[name_f]Nephele[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]

Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions! This is super helpful :smiley:

I love [name_f]Gaia[/name_f], [name_u]Cleo[/name_u], [name_f]Antonia[/name_f], [name_f]Amalia[/name_f], and [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]. And also [name_m]Zacharias[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], and [name_m]Leandros[/name_m]. Thanks a bunch!:heart:

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[name_f]My[/name_f] fave boys’ name is Greek/Greekish: [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]!

As for girls, so many have already been listed. [name_f]My[/name_f] latest Greek gem is [name_f]Phryne[/name_f] (Fry-nee) but her meaning was such a disappointment to discover. :frog: