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Greek or Polish boy name NEEDED with an English twist

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KatieChooChoo · 20/01/2014 15:48

HELP!!
Im due in 3 weeks and we are still at logger heads over a name.
My partner has a Greek side (his father is Greek and he has Greek siblings living over there), so when naming our first child I beared this in mind because of the Greek surname.
Our son is called Alexandros but known as Alex. So he has the Greek name with a the english twist.
We wont to do the same for a 2nd child, another boy.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.

2 names suggested that I like and think fit with Alex are Leonidas (Leon for short) and Evanidos (Evan for short) but my partner doesnt like them :-(

We would be happy with either Greek or Polish (I have polish blood).

I have searched nearly every naming site on Google but to no avail.

Thanks in advance

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woodrunner · 20/01/2014 15:49

Adamantios - Adam?

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furlinedsheepskinjacket · 20/01/2014 15:52

jozef

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commanderprimate · 20/01/2014 15:54

Constantine. Greek name of a Roman emperor born in Britain.

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DorothyGherkins · 20/01/2014 15:57

Doesnt George have an equivalent in most European languages? Strong, simple and current,

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Opheliabumps · 20/01/2014 15:57

Phillip, works in either language.

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KatieChooChoo · 20/01/2014 15:57

Im liking Adamantios :-)
Constantine was on my list (Stan for short) as that is the name of their greek granfather but my partners sister had a boy in the summer and named him that ;-(
Jozef is lovely, but my friend thought so too and named that her son.

Its soooo bloody hard picking names isnt it !!
xx

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nicename · 20/01/2014 15:58

George - there are a few variations that should keep everyone happy. Augustin - or any other saint.

maybe something that people can pronounce - Joe, Zac,

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KatieChooChoo · 20/01/2014 15:59

My partner is called Philip and we dont want a junior.
There is a Georgious - or something, but im thinking George will be VERY popular at the moment with the new prince.

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orangepudding · 20/01/2014 15:59

I think Peter would work.

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MrsBennetsEldest · 20/01/2014 15:59

Josef...we have Polish connections and out of all FILs many Polish names Josef was the only one I could spell Smile

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Charotte31 · 20/01/2014 16:01

George. Step dad is Greek most of his family are called George.
Or nick

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furlinedsheepskinjacket · 20/01/2014 16:03

my next suggestion was stan

I agree piotr - peter

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furlinedsheepskinjacket · 20/01/2014 16:03

what's henry in polish? love henry

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salonmeblowy · 20/01/2014 16:12

Henry in Polish is Henryk.

How about Nikodem, Sebastian, Stefan or Talus?

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KatieChooChoo · 20/01/2014 16:19

I like Stefan.
Please keep the suggestions coming, its very helpful.
Ive just texted my partner and suggested Adamantios - Adam. I do like it and think it goes well with Alex. But it seems to be what I suggest he doesnt like and vice versa.
xx

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Thepoodoctor · 20/01/2014 16:59

Theodore / theo?

Very Greek but very acceptable in English too.

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DancingLady · 20/01/2014 16:59

Some good Polish ones that translate well to English:

Cyprian, Zenek, Ignacy (IGGY!), Daniel, Maks, Adam, Nikodem (Niko), Edward (Edek), Marcin (Martin), Pawel (Paul), Antoni.

Realise salon has listed similar.

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Homebirthquestion · 20/01/2014 18:59

Kacper in Polish or whatever the Greek version is?

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barnet · 20/01/2014 19:01

Christos (or Christaki)

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NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 19:02

Zbigniew

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celestialsquirrelnuts · 20/01/2014 19:04

Theodore/theo
Andreas/Andrew
Nicolas/nick
Yianni/Johnny
Christos/Chris
Vangelis/Van
Andonis/Antony
Petros/peter
Constantine/con/tino
Elias/Eli

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NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 19:05

Rafal/Raphael

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Allalonenow · 20/01/2014 19:15

Jacub/Jake
Konrad
Stanislaw/Stan

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Leeds2 · 20/01/2014 19:54

Tomasz is Polish for Thomas. Or Marek/Mark.

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NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 20:03

Mateusz/Matthew/Matthias
Mariusz/Marius/Marios

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