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Greek or Polish boy name NEEDED with an English twist

38 replies

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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GlitzAndGiggles · 20/01/2014 21:08

I'm half Greek so will go by names in family and some added...

Michael
George
Costa
Demetris
Nicolai
Adrian
Alexio
Thion
Titus

NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 20:59

oh yes Jerzy/Giorgios/George - good one!

TravellingToad · 20/01/2014 20:58

I actually think lots of people are AVOIDING George at the moment as they think it'll be really popular. So my vote is George. I don't think it'll have too much of a spike.

NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 20:56

Michal/Michaelis/Michael

NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 20:55

Andrzej/Andreas/Andrew/Andy

Bumpsadaisie · 20/01/2014 20:53

Theo - Theodoros

Peter - Petros

Nico - Nikolaos

Thomas - Thomas (!)

Dimitri - Dimitrios

Anthony - Adonis

Evan - Evangelios

Michael - Michalis

Stefan - Stefanos

Timothy - Timotheas

Hector

Lysander (too similar to Alexander?)

TheBuskersDog · 20/01/2014 20:49

Patryk

NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 20:47

ooh i am on a roll now....
what about Dariusz/Darius//Darek/Derek

cogitosum · 20/01/2014 20:46

Just wanted to comment as it's so odd. I'm part polish and my husband is Greek! We went for a full Greek name and very English middle name in the end but was having similar thoughts.

CalamitouslyWrong · 20/01/2014 20:44

I know a Nikos, who goes by Nik around most English speakers.

ginmakesitallok · 20/01/2014 20:41

Stanislaw/Stan
Marek
Andre

CormoranStrike · 20/01/2014 20:40

I keep reading Adam Ant in Adamantios, so dislike it for that.

Christianos? Chris.

CormoranStrike · 20/01/2014 20:39

Marek

NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 20:03

Mateusz/Matthew/Matthias
Mariusz/Marius/Marios

Leeds2 · 20/01/2014 19:54

Tomasz is Polish for Thomas. Or Marek/Mark.

Allalonenow · 20/01/2014 19:15

Jacub/Jake
Konrad
Stanislaw/Stan

NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 19:05

Rafal/Raphael

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

NigellasDealer · 20/01/2014 19:02

Zbigniew

barnet · 20/01/2014 19:01

Christos (or Christaki)

Homebirthquestion · 20/01/2014 18:59

Kacper in Polish or whatever the Greek version is?

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.

Thepoodoctor · 20/01/2014 16:59

Theodore / theo?

Very Greek but very acceptable in English too.

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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salonmeblowy · 20/01/2014 16:12

Henry in Polish is Henryk.

How about Nikodem, Sebastian, Stefan or Talus?

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