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Greek boy names please!!

60 replies

Rk123 · 18/03/2019 11:25

Hi there, I am in need of a greek boy name!

I was thinking Antoniou but we got a few reactions from fhe family... need more suggestions please!

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happychange · 18/03/2019 18:02

Costas
Alexandros
Antonis
Vasilli
Nicholas
Christos

BlackPrism · 18/03/2019 18:01

Andreas

AlannaOfTrebond · 18/03/2019 17:35

Booboostwo has made a good point over spelling/correct formal versions of names.

As I don't read Greek, my suggestions are all from speaking to my friends, some may well be diminutives, nicknames or have spelling errors. Totally hold my hands up to Costas for example.

I shall be sure to tell Theo and Giorgos that they are pronouncing their own names wrong though!

BlueChampagne · 18/03/2019 16:39

Athanasios is my favourite.

RayaJambalaya · 18/03/2019 16:19

Aristotle is my fave greek boy name! Love the nn Ari also.

Booboostwo · 18/03/2019 14:15

Do you speak Greek? I only ask because Antoniou is a surname (I can tell from the way it is conjugated). So Antonis Antoniou would be first name, surname.

Don't mean to be a nuisance, but some of the suggestions above are not Greek.
It's Ilias, not Elias
there is no Greek Theo pronounced Tay-o, unless you mean Theos which means god and is not a first name,
Giorgos is not pronounced Your-go,
Nicholaos is shortened to Nicos, Nico is the conjugated form of Nicos,
it's Costas
Vasilis
and Savvas

the conclusion of which is that things may go a bit wrong if you don't have a knowledge of Greek.

Having said that, what Greek names do you like?
Popular ancient Greek names include

Socratis
Aristotelis
Dimosthenis
Aristidis
Periklis
Odyseas
Ektoras
Ionas
Frixos

Very popular modern ones
Nicholaos
Giorgos
Giannis
Christos
Constandinos
Dimitris
Vasilis
Stavros

Other ones:
Andreas
Miltos
Athanasios/Thanos
Charalambos/Babis
Manos

I have run out of relatives and friends at this point!

RaisedByPuffins · 18/03/2019 13:23

Savva is lovely.

BlueChampagne · 18/03/2019 13:12

Tryphonas
Anastasios
Solonas
Alexandros

AlannaOfTrebond · 18/03/2019 11:39

Off the top of my head, my Greek friends are called:
Spiros
Stavros
Yiannis
Theo (pronounced Tay-o)
Giorgos (pronounced Your-go)
Andreas
Sotiris
Nikos, usually shortened to Nico
Christos
Costa, multiple variations.
Panos
Lucas/Lukas
Thanos
Vasili
Hope some of these help with the inspiration!

Skade · 18/03/2019 11:26

Elias was always my favourite but for some reason never named either of my boys that!

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