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Greek boys name (we're not Greek)

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Toothy321 · 09/02/2025 06:59

Would love suggestions of Greek boys names that don't sound too out there if we're not Greek - we love many Greek names but feel they all sound a bit odd with the cultural connection...

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ItsReallyOnlyMe · 12/02/2025 10:38

I went to Uni with an Aristotle who always went by Aris which I thought was a nice name.

Maddy70 · 12/02/2025 10:03

Kostas

Delphigirl · 12/02/2025 09:59

It’s just Anthony, @Twixtmasjigsaw , a perfectly normal name. One of the most common names in Greece.

Twixtmasjigsaw · 11/02/2025 13:30

Calling a kid Adonis seems almost setting him up for failure.....how could anyone live up to a name like that?

HRHTheQueenMuffinTop · 11/02/2025 11:27

Irridescantshimmmer · 10/02/2025 19:28

Costas.
Demetri ( Demeetree)

Demetrios is one of my favourite Greek names. Mainly because I have a Greek friend who has a beautiful gentle kind 15 year old called Demetrios. They call him Dima for short.

UpMyself · 11/02/2025 08:24

@RadStag , lots of people.

RadStag · 10/02/2025 19:35

WeeOrcadian · 10/02/2025 18:43

So, when someone realises it's a Greek name and you're not Greek.....

Why a Greek name if you have no cultural connection?

Because it's a name they like. Who cares about cultural connections?

Irridescantshimmmer · 10/02/2025 19:28

Costas.
Demetri ( Demeetree)

lucindalucinsa · 10/02/2025 19:26

Atlas

EeewDavid · 10/02/2025 19:23

Nikos
Costas
Christos
Marios
Theo

UpMyself · 10/02/2025 19:20

Browse Names - Behind the Name

Raggeo · 10/02/2025 19:19

Nicholas, Christos, Raphael, Markos,Marios,constantinos
Oor many English names have Greek origins... George, Paul, Anthony, Mark.

Pyjamatimenow · 10/02/2025 19:14

Dillydollydingdong · 10/02/2025 18:57

A lot of the names being suggested are ridiculous - Pyrros, Vasilis, Dimos??? Poor kid!

I think people are just listing Greek names not necessarily nice ones. It’s all a matter of opinion isn’t it? The ‘o s’ ending names sounds strange to a non Greek person but it’s very common there. My dad is ‘Vassilios’. The English equivalent is William which would probably sound just as weird to a Greek person.

Delphigirl · 10/02/2025 19:12

onceuponatimelived · 09/02/2025 07:01

Maximus
Julius
Cassius

None of these are Greek!

merediththethird · 10/02/2025 19:09

WeeOrcadian · 10/02/2025 18:43

So, when someone realises it's a Greek name and you're not Greek.....

Why a Greek name if you have no cultural connection?

Both my kids names are Greek - both first and middle. I just liked them without realising they were Greek. Think along the lines of Alexander. Many names are Greek.

My partner and I are total globetrotters anyway with very different cultural backgrounds and are both mixed ethnicity. The idea that names belong to a particular place or group of people is outmoded to me. I guess for someone whose parents are English who has always lived in England this might feel different. But the world is far more diverse than even 20 years ago.

NormaNormalPants · 10/02/2025 18:59

I adore Ptolemy but DH is having none of it.

Topseyt123 · 10/02/2025 18:59

Agamemnon.

bellocchild · 10/02/2025 18:58

Lysander?

Dillydollydingdong · 10/02/2025 18:57

A lot of the names being suggested are ridiculous - Pyrros, Vasilis, Dimos??? Poor kid!

Pyjamatimenow · 10/02/2025 18:53

Oh yes we’ve got two Andreas’ -that’s quite nice but in this country probably would sound like Andrea

Pyjamatimenow · 10/02/2025 18:52

Large Greek family -men are call Alexandros/ Alexander/ Alecos, Spiro, Paniotis, Christos, Nico/ Nicos and Vasillis. The only one I like is the Alex variations really

HRHTheQueenMuffinTop · 10/02/2025 18:51

I like Andreas
Also Alexandros

IggyAce · 10/02/2025 18:51

Leo

Apfelkuchen · 10/02/2025 18:48

Georgios

lemonmeringuepie1997 · 10/02/2025 18:47

Nicholas/Nick/Nico