Greek boy's names?

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I'm 12 weeks pregnant, and my partner is Greek. He has requested the baby have a Greek name which I'm fine about, but I'm struggling with finding a nice boys one and wondered if anyone had any inspiration!

He refuses to discuss names until we find out the sex because he's a misery guts but I like to be prepared

If you don't want anything too unusual:

Philip
Leon
George
Alexander
Andreas
Atticus
Elias
Jonas
Jason
Alexis
Lucas
Nico
Sebastian
Tobias

Slightly more unusual...

Achilles
Ajax
Apollo
Adonis
Basil?!

Thanks @StuntCroissant, I'm absolutely not middle class enough for unusual!

Theo? Thaddeus?
Ds2 was nearly either of those.. The only problem l have with Thaddeus is I think of Celia Imrie in pink in Nanny McPhee... 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

Alec
Alesandro
Christophe
Evan
Felipe
Kristo
Lander
Mateo
Maximus
Nicholas
Nicos
Theo
Timon
Tomaso
Xander

Alexi

Constantine
George
Yiannis

About a third of the suggestions above (in all posts) are not Greek and some are British ways of pronouncing Greek names, would your DH be OK with that?

Giorgos (Georgios)
Giannis (Ioannis)
Christos
Konstantinos
Nicos (Nicolas)
Dimitris (Dimitrios)
Alexandros
Vasilis
Mixalis

are probably the most popular boy names. As you will notice there is a further complication in that most of them have a version (in brackets) which will be on official documents and a simplified version used every day.

Ancient Greek names are also common and nobody bats an eyelid:

Ionas
Frixos
Socratis
Filipos
Aristidis
Periclis
Dimosthenis
Leandros

Even less common Ancient Greek names crop up if that is something you might fancy.

As above-how Greek does he want it to be? My sons and daughter are named after grandparents, and the boys have anglicised versions of their grandfathers' names-think Michael instead of Michalis. No one minds, we like them and had them christened in churches where the Greek language and therefore names were used. I see the names as interchangeable.

By the way, what is your FIL called? You may need to brace yourself for that, inevitable IMO, discussion!

@Booboostwo This is what my partner would say. I'm used to his and his friend's dual names now but it was a bit of an eye opener at first. Imagine sleeping with someone for a year and then realising his name is Dimitrios, not Dimitris

Honestly I'm at a bit of a loss because every name, despite being distinctly average in Greece feels so 'out there' over here, and I really don't want to have to spell the poor kid's name every time. If only he'd accept Alex or some variant of we'd be ok!

@Booboostwo Thanos (Athanasius) not a bad sounding one but again people will just think I'm into Marvel or something!

How about Nikos?

I have a thing for Orestes.

The reason he's refusing to discuss names is because he only has two names in mind; if it's a girl after his mother, and if it's a boy after his father

Will the baby have a Greek surname? If so, are you sure you want a Greek first name too? You're the one growing the baby so you are allowed a say in this. And I say this as someone with a Greek husband!

I am sorry to say that I think LynetteScavo might be completely right. There is quite a bit of cultural shock and even shame directed at children who do not honor their parents by passing on their first names. If you have a girl you could get away with giving her your mother’s name, but that’s about it.

It'll have both our surnames, I've put my foot down about that! Fortunately his is very easy to spell so it wasn't a problem.

The girls name I chose, it's his Grandmother's name. He's happy with that because he loves her to bits. He can't stand his mother

I would understand if he wanted to call the baby after his father. He's actually the least traditional Greek guy you could meet, so it wouldn't be for those purposes, but because his Dad unfortunately died a couple of years ago so if he felt that strongly I wouldn't object. As I said it's definitely not the worst name, I just worry people will think I'm into the super villain guy (never seen it!) Hence I was wanting a few alternatives!

Thanks for all the ideas and input, it's much appreciated!

Ah, you sound lovely. It definitely isn't expected so much anymore, I think in the UK at least, but we did it because we wanted to and knew it would make our parents very happy. As his dad has passed, he would probably love to name his son after him. I taught a lovely boy named Nassis, short for Athanasios. Thanos is certainly cool nowadays, but you definitely have the Marvel links to contend with!

There are a few names that work in both Greek and English, like Nicholas, Thomas, Adam. OK, the pronunciation is slightly different - usually the emphasis is on a different syllable - but you just teach the children to pronounce the names in both languages and use one here and the other when in Greece. This is what we did in my Anglo-Greek family.

There are many, many more names that have an English and a Greek version: e.g. Alexander/Alexandros, Peter/Petros, Paul/Pavlos, George/ Yiorgos - in fact, just every name in the Christian or Jewish traditions have Greek translations.

The only names to avoid altogether are the modern made-up names like the ones that were originally English or Irish surnames.

Alexandros, and you can call him Alex.

Lots of nice girls names:
Sophia
Eleni
Kassandra

My dad is greek - I have an anglicized version of a greek name and no one batted an eyelid. It's not my grandma's name either. I got a lucky break there because she was Epiphania.

As other have warned, be prepared for a version of his Dad's name. We have just about every version of Christos possible . That being said, you can shorted Christos to Chris, so it's not a bad option...

FWIW I really like Thanos, and I bet his peers would think he's really cool.

Love Leoandros