Greek boy's names - help!

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Hi all - desperate for some help/advice!
Our DS2 is due in a week and we need a name that works in English as well as Greek.

Our front runners currently are:

Xander (I don't much like Alexander)
Marcus
Hector

Others that have come up:

Ajax
Lysander
Leander

I love Rafael, but my partner doesn't!

Help! Any thoughts on the above/other suggestions?

Xander - I like it
Marcus - Not as keen as some of your other names
Hector -not too keen
Ajax - not too keen
Lysander -love this
Leander -like this

you could also consider Adrian, Alec, Jedrick, Joran or Kayson?
all the best

Theodore? Is that Greek, sorry I’m hopeless! If it is it’s lovely!
Otherwise I do like your suggestion of Xander!

Sadly can't use Theodore but I do love it! Joran is interesting too, hadn't heard it before!

I'm leaning towards Xander I think, although we could use Lysandros/Lysander nn Xander?? Or is Lysander a bit wet sounding/could be shortened to Lice...?!

Surname is long and Greek btw!

We are in France and have a Lysandre in our village. I also know an Ulysse and an Hippolyte. I like Xander and Xan as a diminuative though.

Maybe Andreas, Lucas, Matthias... Lots of names from the New Testament would work in both languages, or Anglicised versions (eg Jason) of Greek myth names. I don't really like Hector because I think of all the gruesome bits of the Iliad after the Trojan defeat!

Pavlos
Marius
Philip

Tend to think of Marcus as more Roman.

Paris
Troy
(The was a DJ on our local Heart FM station and he was called Paris Troy and I know he was from a Greek family).

This isn't much help but I love all of those names. In my family we have a Matthias which a pp suggested which I love too. Marcus and Leander are probably my faves.

I like Lucas/Luca a lot but again my partner's not keen sadly!

Linus
Cosmo
Apollo
Cyril
Evander
Isidore

I also love the name Ioakeim (or Joachim/Yoakim-).
Or Yannis/Iannis

Theron
Kosmos
Elias
Andreas
Nico

As all my children have Greek names due to my heritage and with 5 sons this is my specialist subject.
Names that work in Greek and English

Nikolas
Stephen
Philip
Dennis or Dionysius
Timothy
Christopher
Alexander
Andrew
Michael
Zenon
George
Gregory
Lucas
Yannis (John)
Jason

Always wanted to call my son Plato. But it sounds weird with a british surname.

From your list I like Lysandros the best. Other options could be Aristos (short for Aristotle) or Orpheas. If you want to go down the Ancient Greek names.

Otherwise Nicholas, Alexis or Filipos could work.

Sorry - seen you don't like Alexander - Xander is good! My youngest is Perseus (nn Percy).

I love Morpheus but it may be a bit too out there!!

Orestis?

Michael is always a good name. Our family priest (Greek Orthodox) has a son named Michael. It's one of those beautiful names that just works.

DS has a classmate named Konstantinos.

Stavros
Adonis
Zeus

Ok I was joking a bit. Love Leander. ..

I like Nikolas.

Please don' call him Ajax - that's an old school cleaning product!

Panos

Our eldest is Leonidas nn Leo - so worried that Leander is basically the same name?! We'd use Leand for short probably

I personally think Leonidas and Leander are to similar! Just my input there.
Go for Xander! ☺️