Greek baby names boy or girl

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Half Greek baby due imminently. Sex unknown. Will likely live in both UK and Greece.

Given that my previous thread has confirmed Thanos is unusable in the UK - please give me your suggestions for both boy and girl names!

Artemis.

George
Nicholas
Constantine
Stavros
Rhodes

OK, really like…

Nikolaos
Alexandros
Dimitrios
Constantinos

Fotini
Xanthe
Eleni
Artemis

Whatever you choose, I would try getting a few English people to say it to see how they manage the pronunciation.

I know a couple of Elenis in the UK. Their name is often mispronounced: a lot of English people seem to have trouble either stressing the correct syllable or remembering the middle vowel, so they get el-AY-nee (aye as in day or may) and el-en-EE

I don't think it's a common name (I only know one), but I love Xantippe.

I had a Greek friend called Myrsini.

Antigone
Anastasia

Andreas
Alexandros

No idea why I've come up with mostly A names!

Achilleas is a fab name too

You could Google a List of Greek heroes

Artemis is simply fab. I’ve worked with a couple, one was an Arti and another a Temi. I think Missy is quite a cute nickname too.
I met an Electra once, bold choice but a great name

@Userusernamename

The Greek names my niece chose for her children:

Helios ( Ancient Greek name meaning = the Sun) for a boy

Aurora (Ancient Greek name meaning = the Dawn) for a girl

Selene (Ancient Greek & Roman name = the Moon) for a girl

Your niece has excellent taste Roaming , two of those were in my shortlist 😉

I love Electra or Elektra.
Vote also for Christina or Athena.
Penelope, Pandora, Xanthe and Chloe all easy here
Diantha

For boy I love Pericles.
Orion
Calix

Does this matter? My name has two pronunciations (the correct version and the 'english' version). Both fine. I also know lots of people who use a totally English version of their name for work and then their actual name with family/when in their home country. E.g. I work with a Małgorzata who just goes by Margaret at work.

It matters if you have a way you want it said, or if you find the standard English prononciation to be one that ruins the name. It depends both on the name and on the person. I have a friend Stephan who refuses to answer to Stephen (English pronunciation, spelling not changed) and a friend Yiannis who happily goes by John in the UK.

If someone wants to call their child Eleni, for example IMO it's a good idea to be aware of how people around the area you'll live will naturally say it. Then the parents will know if that's a pronunciation they can live with. It's not about correct and incorrect.

I taught a child once called Iole which I thought was lovely.

It works better in the Greek alphabet IMO. In English the i looks like an L

Theresa for a girl? Greek origin, easily pronounced in England. Or some version as many different spelling options.
I know an Eleni and Sophia from two different half greek families. Also a Xenia.

Boys, we know a Thanos, Panos, Dimitri/Dimitrius, Omiros, Nikolas.

My name is pronounced wrong daily. Generally I just don't mind. If it's someone I will see regularly I will correct them, if it's a one off I don't bother. I'd call them whatever you like and just tell them not to worry about it if people get it wrong - correct them if you wish to.

Athinais
Thaleia
Thalia
Diantha
Agapi
Anastasia
Antonia
Areti
Demetra
Chrysa

George
Aleksandros
Nicholas
Dimitri
Antonius
Costas
Elias

Ok. I think we are pretty set on a girl name now!

For a boy, which do you prefer out of:

Nikolaos (Nikos)
Dimitrios (Dimitris)

Dimitrios

Dimitrios

Or maybe Leonidas

Can you tell we are struggling with this?! 😂

As a Christian I'd go for Nikos, named after a Christian saint rather than an ancient Greek god. I appreciate this wouldn't be everyone's first concern! I do like Leonidas as well.

Antonio with Donny as a nickname is pretty cute.

Nikiforos can be Nick or Niki

Andrew / Andros

Petros / Peter

Kyriakos can be shorter to Kyri

Cassandra aka Cassie

To be difficult I think Nikos or Dimitris 😂 simply because they’re easier pronounced in English. I think the “aos” and “ios” will get bungled. Leonidas is nice and straight-forward though.

With male names you use the “s” on the end when talking about someone, and drop it when talking to someone. So you can choose whether to include it or not when transliterating to English (in my opinion!)

E.g Nikos is very nice. Hello Niko.