The most popular names in classical Attica (girls)
1. DEMETRIA. Related to DEMETER.
2. MYRRINE, MYRRINA. See MYRA.
3. PHILOUMENE. See PHINOMENA
4. SOSTRATE. Female form of SOSTRATOS, from "sos" (unwounded, safe) and "stratos" (army)
5. KALLISTO
6. ARISTOMACHE. Perfect battle woman, from "ariston" (optimal) and "mache" (battle).
7. PHILE, PHILA. Female version of Philo.
8. DEMOSTRATE. Army of the people, from "demos" (people) and "stratos" (army).
9. EUKOLINE. Easily satisfied, contented, good-natured. From "eu-" (good) and "kolon", errr, colon! My kinda gal :P
10. KALLISTRATE. Good army woman, from "kalo" (good) and "stratos" (army).
11. ARCHESTRATE. Army leader, from "arche" (first, beginning) and "stratos" (army).
12. APHRODISIA. Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, say no more!
13. DIONYSIA. Female version of DIONYSIOS.
14. ARCHIPPE. First horsewoman, from "arche" (first, beginning) and "hippos" (horse).
15. EIRENE, EIRENA. IRENE.
16. GLYKERA. Sweet, from "glykon".
17. NIKOSTRATE. Victorious army woman, from "nike" (victory) and "stratos" (army).
18. CHAIRESTRATE. Happy army woman, from "Chara" (happiness) and "stratos" (army).
19. LYSISTRATE. Woman who disbands armies, from "lyo" (to untie) and "stratos" (army).
20. HEDYLE. Sweet, from "Hedys" (sweet)
21. ATHENAIS. From Athens.
22. ARISTONIKE. Woman of perfect victory, from "ariston" (optimal) and "nike" (victory).
23. EUPHROSYNE. Cheering, cheerful, from "eu-" (good) and "phren" (mind, mental state)
24. MALTHAKE. Gentle, soft to the touch.
25. HEDISTE. Sweetest, from "Hedys" (sweet)
26. ZOSIME. Female form of ZOSIMUS.
27. THEOPHILE, THEOPHILA. Female form of THEOPHILUS.
28. DEMO, DAMO. Popular, from "demos" (people).
29. EUKLEIA. Woman of good glory, from "eu-" (good) and "kleos" (glory).
30. KALLISTOMACHE. Optimal fighting woman, from "kallistos" (best) and "mache" (battle).
31. MELITTA, MELISSA
32. MIKA. Small, from "mikros"
33. NIKARETE. Virtuous Victoria, from "nike" (victory) and Arete (virtue)
34. PAMPHILE. Female friend ("phile") of all (pam-).
35. KLEOPATRA. See CLEOPATRA.
36. LYSIMACHE. Female version of LYSIMACHUS.
37. PHILIPPE, PHILLIPA. Female version of PHILIP.
38. APOLLONIA, APOLLONIE. Female version of APPOLONIOS.
39. HEDEIA. Sweet, from "Hedys" (sweet)
40. ARISTAGORA. Perfect talker, from "Ariston" (optimal) and "agoreuein" (to lecture).
41. ARISTOKLEIA. Female version of ARISTOCLES.
42. NIKOMACHE. Female version of NIKOMACHOS.
43. ARTEMISIA. Related to ARTEMIS. Also means wormwood.
44. KLEO. See KLIO.
45. MNESISTRATE. Remembering the army, from "mnesi-" (to remember) and "stratos".
46. PHANOSTRATE. Bright army woman, from "phanos" (bright, light, joyous) and "stratos".
47. ISIAS. Worshipper of Isis
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I love this list! Especially with all the army chick names! :)
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Yep, I too was surprised at the GI-Jane army-chic aethetic of so many girly names :P
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Trailer of coming attractionsSurprisingly, the girl list of the supposedly "evil" and "belligerent" Peloponnese (the area including Sparta) includes only one "military-chic" name as opposed to 14 in the case of the "enlightened" Attica (Athens).Comes to show you how the Athenian establishment has hypocritically distorted history!Pavlos the Spartan
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Maybe the Athenians gave their girl children names like that, coz they wished they were cool like the Spartans. :)I always liked the Spartans better, anyway. The Spartans always seemed (to me, anyway) to be the wolves while the Athenians were the domesticated dogs.Hey, aren't you originally a Spartan, Pavlos?-- Nanaea
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Yep, my grandfather was born in Vachos (derived from Bacchus), a small village close to the town of Areopolis, in the region south of Sparta called Mani:)
Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote an excellent book about my home turf, *Mani*.
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Note: The list of names for boys and girls does *not* include names from mythology, as per LPGN methodology.
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