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[Opinions] Your favorite Greek names
What are your favorite Greek choices for either sex? Either ancient or modern, doesn't have to be on BTN. I'm kind of liking the idea of pairing a Greek and a Hebrew name together (doesn't matter which is FN or MN).
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Where do I start? A lot of my favorite names are of Greek origin. For now, I'll just name the ones that come to mind:Tethys
Athena
Diana
Elene
Hera
Vangelis
Daphne
Artemis
Atropos
Atalanta
Cassandra
Helios
Sophia (or the elaborated Sophitia)
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There are many, but my top would be Ares, Athena, Thanos, Nyx. I've gotten a bit obsessed with Thanatos lately, but wouldn't use it.
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I like a few of them, although they are rather English: Alexander
Cassandra
Elias
Georgia
Lysander
Petra
SilasAlexander and Cassandra are probably my two favourites. And I like the idea of a Hebrew name (as I love Hebrew names) and a Greek name...I've done it with Noam Alexander.
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From my lists, some of these are not in the database or are under the Latinized spellings, and a lot of these are rare (my top favorites are bolded):Alexandros, Alexis, Alexilaos, Anastasios, Athanasios, Aniketos, Angelos, Agapios, Andreas, Argyros, Agislaos, Basileios, Basilikos, Bartholomaios, Damianos, Demetrios, Domenikos, Dorotheos, Elias, Eugenios, Eleutherios, Eustathios, Evandros, Eutropios, Evangelos, Georgios, Gregorios, Herakleitos, Herakleides, Herakles, Heliodoros, Hektor, Ioannes, Iosephos, Iordanis, Ignatios, Iakovos, Kyriakos, Kyrillos, Kallistos, Kleitos, Khrysanthos, Khristophoros, Kallistratos, Kallikrates, Kalandros, Kyros, Kyranos, Kypros, Kyprianos, Khrysostomos, Krispos, Krispianos, Krispinos, Kassandros, Kleios, Klementinos, Klementios, Konstantinos, Loukas, Linos, Lysandros, Lysimakhos, Matthias, Markellos, Maiandros, Maiandrios, Margaritos, Melissos, Nikolaos, Nikandros, Nikodemos, Nikomedes, Nikostratos, Nikephoros, Nektarios, Nestor, Orestes, Onesimos, Onesiphoros, Petros, Philippos, Pavlos, Panagiotis, Pamphilos, Patrokleos, Phaidros, Philotheos, Paskhalos, Paskhalinos, Paskhalis, Pantelis, Sebastos, Stephanos, Stavros, Stelios, Sotirios, Sotiris, Sophronios, Sophokles, Sokrates, Sosigenes, Stamatios, Theodoros, Theokrites, Theophanes, Theodosios, Theodoulos, Theophilos, Theokharis, Telesphoros, Xenos, Xenokrates, Xenophon, Xenopanes, Xerxes, Zotikos, ZephyrosAlexandra, Alexia, Athena, Andromeda, Antigone, Ariadne, Aranthea, Antheia, Anastasia, Athanasia, Amalthea, Althea, Akakia, Aglaia, Angelike, Artemisia, Basilia, Basilissa, Daphne, Domenika, Demetria, Dorothea, Eleni, Eleutheria, Eudoxia, Eugenia, Evadne, Euthalia, Eulalia, Euphrosyne, Ekaterini, Elektra,

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Alecto tops my list for girls. Daphnis for boys. Nemesis (for a girl) and Philadelphia (as an MN) are GPs.GIRL:
Themis | Hestia | Thalia | Clio | Atalanta | Andromeda | Cassandra | Sibylla | Echo | Hero | Hermione | Pandora | Eudora | Cassiopeia | Eris Adrasteia | Eirene | Megaera | Eulalia | Mache (battle) | Tyche (luck)Lyssa (rage) | Ania (sorrow) - Nevermind what BTN says. I'm going for what they represent as Greek personifications.BOY:
Endymion | Apollo | Castor | Paris | Hector | Leander | Helios | Orion | Narcissus | Morpheus | Zephyr
I ♥ your idea of Hebrew/Greek combo. It could make for a powerful name!

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Chrysanthe
Xanthe
AlexandraAlexander
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Theodora and Nicholas
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I'm in a classical mythology class at the moment, so this is right up my alley! Some of these are distinctly GP material, and I've included a mix of Greek, ancient Greek and Greek mythology names.Agape (ah-GAH-pee, I think, not uh-GAYP like the word)
Alexandra
Anastasia
Gaiana
Kallistrate
Kyriakos
Melaina
Nike (NEE-kee or NEE-keh)
Nikolaos
Sophia / Sofia
Xanthe
Ariadne
Athene (ah-THEE-nee)
Danae (DAH-nah-ee)
Daphne
Evadne
Evander
Irene
Iris
Kallisto
Larisa
Maia
Selene (seh-LEE-nee)
Katerina / Aikaterine (I think it's eye-kat-eh-REE-nee)
Eleni
Elias
Elisavet
Kyriaki (girl)
Marina
Matthias
Petra
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Evadne
Eirene
Persephone
Cassandra
Hermione
Myrsine
Eurydice
Andromache
Andromeda
Dido
Eido
Eris
Alexandra
Nephele
Calandra
Maera/Maira
Aoede/Aoide
Antigone
Danae
Helena/Helene/Helen
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Greek names are my favourite! I have lots more but those are just the major ones for now:Adrastia
Alethia
Althaea
Ambrosia
Anna
Anthia
Ariadne
Astraea
Athanasia
Athena
Athenais
Daphne ♥ ♥ ♥
Despena
Eunomia
Euphemia
Euthalia
Euthenia
Evadne
Ilithyia
Katerina
Matthias
Megaera
Melete
Nephele
Orphne
Phaenna
Photine
Roxane
Selene
Sophia
Stamatia
Theophania
Tisiphone
ZenobiaAenias
Alexandros
Evandros
Phaedros
Photios
Phrixos
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Leda, Hermione, Io, Iolanthe and Iphigenia for girls. Peter, Thomas, Nicholas, Anatole and Isidore for boys.
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I love Iris, Zinovia, and Artemis for girls. I also like Alcyone, Eleni, Calypso, Ambrosia, Andromeda, Persephone, Parthenope, and Polymnia. For boys, I like Theron, Silas, Spyro, Stavros, and Alexander. I like Alexis for both genders.

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Anastasia
Aglaia
Maia
Anna
Chara (though not really sure on the pronunciation...)
Petra
Xenia (pronunciation= "zhey'-nee-ah"?)Silas(vote on my list? http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9516801)
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Aglaia and XeniaAglaia is great. How are you pronouncing it? I know it is pronounced, "ah-glah-EE-uh" in Russian. In English, I say, "ah-GLIE-uh" but I'm never sure if that should be more like, "ah-GLAY-uh." Xenia is pronounced "KSEH-nee-uh" in Russian. I'm sure of that. I assume Xenia is also pronounced that way in the original Greek. Either that, or "ZEE-nee-uh." But double check with someone who is sure.

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I was pronouncing Aglaia as "ah-GL-EYE-ah"/"ah-GLAI-ah"... I am not sure if I've ever heard it pronounced before-- only I've seen it in print!I think from what I can find about Xenia in Greek, the modern Greek pronunciation would be the same as the Russian.

When I looked up info about the Greek letter Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ), Wikipedia states, "It is pronounced [ksi] in Modern Greek, and generally pronounced /ˈsaɪ/ (UK) or /ˈzaɪ/ (US) in English." I don't know how that makes sense!! (Thank you for voting on my list: http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9516801)
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Penelope! :)
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