Greek Baby Names

Greek names connect your child to one of the oldest and richest naming traditions in the Western world. From the gods and heroes of ancient mythology to the saints of the Orthodox Church, Greek names carry stories that span thousands of years. Names like Alexander, Penelope, Theodore and Athena are as compelling today as they were in antiquity.

Many of the most common English names have Greek roots without people realising it. Philip means 'lover of horses', George means 'farmer', and Catherine derives from the Greek katharos, meaning 'pure'. The Greek language has been a naming resource for virtually every European culture.

This page collects names with genuine Greek origins. Browse the full list to find names rooted in mythology, faith, philosophy and the natural world.

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Name	Meaning	Origin	Gender	Popularity
Abraxas	mystical word	greek	Boy	Rare
Acacia	thorny tree	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Acacius	innocent	greek	Boy	Rare
Achilles	pain	greek	Boy	Moderate
Adonis	handsome	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Adrian	rich	greek	Unisex	Popular
Aegis	shield	greek	Boy	Rare
Aella	whirlwind	greek	Girl	Rare
Aeneas	praised	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Aisa	destiny	greek	Girl	Rare
Ajax	of the Earth	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Alastor	avenger	greek	Boy	Rare
Alec	defender of the people	greek, english	Boy	Moderate
Alethea	truth	greek	Girl	Rare
Alex	defender of the people	greek	Unisex	Very popular
Alexa	defender of the people	greek	Girl	Popular
Alexander	defender of the people	greek	Boy	Very popular
Alexandra	defender of the people	greek	Girl	Popular
Alexandria	defender of the people	greek	Girl	Moderate
Alexia	defender of the people	greek	Girl	Moderate
Alistair	defender of men	scottish, greek	Boy	Moderate
Alister	defender of men	scottish, greek	Boy	Moderate
Althea	healer	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Amaranth	unfading	greek	Girl	Rare
Amarantha	unfading	greek	Girl	Rare
Amaryllis	to sparkle	greek	Girl	Rare
Ambrose	immortal	greek, latin	Boy	Uncommon
Ambrosia	immortal	greek	Girl	Rare
Amethyst	precious gemstone	greek	Girl	Rare
Anastasia	resurrection	greek, russian	Girl	Popular
Andreas	manly	greek	Boy	Moderate
Andrew	manly	greek	Boy	Very popular
Andromeda	ruler of men	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Anthea	flower	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Antigone	worthy of one's parents	greek	Girl	Rare
Aphrodite	goddess of love	greek	Girl	Rare
Apolline	of Apollo	french, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Apollo	destroyer	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Apollonia	of Apollo	greek	Girl	Rare
Archimedes	master of thought	greek	Boy	Rare
Arcturus	guardian of the bear	greek	Boy	Rare
Ares	god of war	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Argo	swift	greek	Boy	Rare
Argus	watchful guardian	greek	Boy	Rare
Ariadne	most holy	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Ariana	most holy	italian, greek	Girl	Very popular
Arion	musical	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Aris	best	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Aristotle	best purpose	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Artem	dedicated to Artemis	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Artemis	goddess of the hunt	greek	Unisex	Uncommon
Artemisia	gift of Artemis	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Asteria	of the stars	greek	Girl	Rare
Astra	star	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Astraea	star maiden	greek	Girl	Rare
Astraeus	of the stars	greek	Boy	Rare
Astro	star	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Astrophel	star lover	greek	Boy	Rare
Athena	goddess of wisdom	greek	Girl	Moderate
Atlas	bearer of the heavens	greek	Unisex	Popular
Atreus	fearless	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Atticus	man of Attica	greek, english	Boy	Moderate
Aura	breeze or soft wind	latin, greek	Girl	Rare
Balian	strong warrior	greek	Boy	Rare
Barbara	foreign woman	greek, latin	Girl	Moderate
Barnabas	son of encouragement	greek, hebrew	Boy	Uncommon
Basilio	royal	greek	Boy	Rare
Bastian	venerable	german, greek	Boy	Moderate
Bernice	bringer of victory	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Beryl	sea-green jewel	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Bronte	thunder	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Calanthe	beautiful flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Calista	most beautiful	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Calix	very handsome	greek, latin	Boy	Rare
Calixto	most beautiful	greek	Boy	Rare
Calla	beautiful	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Callidora	gift of beauty	greek	Girl	Rare
Callie	beautiful	greek	Girl	Popular
Calliope	beautiful voice	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Callista	most beautiful	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Callisto	most beautiful	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Calypso	hidden	greek	Girl	Rare
Calytrix	star flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Carissa	grace	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Cary	pure love	greek	Unisex	Moderate
Cassander	shining upon men	greek	Boy	Rare
Cassandra	prophetess	greek	Girl	Moderate
Cassia	cinnamon	greek, latin	Girl	Uncommon
Cassiopeia	she whose words excel	greek	Girl	Rare
Castor	beaver	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Catalina	pure	spanish, greek	Girl	Popular
Catherine	pure	greek, french	Girl	Popular
Celina	moon	greek, latin	Girl	Uncommon
Charis	grace	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Chloe	blooming	greek	Girl	Very popular
Chris	bearer of Christ	greek	Boy	Popular
Christian	follower of Christ	greek	Boy	Very popular
Christina	follower of Christ	greek	Girl	Popular
Christine	follower of Christ	french, greek	Girl	Popular
Christopher	bearer of Christ	greek	Boy	Very popular
Chrysanthemum	golden flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Circe	bird	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Cirilla	lady	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Clea	glory	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Cleo	glory	greek	Girl	Moderate
Cletus	called forth	greek	Boy	Rare
Clio	glory	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Cora	maiden	greek	Girl	Popular
Corinna	maiden	greek	Girl	Moderate
Corinne	maiden	french, greek	Girl	Moderate
Corrine	maiden	french, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Cory	from the hollow	irish, greek	Boy	Popular
Cosima	order	italian, greek	Girl	Rare
Cosimo	order	italian, greek	Boy	Rare
Cosmo	order, beauty	greek, english	Boy	Uncommon
Cressida	gold	greek	Girl	Rare
Cy	lord, throne	english, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Cyane	dark blue	greek	Girl	Rare
Cynthia	from Mount Kynthos	greek	Girl	Moderate
Cyprian	from Cyprus	greek	Boy	Rare
Cyra	sun, throne	persian, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Cyril	lordly, masterful	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Damaris	calf, gentle	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Damian	to tame, subdue	greek	Boy	Popular
Damien	to tame, subdue	french, greek	Boy	Popular
Damon	to tame	greek	Boy	Moderate
Daphne	laurel tree	greek	Girl	Moderate
Daria	wealthy, kingly	persian, greek	Girl	Moderate
Deia	goddess	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Delia	born on the island of Delos	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Delphi	womb	greek	Girl	Rare
Demetrius	follower of Demeter	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Desdemona	ill-fated	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Despina	lady, mistress	greek	Girl	Rare
Dimitri	follower of Demeter	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Dion	follower of Dionysus	greek	Boy	Moderate
Dione	divine queen	greek	Girl	Rare
Dora	gift	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Dorcas	gazelle	greek	Girl	Rare
Dorian	of the Dorian tribe	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Doris	gift of the ocean	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Dorothea	gift of God	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Draco	dragon	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Echo	reverberating sound	greek	Unisex	Uncommon
Effie	well-spoken	greek, english	Girl	Uncommon
Elaina	bright, shining light	greek	Girl	Moderate
Elara	sparkling	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Eleanor	shining light	greek, english	Girl	Popular
Eleanora	shining light	greek, english	Girl	Uncommon
Electra	shining, bright	greek	Girl	Rare
Eleni	shining light	greek	Girl	Moderate
Eleonora	shining light	italian, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Elettra	shining, bright	italian, greek	Girl	Rare
Elias	Yahweh is God	greek	Boy	Popular
Elida	small winged one	spanish, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Elina	shining light	greek	Girl	Moderate
Elion	sun	greek	Boy	Rare
Ellen	bright, shining light	greek, english	Girl	Moderate
Elysia	blissful	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Elysium	paradise	greek	Boy	Rare
Endymion	to dive into	greek	Boy	Rare
Eos	dawn	greek	Girl	Rare
Erasmus	beloved	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Eris	strife	greek	Girl	Rare
Eros	god of love	greek	Boy	Rare
Eryx	a boxer or warrior	greek	Boy	Rare
Eudora	good gift	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Eugene	well-born	greek	Boy	Moderate
Eugenia	well-born	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Eugenie	well-born	french, greek	Girl	Moderate
Eulalia	well-spoken	greek, spanish	Girl	Rare
Eulalie	sweetly speaking	french, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Eunice	good victory	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Euphemia	well-spoken	greek	Girl	Rare
Evadne	pleasant	greek	Girl	Rare
Evander	good man	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Evangelie	good news	greek	Girl	Rare
Evangelina	bearer of good news	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Evangeline	bringer of good news	greek	Girl	Moderate
Evanthe	fair blossom	greek	Girl	Rare
Gaia	earth	greek	Girl	Moderate
Galatea	milky white	greek	Girl	Rare
Galen	calm	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Gene	well-born	greek	Boy	Moderate
Genesis	beginning	greek, hebrew	Unisex	Popular
George	farmer	greek	Boy	Popular
Giles	young goat	french, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Gregory	watchful	greek	Boy	Popular
Hades	unseen	greek	Boy	Rare
Halcyon	calm, tranquil	greek	Boy	Rare
Hector	steadfast	greek	Boy	Moderate
Helen	bright, shining light	greek	Unisex	Popular
Helena	shining light	greek	Girl	Moderate
Helene	bright, shining light	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Helio	sun	greek	Boy	Rare
Helios	sun god	greek	Boy	Rare
Hera	goddess of marriage	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Hermes	messenger god	greek	Boy	Rare
Hermione	earthy	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Hero	brave one	greek	Girl	Rare
Heron	herald	greek, english	Boy	Rare
Hesper	evening star	greek	Girl	Rare
Hestia	goddess of the hearth	greek	Girl	Rare
Homer	pledge	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Hyacinth	hyacinth flower	greek	Unisex	Rare
Hyperion	he who goes above	greek	Boy	Rare
Ia	violet flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Ianthe	violet flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Icarus	follower	greek	Boy	Rare
Idalia	behold the sun	greek	Girl	Rare
Ilia	God is my Lord	greek, hebrew	Girl	Rare
Iliana	from Troy	greek	Girl	Moderate
Ilias	the Lord is my God	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Io	moon	greek	Girl	Rare
Iolanthe	violet flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Iona	blessed island	scottish, greek	Girl	Moderate
Ione	violet flower	greek	Girl	Rare
Irene	peace	greek	Girl	Moderate
Irina	peace	greek, russian	Girl	Moderate
Iris	rainbow	greek	Girl	Popular
Íris	rainbow	greek	Girl	Moderate
Isadore	gift of Isis	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Isidore	gift of Isis	greek	Boy	Rare
Isis	throne	egyptian, greek	Girl	Rare
Ismene	knowledgeable	greek	Girl	Rare
Jace	healer	greek	Boy	Popular
Jason	healer	greek	Boy	Popular
Jerome	sacred name	greek, latin	Boy	Moderate
Johannes	God is gracious	german, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Jonas	dove	hebrew, greek	Boy	Popular
Kaia	pure or sea	greek, scandinavian, hawaiian	Girl	Moderate
Kaira	beloved or peaceful	greek, indian	Girl	Uncommon
Kairos	opportune moment	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Kara	beloved	irish, greek	Girl	Popular
Katarina	pure	greek, slavic	Girl	Moderate
Katerina	pure	greek, slavic	Girl	Moderate
Katherine	pure	greek, english	Girl	Popular
Katrina	pure	greek, german	Girl	Uncommon
Ksenia	hospitality	russian, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Kyra	lady	greek, persian	Girl	Moderate
Kyro	lord	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Kyros	lord	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Laertes	gatherer of people	greek	Boy	Rare
Lara	citadel	greek, russian	Girl	Popular
Larissa	citadel	greek	Girl	Moderate
Leander	lion-man	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Leandro	lion man	spanish, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Leda	woman; lady	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Leia	child of heaven	greek, english	Girl	Popular
Lena	light	greek, english	Girl	Popular
Léna	light	french, greek	Girl	Moderate
Lenora	light	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Lenore	light	greek	Girl	Rare
Leocadia	bright, clear	greek	Girl	Rare
Leon	lion	greek	Boy	Popular
Leonidas	lion-like	greek	Boy	Moderate
Leta	gladness	greek	Girl	Rare
Lexi	defender of men	greek	Unisex	Popular
Lexie	defender of men	greek	Girl	Moderate
Linus	flaxen haired	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Lotus	lotus flower	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Luka	light	slavic, greek	Unisex	Popular
Lukas	light	german, greek	Boy	Popular
Luke	light	greek, english	Boy	Popular
Lycus	wolf	greek	Boy	Rare
Lydia	woman from Lydia	greek	Girl	Popular
Lyra	lyre	greek	Girl	Moderate
Lysander	liberator	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Magdalena	from Magdala	greek, hebrew	Girl	Moderate
Maia	mother	greek, latin	Girl	Popular
Maja	great	greek, scandinavian	Girl	Moderate
Malena	dark	spanish, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Margaret	pearl	greek, english	Girl	Popular
Maria	bitter	latin, greek, hebrew	Unisex	Very popular
Marianna	graceful	latin, greek, polish	Girl	Moderate
Mathias	gift of God	greek, hebrew	Boy	Moderate
Matthias	gift of God	greek, hebrew	Boy	Moderate
Maya	illusion or water	hebrew, indian, greek	Girl	Popular
Meg	pearl	english, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Melania	black or dark	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Melanie	black or dark	greek	Girl	Popular
Melia	ash tree	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Melina	little honey	greek	Girl	Moderate
Melinda	gentle, sweet	english, greek	Girl	Moderate
Melinoe	goddess of ghosts	greek	Girl	Rare
Melissa	honeybee	greek	Girl	Popular
Melody	song	greek, english	Girl	Popular
Melora	golden apple	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Memphis	enduring and beautiful	english, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Moira	destiny	irish, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Mya	great one	greek, english	Girl	Moderate
Myra	sweet-smelling oil	english, greek	Girl	Moderate
Myrna	beloved	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Myron	myrrh	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Naia	water nymph	spanish, greek	Girl	Moderate
Nelly	bright, shining one	english, greek	Unisex	Moderate
Neo	new	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Neoma	new moon	greek	Girl	Rare
Nephele	cloud	greek	Girl	Rare
Nereida	sea nymph	greek	Girl	Rare
Nerida	sea nymph	greek	Girl	Rare
Nerina	sea nymph	greek, italian	Girl	Rare
Nerine	sea nymph	greek	Girl	Rare
Nerissa	sea nymph	greek	Girl	Rare
Nicholas	victory of the people	greek	Boy	Popular
Nick	victory of the people	greek	Boy	Popular
Nico	victory of the people	greek	Unisex	Popular
Nicodemus	victory of the people	greek	Boy	Rare
Nicolai	people of victory	russian, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Nicolas	victory of the people	greek, french	Boy	Popular
Nicole	victorious people	greek, french	Girl	Popular
Nicolette	little victorious one	french, greek	Girl	Moderate
Nike	victory	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Niko	victory of the people	greek	Boy	Moderate
Nikolai	victory of the people	russian, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Nikos	victory of the people	greek	Boy	Moderate
Nyx	night	greek	Unisex	Uncommon
Odessa	long journey	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Odysseus	wrathful	greek	Boy	Rare
Ofelia	help	spanish, greek	Girl	Uncommon
Oleander	evergreen tree	greek	Boy	Rare
Olena	light	greek, russian	Girl	Rare
Olympia	from Mount Olympus	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Onyx	black gemstone	greek	Unisex	Uncommon
Orion	hunter	greek	Boy	Moderate
Orpheus	beautiful voice	greek	Boy	Rare
Osias	salvation	hebrew, greek	Boy	Rare
Ozias	God's power	greek, hebrew	Boy	Rare
Ozymandias	ruler of air	greek	Boy	Rare
Pandora	all gifted	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Paris	pouch	greek	Boy	Moderate
Penelope	weaver	greek	Girl	Popular
Persephone	bringer of destruction	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Perseus	destroyer	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Peta	rock	greek	Girl	Rare
Peter	rock	greek	Boy	Popular
Petra	stone	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Petros	rock	greek	Boy	Moderate
Phaedra	bright	greek	Girl	Rare
Phaedrus	bright	greek	Boy	Rare
Philip	lover of horses	greek, english	Boy	Popular
Philippa	lover of horses	greek	Girl	Moderate
Philo	love	greek	Boy	Rare
Philomena	lover of strength	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Phoebe	radiant, shining	greek	Girl	Popular
Phoenix	rebirth	greek	Unisex	Moderate
Phryne	toad	greek	Girl	Rare
Phyllis	foliage	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Pluto	wealth	greek	Boy	Rare
Pollux	crown	greek	Boy	Rare
Ptolemy	warlike	greek	Boy	Rare
Roxana	dawn	persian, greek	Girl	Moderate
Sandra	defender of man	greek, italian	Girl	Popular
Sapphira	sapphire	greek, hebrew	Girl	Rare
Sebastian	venerable	greek, latin	Boy	Very popular
Selena	moon goddess	greek	Girl	Popular
Selene	moon	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Selina	moon goddess	greek	Girl	Moderate
Silas	wood, forest	greek, latin	Boy	Popular
Silo	quiet, tranquil	greek	Boy	Rare
Sirius	glowing	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Socrates	whole power	greek	Boy	Rare
Solon	wise one	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Sophia	wisdom	greek	Girl	Very popular
Sophie	wisdom	french, greek	Girl	Popular
Spartacus	from Sparta	greek	Boy	Rare
Stephanie	crown	greek	Girl	Popular
Stephen	crown	greek	Boy	Popular
Steven	crown or garland	english, greek	Boy	Popular
Sybil	prophetess	greek, english	Girl	Rare
Téa	goddess	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Teo	gift of God	spanish, italian, greek	Boy	Moderate
Teresa	harvester	greek	Girl	Moderate
Thaddeus	courageous heart	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Thais	bandage	greek	Girl	Rare
Thalassa	sea	greek	Girl	Rare
Thalia	to blossom	greek	Girl	Moderate
Thea	goddess	greek	Girl	Moderate
Theia	goddess	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Thelma	will, volition	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Thelonious	lord	greek	Boy	Rare
Theo	gift of God	greek	Boy	Popular
Théo	gift of God	french, greek	Boy	Moderate
Theodora	gift of God	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Theodore	gift of God	greek	Boy	Popular
Theodosia	giving to God	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Theon	godly	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Theresa	to harvest	greek	Girl	Moderate
Theron	hunter	greek	Boy	Rare
Thessaly	a region in Greece	greek	Girl	Rare
Thisbe	unknown	greek	Girl	Rare
Tia	goddess, aunt	greek, spanish	Girl	Moderate
Tiana	princess	greek	Girl	Popular
Tiffany	manifestation of God	greek	Girl	Moderate
Timo	honoring God	greek, german	Boy	Moderate
Timon	honor	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Timothée	honoring God	french, greek	Boy	Moderate
Timothy	honoring God	greek, english	Boy	Popular
Tina	follower of Christ	english, greek	Girl	Popular
Toula	light	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Tsireya	princess	greek	Girl	Rare
Tycho	hitting the mark	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Ulysses	wrathful	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Xander	defender of the people	greek	Boy	Popular
Xanthe	golden	greek	Girl	Rare
Xenia	hospitality	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Xerxes	ruler over heroes	greek, persian	Boy	Rare
Yanis	God is gracious	greek, hebrew	Boy	Moderate
Zale	sea strength	greek	Boy	Rare
Zander	defender of men	english, greek	Boy	Popular
Zeno	gift of Zeus	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Zenon	of Zeus	greek	Boy	Rare
Zephyr	west wind	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Zephyra	west wind	greek	Girl	Rare
Zephyrine	west wind	greek	Boy	Rare
Zephyrion	gentle breeze	greek	Boy	Rare
Zephyrus	west wind	greek	Boy	Rare
Zoe	life	greek	Girl	Very popular
Zoey	life	greek	Unisex	Popular
Zoya	life	russian, greek	Girl	Uncommon

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the most popular Greek baby names?

Internationally, Alexander, Theodore, Penelope, Sophia, Nicholas and Athena are among the most widely used Greek names. In Greece itself, Georgios, Dimitrios, Maria and Eleni remain traditional favourites.

Do Greek names have mythological connections?

Many do. Athena (goddess of wisdom), Apollo (god of light), Artemis (goddess of the hunt) and Hera (queen of the gods) are all used as given names. But many Greek names are non-mythological too.

Are Greek names easy to use in English?

Most are, especially the internationally common ones. Alexander, Sophia, Theodore and Helen are all Greek names that English speakers use without a second thought.