Greek Baby Names

Greek Baby Name Meaning

Acacia - thorny, naive
Acantha - thorny
Achilles - without lips, brown, dark
Achlys - mist, darknesss
Adara - beauty, virgin
Adelphos - brother
Ademia - without husband
Adonia - beautiful
Adonis - man loved by aphrodite, handsome
Adrastos - undaunted
Adrian - rich, wealthy, dark one
Aeneas - worthy of praise
Aetos - eagle
Agape - love of the next
Agatha - good, kind
Agatone - good, kind
Aglaia - wisdom, glory
Agneta - pure
Aileen - light, green meadow
Airlia - ethereal
Ajax - Eagle
Alala - war goddess
Alcander - strong
Alcina - strongminded
Aldora - Winged Gift
Alena - pretty, light
Alethea - truthful one
Alexander - protector of mankind
Alexandra - Helper of Mankind
Alice - noble, truth
Alida - beautiful dressed, small winged one
Altair - bird, star
Althea - healer, wholesome
Alysa - princess
Alysia - Captivating
Alyssa - logical
Amaryllis - Fresh, Sparkling
Ambrose - immortal
Ambrosine - Immortal
Amethyst - a precious stone
Anastasia - resurrection
Anatole - from the East
Andreus - son of river peneius
Andrew - manly, valiant, courageous
Andromeda - beautiful maiden rescued by perseus
Anemone - breath, windflower
Angela - heavenly messenger
Angell - Messenger
Angelo - heavenly messenger
Anieli - manly
Anker - manly
Anteia - wife of sea-god proteus
Anthea - lady of flowers
Aphrodite - Goddess of Love
Apolline - sunshine, warmth and strength
Apollo - Manly Beauty
Ares - god of war
Aretha - the best, nymph
Aretina - virtous
Argus - bright, watchful
Ariadne - melody, very holy one
Aricia - princess of the royal blood of Athens
Arion - musician
Aristo - best
Arsen - strong
Arsenio - manly, virile
Artemis - moon
Artemisia - belonging to artemis
Asia - East
Aspasia - welcomed
Astra - like a star
Astrid - star, super strength, divine strength
Athan - immortal
Athena - goddess of wisdom
Attis - handsome boy
Aure - breeze, soft-air
Axelia - protector of mankind
Barbara - foreign, strange, exotic, mysterious
Barbra, Bobbie - Strange
Basha - daughter of God, stranger
Basil - royal, brave
Bastiaan - venerable
Battista - The Baptizer
Belen - an arrow
Bellanca - stronghold
Bemus - platform
Bernice - bringer of victory
Calandra - lark
Calantha - beautiful blossoms
Calista - most beautiful
Calisto - most beautiful
Callia - beautiful
Callidora - gift of beauty
Calliope - beautiful voice
Calypso - concealor
Canace - child of the wind
Candace - white-hot, glowing, glittering
Cassandra - prophet of doom
Cassia - champion
Casta - purity
Castalia - wife of king Delphus
Catherine - pure
Celandia - the swallow
Charis - charity
Charisma - grace
Charissa - grace
Charmian - a little joy
Cherise - grace
Chloe - blooming
Christian - annointed, follows Christ
Christina - annointed, follows Christ
Christopher - Christ-bearer
Christos - Christ
Chruse - golden, the golden one
Circe - witch-goddess, seductive
Cliantha - flower of glory
Clio - praise, muse of history
Colette - victory of the people
Colin - youth, child, victor
Cora - maiden
Coral, Cora - Small Stone
Corban - a gift devoted to God
Cosmo - order, universe
Cressida - gold
Cynara - thistle
Cynthia - moon, Greek god
Cyrano - from cyrene
Cyrene - name of a mythological nymph
Cyril - lordly, proud
Cyrilla - lordly, proud
Damalis - one who gentles
Damara - gentle girl
Damaris - heifer
Damen - taming
Damian - tamer, divine power, fate
Damon - constant, day
Daphne - laurel, bay tree, victory
Dasha - gift of god
Deacon - servent, messenger
Deianira - wife of heracles
Delbin - dolphin, flower name
Delia - visible from delos
Delphine - calmness
Demetria - Goddess of Harvest
Demetrius - lover of the earth, given to the Earth goddess
Denes - wine, drama
Denise - of dionysus
Deo - godlike
Desdemona - ill-fated one, misery
Dianthe - divine flower
Dion - Short for Dionysus
Dione - Mother of Aphrodite
Dionne - divine queen
Dora - gift
Doria - place name
Dorian - place name
Dorinda - gift of god, beautiful one
Doris - a dorian woman, of the sea
Dorota - God's gift
Dorothy - a gift of god
Dreama - joyous music
Drew - sturdy, vision
Drucilla - Dewey Eyes
Dymas - father of hecate
Dyna - powerful
Dysis - sunset
Ebony - dark beauty, a hard wood
Echo - a nymph, repeated voice
Efterpi - pretty in face
Eileen - Light
Eirene - peace
Eldoris - Of the Sea
Eleanor - light, mercy
Electra - bright, the shining one
Elektra - Bright Light
Eleni - light or torch
Elina - pure, intelligent
Elissa - queen of carthage
Elma - Amiable
Elodie - marshy, white blossom
Eranthe - spring flower
Erasma - amiable
Erasmus - Amiable
Erianthe - sweet as many flowers
Eryx - son of Aphrodite and Poseidon
Eudocia - esteemed
Eudor - good gift
Eudora - Delightful Gift
Eugene - born lucky
Eugenia - born lucky
Eulalia - fair of speech
Eunice - victorious
Euphemia - Of Fair Fame
Euphrosyne - joy
Eustace - fruitful
Evadine - from greek mythology
Evadne - a water-nymph
Evan - young warrior, well-born
Evander - early founder of rome, benevolent ruler
Evangelia - one who brings good news
Evangelina - Angel
Evangeline - like an angel
Evanthe - flower
Fedora - Divine Gift
Gaea - Goddess of the Earth
Galatea - milk-white
Gelasia - predisposed to laughter
George - farmer, to work the earth
Georgette - Feminine of George
Georgia - farmer, to work the earth
Georgia, Georgiana - Feminine of George
Giles - Bearer of Shield
Graeae - gray ones
Gredel - A Pearl
Haidee - modest
Hali - sea; necklace, place name
Hallie - thinking of the sea
Helen - bright one, torchlight
Helen, Helena - Light
Hera - Queen of the Gods
Hesper - evening star
Homer - promise
Hyacinth - hyacinth flower
Hypatia - highest
Ianthe - violet-colored flower
Idola - idolized
Iona - flower name, purple jewel
Irene - peace
Iris - rainbow, a play of colours
Isadora - gift of the moon
Isaura - soft air
Ivy - ivy plant, a wine
Jacinda - beautiful
Jacinta - Lovely
Jacinthe - hyacinth
Jeno - heaven, well-born
Juliun, Julius - Colored Hair
Kaethe - pure
Kaia - earth
Kairos - goddess from Jupiter
Kalika - rosebud
Kalonice - beauty's victory
Kara - pure
Karen, Karena - Pure One
Karissa - love, grace
Karsten - blessed, anointed one
Kassia - Pure
Kate - Pure
Katherine - pure
Katherine, Kathy, Kathleen - Pure
Kineta - active one
Kirsten - christian; stone church
Kit - The Christ-Bearer
Kolina - pure
Koren - maiden
Kozma - decoration
Krischnan - christian
Kynthia - born under the sign of cancer
Lander - property owner; lion man
Laria - the sars are mine
Larissa - name of a city, mythical woman; cheerful one
Layna - light, truth
Leah - cow, weary one; glad tidings; mistress, ruler
Leander - lion man
Leandra - lion woman
Leonidas - one who is bold as a lion
Leonora - Light
Letha - forgetful, oblivion
Lilah - The Lily
Lillian, Lil, Lily - A Lily
Litsa - one who brings good news
Livana - goddess
Lotus - freamlike, lotus flower
Lydia - woman from Persia, beauty
Lykaios - wolfish, of a wolf, wolf-like
Lyris - player of the lyre
Lysander - liberator, emancipation
Lysandra - liberator, emancipation
Macaria - daughter of Hercules and Deianara
Madge - A Pearl
Maeve - goddess; a purple flower
Maggie - A Pearl
Maia - nurse, mother, goddess of spring; great
Malva - Soft
Mariam - wife of Herod
Marigold - a flower
Marilee - bitterness
Marmara - radiant
Medea - ruling; middle child
Megan - mighty, strong able, pearl
Megara - wife of Hercules
Melanctha - black flower
Melancton - black flower
Melanie - dressed in black, dark
Melba - slender, soft; mallow flower
Melia - nymph daugher of Oceanus
Melinda - gentle one
Melissa - bee, honey
Melita - Honey Sweet
Melody - song
Minerva - power; thinker
Minta - mint
Moses - saved; child; taken from water
Muriel - myrrh; sea-bright; angel of June
Myles - inventor of the corn mill
Myron - sweet oil
Myrtle - a flower, symbol of victory
Naia - flowing
Naida - water nymph
Napoleon - lion of the woods; from the city of Naples
Narcissa - self-love
Narella - bright one
Nell - Light
Nellie - the bright one
Neo - new
Neola - youthful
Neoma - new moon
Nerin - a nereid, one from the sea
Nerita - Of the Sea
Nessa, Nessia - Pure
Nestor - traveler, wisdom
Neysa - pure
Nicholas - victorious people
Nicia - victorious army
Nicodemus - victory of the people
Nicole - victorious people
Nicolette, Nicole - People's Victory
Nike - victory
Niobe - fern
Nora - the bright one; honor, light
Nyx - night
Obelia - pillar of strength
Obelix - pillar of strength
Odelette - Little Song
Odell - little wealthy one; ode; otter
Odessa - odyssey, journey, voyage
Odysseus - full of wrath
Olympia - of Mount Olympus, heavenly
Omega - great
Ophira - gold
Orrin - mountain
Otis - acute; wealthy
Owen - warrior; well born
Pamela - honeyed
Pandora - talented one
Panos - a rock
Panthea - of all the Gods
Paris - city name; name of a God
Peder - stone
Pedro - A Rock
Pegeen - a pearl
Peggy, Peg - A Pearl
Pelagia - from the sea
Penelope - weaver
Penthea - fifth, moruner
Peony - flower name
Persephone - goddess of the underworld
Persis - Woman from Persia
Petrina - A Rock
Phedra - shining one
Philadelphia - brotherly love
Philana - adoring
Philander - Lover of Mankind
Philip - horse lover
Philippa - horse lover
Philomena - song lover, friend, lover of the moon
Phineas - oracle; dark-skinned
Phoebe - bright one
Phoena - mystical bird, purple
Phoenix - mystical bird, purple
Phyllis - leafy branch, dear
Platon - broad-shouldered
Psyche - the soul
Pyrena - fiery
Pythia - prophet
Quant - Means how much?
Quinn - wise, queen, fifth born
Raissa - thinker; rose
Rena - peace; joyous song
Rhea - stream, mother; poppy
Rhoda - rose
Rhodanthe - flower of the rose bush
Rhodes - dweller by the crosses; roses
Rita - pearl, precious
Saba - woman of Sheba
Sandra - Helper of Mankind
Sandrine - helper and defender of mankind
Sapphira - blue jewel
Seema - symbol
Selena - moon
Selene, Selena - The Moon
Sibley - prophetess
Sibyl, Sybil - Wise or Prophetic
Sirena - siren
Sofronio - self-controlled
Sophie - wisdom
Sophronia - foresighted
Soterios - saviour
Stacia - one who shall rise again
Stefania - crown
Stella - a star
Stephen - crown
Stephen, Stefan - Crown
Stesha - crowned-one
Syna - two together
Tabitha - gazelle, roe-buck
Talia - dew from heaven, blooming, near water
Talos - giant protector of Minos island
Tansy - immortality, flower name
Tarasios - of Tarentum
Taryn - queen
Tekla - divine fame
Terentia - guardian
Teresa, Teri - Harvester Tess - fourth born
Thais - the bond
Thalassa - from the sea
Thalia - blooming, plentiful
Than - death, briliant
Thanos - noble
Thea - goddess, sort
Thelma - nursing
Theodora - gift of God
Theodore - gift of God
Theola - The Divine
Theone - godly
Theophilus - beloved of God
Thera - wild
Theresa - reaper
Theron - hunter
Thisbe - where the doves live
Thomas - twin
Thomasa - twin
Thyra - shield-bearer
Tia - aunt, princess
Tiara - turban, flower name
Tibalt - people's prince
Tienette - crowned with laurel
Timandra - daughter of hero tyndareus
Timeus - perfect
Timoleon - I honor what I say
Timon - worthy
Timothea - honoring God
Timothy - honoring God
Titania - giant
Titian - red-gold
Titus - of the giants
Tressa - Harvester
Tymon - honoring God
Tyrone - king
Urania - heavenly, muse of astronomy
Urian - From Heaven
Uriana - the unknown
Ursa - Form of Ursula
Vanessa - a butterfly
Vara - The Stranger
Vasiliki - basil
Vasilios - with royal blood, regal
Vasilis - Form of Basil
Vesna - Goddess of spring
Voleta - veiled one
Xandra - Form of Zandra
Xandy - protector of man
Xanthe - yellow, fair hair
Xanthus - yellow
Xena - Guest
Xenia - hospitable
Xenophon - Strange Voice
Xenos - stranger
Xylia - wood dweller
Xylina - Of the Woods
Xylon - Forest
Xylona - from the forest
Yalena - Form of Helen
Yanni - Form of John
Yolanda - violet flower, modest
Zale - Sea-Strength
Zander - Form of Alexander
Zandra - defender of mankind
Zanita - long teeth
Zanthe - Form of Xanthe
Zarek - may God protect the king
Zebina - one who is gifted
Zefirino - wind of spring
Zelia - zeal
Zena - alive
Zenaide - one who has devoted his life to God
Zenia - hospitable
Zeno - of Zeus
Zenobia - of Zeus
Zenobio - strength of Jupiter
Zenos - gift of Zeus
Zephyr - wind
Zera - seeds
Zero - seeds
Zeth - investigator, researcher
Zeva - sword
Zinaida - of Zeus
Zoe - life
Zoello - son of Zoe
Zoilo - lively
Zora - golden dawn
Zorba - Live each day
Zosima - lively
Zosimo - lively
Zotico - lively