Greek baby names

A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton

The English form of Dorothea, the name of a legendary saint, from Δωροθέα, from t=gift + t=god

From Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark

from Κυνθία, feminine of Κύνθιος

Feminine form of Church Angelus, from ἄγγελος

from Αἰκατερίνη, Ἑκατερίνη, of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος, or from the name of the goddess Hecate

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Chrīstiāna

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew

The Spanish and Italian form of Theresa

Wisdom

First used in Spain, supposedly derived from Thēra, from Θήρᾱ, name of a city in Santorini, Greece

Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax

The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him

Bright, shining one

Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ἑλένη; also used as a variant of Eleanor or a feminine counterpart to Elliot

Variant of Margery, a medieval vernacular form of Margaret

From Mélanie, from Melania, the name of two Roman fifth century saints, from μέλας

Young green shoot; blooming

From the - form of Berenice, from Φερενίκη

A spelling variant of Kristin, from Christina, fairly popular in the latter half of the twentieth century

A woman converted by St

A variation of Christine, of mostly American use

Wisdom

A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba

thumb|Location of Georgia A borrowing from Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from گرج (with influence from t=Saint George, alluding to the saint's popularity in the country), from 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭

Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the - epithet Κόρη for Περσεφόνη

Flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean

A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina

Illusion; water; good mother

Life

A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century

Famed for its ancient library and lighthouse

Weaver; duck

Beginning, origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A spelling variant of Christa, a modern short form of Christina, partly borrowed from Christa

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Either a variant of Selina, from Caelīna, or from Selene, the - goddess of the moon

A name of Ancient Greek origin

From the name of a 4th-century martyr,, from ἀνάστασις

From the - equivalent of Corinna, from κόρη

Goddess of wisdom and war

A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia

Borrowed from the - and Margarita

From Δηλίᾱ, epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

From - and Greta, a contraction of Margareta

Borrowed from Ofelia, coined by the poet in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the ὠφέλειᾰ

(rather rare in English)

An obscure goddess who was the personification of truth

A name of Ancient Greek origin

The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry

A feminine form of Peter, identical with Late Latin petra; came into regular use in the 19th century

Most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium

A medieval literate form of the female name Christian

From Filumena, from Φιλουμένη

Notably of ancient queens of Egypt

Borrowed from Agatha, from Ἀγαθή, from ἀγαθός

A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Short form of names ending in -rina, such as Katrina, Marina and Larina

The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Home of the ancient Olympic Games

Possibly a variant of Xenia, from Xenia, from ξενία, the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from t=foreign, strange

From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Xenia, from ξενία

A name of Latin/Ancient Greek origin

A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form

Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes

A short form of Alexa or Alexandra

Christ-bearer

Also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e)

Manly, strong, courageous

Steven, from Estievne, Estievene, from Stephanus, from Στέφανος, from στέφανος, from στέφω

Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy

From the Ἰάσων, from ἰάομαι

From Nicholas, from Nicholas, from Nīcolāus, from Νικόλαος

The first Christian martyr

Borrowed from Alexander, from Ἀλέξανδρος, from ἀλέξω +, the stem of ἀνήρ

From Denis, from - saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, a masculine name literally meaning “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”

From Peter, from Petrus, from Petrus, from Πέτρος, from t=stone, rock

Follower of Christ

One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons

Light; from Lucania

Gift of God

from Ἀλέξανδρος 'he who wards off men', i

Venerable; from Sebaste, a town in Asia Minor

Ultimately from Leo and leo, from Λέων and λέων, likely ultimately from a non-Indo-European language

Diminutive of Coll, a medieval short form of Nicholas

The Lord is my God

From Hectōr or Ἕκτωρ, from ἕκτωρ, from ἔχω, from seǵʰ-

From the - name Δαμιανός which was derived from δαμάω (see δαμάζω)

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

From Δημήτριος; from Δή, an early form of t=earth + t=mother

Short form of Theodore, or of the rare given names Theobald, Theophilus or Theodoric, or of Theodora

A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis

A mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis

Borrowed from Δίων

An old and wise king in Homer's Iliad

From the Latin form of Andrew

The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned

A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dragon