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Greek Names

Greek names are the most transparent group here: a large share are compounds whose parts still mean something, so the name says what it says. That transparency is also why Greek meanings are the most confidently mistranslated on the wider internet — a compound is easy to take apart and easy to take apart wrongly.

Languages behind these names Greek uncertain Ancient Greek via Latin via French

Rankings for

349 names, most popular first in United States

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Alex Alex is a name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind."
Boy Greek #232 in US
Maisie Maisie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl."
Girl Greek #233 in US
Arianna Arianna is a girl's name, the Italian form of Ariadne, from a Greek name meaning most holy.
Girl Greek #234 in US
Andrea Andrea is a name meaning "manly" or "brave," from the Greek aner.
Girl Greek #235 in US
Alexandra Alexandra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," and it appears as a title of the goddess Hera before it was ever a personal name.
Girl Greek #238 in US
Adonis Adonis is a boy's name of Greek origin borrowed from a Semitic word for lord.
Boy Greek #241 in US
Kyrie Kyrie is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "lord".
Unisex Greek #244 in US
Xander Xander is a boy's name, a short form of Alexander meaning defender of men.
Boy Greek #259 in US
Ophelia Ophelia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "help" or "benefit."
Girl Greek #264 in US
Elaina Elaina is a girl's name of Greek origin, a variant of Helen.
Girl Greek #267 in US
Selena Selena means the moon, and its curve has a shape we see nowhere else — American births went 918 in 1994 to 3,840 in 1995, the year Selena Quintanilla was killed on 31 March, then fell back to 2,296 the next year.
Girl Greek #268 in US
Steven Steven is a boy's name from the Greek for crown or garland, and the phonetic respelling of Stephen.
Boy Greek #271 in US
Harmony Harmony began as a carpentry term — the Greek harmonia is a fitting-together, from harmos, a joint, so the word described how timbers met long before it described how notes sound.
Girl Greek #276 in US
Azalea Azalea is a girl's name taken from the flowering shrub, whose botanical name comes from the Greek azaleos, meaning dry.
Girl Greek #278 in US
Lena Lena is a girl's name used as a short form of Helena, Magdalena and Elena, so it usually carries the sense "light" or "torch."
Girl Greek #279 in US
Ares Ares is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the god of war.
Boy Greek #290 in US
Maggie Maggie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl."
Girl Greek #294 in US
Tessa Tessa is a girl's name that grew out of Theresa and is now used independently.
Girl Greek #311 in US
Catherine Catherine is a girl's name of Greek origin whose meaning is genuinely unknown — the familiar reading of pure is a later reshaping, not the original sense.
Girl Greek #314 in US
Niko Niko is a boy's name of Greek origin, a short form of Nikolaos meaning "victory of the people".
Boy Greek #325 in US
Alessia Alessia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender".
Girl Greek #326 in US
Phoenix Phoenix meant several things at once in Greek — the bird, the color purple-red, the date palm and a Phoenician — and the word cannot be reduced to any one of them without discarding the others.
Unisex Greek #329 in US
Orion Orion is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the mythological hunter and the constellation named for him.
Boy Greek #334 in US
Thea Thea is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "goddess."
Girl Greek #353 in US
Helena Helena is a girl's name of Greek origin whose meaning is unresolved, and its saint is credited with finding the True Cross.
Girl Greek #363 in US
Onyx Onyx is a unisex name taken from the banded black stone, whose Greek name onyx means "fingernail" or "claw".
Unisex Greek #365 in US
Stephen Stephen is a boy's name from the Greek for crown or garland, borne by the first Christian martyr.
Boy Greek #383 in US
Zander Zander is a boy's name of Greek origin, a short form of Alexander meaning "defender of men".
Boy Greek #396 in US
Melany Melany is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "black" or "dark".
Girl Greek #398 in US
Angela Angela is a girl's name from the Greek for messenger, the word that also gives us angel.
Girl Greek #408 in US
Hector Hector is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "holding fast," borne by the Trojan prince who is the most sympathetic figure in the Iliad.
Boy Greek #409 in US
Melissa Melissa is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bee," and it was the title of the priestesses who served Demeter.
Girl Greek #420 in US
Dorothy Dorothy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God."
Girl Greek #421 in US
Maia Maia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "mother" or "nurse."
Girl Greek #433 in US
Lyra Lyra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "lyre," the stringed instrument of classical antiquity.
Girl Greek #435 in US
Apollo Apollo is a boy's name of Greek origin naming the god of light, music, prophecy and healing.
Boy Greek #446 in US
Calliope Calliope is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "beautiful-voiced".
Girl Greek #451 in US
Alyssa Alyssa is a girl's name from the flower alyssum, whose Greek name means without madness — the plant was believed to cure rabies.
Girl Greek #453 in US
Helen Helen is a girl's name from Greek whose meaning is not settled, though torch and shining are the usual readings.
Girl Greek #461 in US
Alexandria Alexandria is the city before it is the name — Alexander founded it in 331 BC, and the feminine given name was formed from the place rather than directly from Alexandra, which took a different route.
Girl Greek #474 in US
Kora Peaked in 2022 · 10,400 births since 1942
Girl Greek #492 in US
Damon Damon means one who tames, and the story attached to it is about friendship — Damon and Pythias each offered to die in the other's place, which persuaded a tyrant to release them both.
Boy Greek #501 in US
Alexis Alexis is a Greek name meaning helper or defender, and it is genuinely split by country: a boys' name in France, where it ranks 256th, and majority female in the United States.
Unisex Greek #513 in US
Philip Philip is a boy's name from Greek elements meaning lover of horses.
Boy Greek #527 in US
Nellie Nellie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "shining light."
Girl Greek #533 in US
Dorian Dorian names a Greek people rather than a quality, and Oscar Wilde put it into use — The Picture of Dorian Gray appeared in 1890 and the name has never been separable from it since.
Boy Greek #539 in US
Stephanie Stephanie is a girl's name from the Greek for crown or garland, the feminine of Stephen.
Girl Greek #557 in US
Cleo Cleo is a name of Greek origin meaning "glory" or "fame."
Unisex Greek #577 in US

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