160 Ancient Greek Baby Names With Meanings

It has always been asserted that the purpose of naming is giving identity to a person. And for the Ancient Greeks, there were not one, or two, but three elements in this identification – the personal or given name, the name of a parent, which is usually the father’s name, and a name that indicates the origin or membership in a particular kinship.

The Ancient Greeks followed the Indo-European norm of giving one personal name. You can find this pattern in Homer’s poems, dated eighth century and Mycenaean texts of the 13th century.

The patronymic or matronymic (which was rare) was required for identifying and legitimizing the baby. Women of Ancient Greece bore standard male names with a feminine ending or suffix. The etiquette of those times required that women must be spoken of as the daughter or wife of someone than by their own names. But on the dedications and gravestones, they had to be referred by their given name. The given name and the patronymic were followed by a name that indicated the origin.

Of the hundreds of thousands of Ancient Greek baby names, MomJunction has selected the best for you in the list below. Take a look!

NAMES	MEANING	GENDER
Agnes	A chaste woman	Girl	Ancient Greek,English,Scandinavian	Greek
Alexander	Defender of Mankind	Boy	Ancient Greek,German,Greek,Icelandic,Medieval English,Scottish,Slavic,Swedish	Greek
Aristotle	Excellent, best thinker; name of a great philosopher	Boy	Ancient Greek,Greek	Greek
Chrysanthe	A golden coloured flowering plant	Girl	Ancient Greek,Greek	Christianity
Euthalia	Flower or Bloom	Girl	Ancient Greek	Greek
Georgius	One who works as a farmer or planter	Boy	Ancient Greek,Greek	Christianity
Heron	heron is long legged bird,Greek inventor known as Heron	Boy	Ancient Greek,Greek	Sikh
Irene	Peace	Girl	Ancient Greek,Indonesian,Italian,Spanish	Greek
Kassandra	Kassandra means She Who Shines and Attracts Men	Girl	Ancient Greek,Greek	Greek,Hindu
Kyros	Kyros name means He who is Far Shighted	Boy	Ancient Greek,Greek	Judaism
Linus	Son of the God Apollo, this is a name from Greek Mythology and means flax	Boy	Ancient Greek,Greek Mythology,Roman	Greek

Melissa	Germanic - Hard Worker; Greek - Honey; Bee; Strong Work; Industrious; Highborn Power; Variant of Melissa	Girl	Ancient Greek,English,German,Greek,Italian	Christianity,Greek
Nikias	Victory	Boy	Ancient Greek	Greek
Olympias	Belongs to the home of Gods	Girl	Ancient Greek,Greek	Judaism
Plato	A man who is broad-shouldered	Boy	Ancient Greek	Greek
Sophia	She who posesses great knoledge and wisdom	Girl	Ancient Greek,British,Canadian,Chamorro,Cornish,Dominican Republic,English,French,German,Greek,Hawaiian,Malay,Norwegian,United States,Welsh	Christianity,Greek
Thales	Greek name, means to flourish	Boy	Ancient Greek,Greek	Christianity
Xanthos	Yellow	Boy	Ancient Greek	Greek
Xenia	Hospitality	Girl	Ancient Greek	Greek
Achaikos	Achaikos is the ancient Greek form of Achaicus. It refers to a region in Greece names Achaia.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Aeropos	Male form of the name Aerope.	Boy	Ancient Greek,Macedonian	Christianity
Aeschylus	Aeschylus originates from the Greek name Aischylos, which means shame.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Aftonio	The literal meaning of aftonio means one who does have any jealousy.	Unisex	Ancient Greek
Agapetos	Agapetos is the original form of Agapito. It means beloved.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Aikaterine	Ancient Greek form of Katerine. It means pure.	Girl	Ancient Greek
Akakios	Akakios is derived from a Greek word meaning innocent or not evil.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Alkaios	Alkaios is Greek form of Alcaeus. It means strength.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Alketas	Strength, a strong man.	Boy	Ancient Greek,Macedonian	Christianity
Alkibiades	Alkibiades is the Greek form of Alcibiades. It means strength or force.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Ampelios	Ampelios is the original Greek form of the name Ampelio. It means vine.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Anakletos	Original Greek form of Anacletus. It means invoked.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Anaxagoras	Anaxagoras is derived from Greek element anax, which means master, or lord and agora, which means assembly, marketplace.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Androkles	Greek form of Androcles. It means glory of man.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Andronikos	Andronikos is a form of Andronicus. It means victory of a man.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Aneka	For the one with God's grace and majestic personality and friendly nature	Girl	Ancient Greek
Aniketos	Original form of Anicetus. It means 'unconquerable'.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Annella	God is gracious one and he has answered the prayers	Girl	Ancient Greek
Annelle	God has answered the prayers	Girl	Ancient Greek
Anneth	Variation of Hannah; a beautiful prayer	Girl	Ancient Greek
Antigonus	The ancient Greek name means against or compared to.	Boy	Ancient Greek
Aristomache	She who is best in the battle.	Girl	Ancient Greek
Arlet	Eagle; name of an east Indian spice	Girl	Ancient Greek,Spanish
Arsenie	Arsenie is a variation of Arsenia and means virile.	Girl	Ancient Greek,Romanian	Christianity
Artjoms	Follower/gift of Artemis. A variant of Artemus.	Boy	Ancient Greek,Latvian	Christianity
Arye	Lion; beautiful individual	Boy	Ancient Greek
Aspasia	Name of the lover Pericles	Girl	Ancient Greek
Asphodel	Name of the flower lily; resembles a flower	Girl	Ancient Greek
Astara	Old Greek star	Girl	Ancient Greek
Aster	An Old Greek name derived from asteri meaning star	Girl	Ancient Greek	Greek
Astraea	A derivative from the Greek language for the star	Girl	Ancient Greek	Greek

160 Ancient Greek Baby Names With Meanings

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