Greek Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

Intriguing and unusual.

Kostas makes the ancient emperor's name more approachable.

Musical, with a buoyant beat.

A common Greek nickname, coming from the affectionate -akis suffix. Most often used as a nickname for Stamatios (from the affectionate nickname Stamatakis) or Panagiotis (from Panagiotakis), but it can work for many more Greek boy names.

Original form of the more familiar Calliope, the muse of epic poetry.

Typhaine (sometimes spelled Tiphaine) is an extremely rare girls name used occasionally in France, Switzerland and Jersey. The name derives from the Greek root words for epiphany. Typhaine might be considered an alternative to the tired Tiffany.

Queen Hecuba was the legendary queen of King Priam of Troy, mother of Hector, Paris, Cassandra and others. Euripedes' tragedy Hecuba depicts Hecuba's grief over the death of her daughter Polyxena, and the revenge she takes for the murder of her youngest son Polydorus.

This name was used by Shakespeare (who got it from Plutarch) in Antony and Cleopatra for one of the attendants of the Egyptian queen. An interesting possibility, it is heard occasionally in the UK, even less frequently in the US.

Sure to give a complex.

Flower name that sounds a bit too much like a disease.

Eustacia, the ancestor of mid-century fave Stacy, is just the kind of fusty old relic that might be polished up for modern use. Eustacia Vye is the central character of Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native.

Also written as Philemon, this New Testament character was a recipient of Paul's epistles.

An Early American name undoubtedly related to the Greek mythological name Electra, the version we prefer.

Anthea would be simpler and prettier, though Panthea has possibilities.