Greek Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

A saint's name, which comes from a Greek root meaning 'Stop!" because it was originally bestowed on a son whose older siblings had not survived, and was given in the sense of "Stop dying."

Slavic twist on a classic.

A twentieth-century Greek saint's name redolent of the beverage of the gods that imparted immortality.

Cindy for the 21st century.

A bit pharmaceutical, not to mention hatlike.

Like Gandy, a rarely heard name (there was a seventies movie called Zandy's Bride) that has a lot more energy and charm than its commoner cousins Andy, Randy, and Sandy.

One way to reference mythology without naming your son after a god.

This name of an ancient Greek historian sounds too long-ago and faraway to consider for a modern child.

Xanthipe, also spelled Xanthippe, is the name of the wife of Socrates. Challenging for English speakers, it's also dramatic and alluring.

In the Zulu and Xhosa languages of Southern Africa, Phila is a unisex name pronounced "PEE-la" and means "to live of life" It's also the feminine version of the ancient Greek name Philo, pronounced "FEE-la", meaning friend or lover and present in several contemporary names and words used throughout the Western World. The name Philip, for instance, means lover of horses, while the city name Philadelphia means "brotherly love" and philosophy means "love of wisdom".

The unusual Parmenia is very occasionally chosen by Latino parents.