315+ Greek Boy Names (with Meanings)

  1. Phyllon
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "leaf"
    • Description:

      Phyllon, the male version of Phyllis (which gives you a clue to its pronunciation), was introduced as a baby name by Dutch model Doutzen Kroes and her husband DJ Sunnery James. Phyllon is one of those nature names that hides its true, well, nature.
  2. Flavian
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "yellow hair"
    • Description:

      A Latin clan name that may rise again along with other things Roman.
  3. Abacus
    • Origin:

      Greek word name
    • Description:

      A mathematical possibility, but the odds are against it.
  4. Alvertos
    • Balthasar
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "God protects the king"
      • Description:

        Balthasar was one of the biblical Three Kings who visited the infant Jesus, also used by Shakespeare and in the oil-rich Getty family; offbeat and intriguing. Balthazar is another, equally appropriate spelling.
    • Narcissus
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "daffodil"
      • Description:

        Mythological young man who fell in love with his own image: the first narcissist.
    • Xanthos
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "golden-haired"
      • Description:

        This alternate name for Apollo has a noble sound and can always be shortened to Xan.
    • Nereus
      • Origin:

        Greek mythology name
      • Meaning:

        "water"
      • Description:

        The name of the father of the sea nymphs -- or one of its shorter forms such as Nereo or Nerio -- would be somewhat easier for a child to carry than Neptune. The name Nereus is largely forgotten but it certainly could rise again along with Atticus and Cassius and other ancient Greek brethren.
    • Pluto
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "rich"
      • Description:

        The Roman god of the underworld, the former ninth planet, a cartoon dog...but not a baby.
    • Cleon
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "glorious, renowned"
      • Description:

        Rare and distinctive name with intimations of antiquity, also a Shakespearean character.
    • Tim
      • Origin:

        Greek, diminutive of Timothy
      • Description:

        Tim is a boyish short form very rarely given on its own.
    • Jeno
      • Orestes
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "from the mountain"
        • Description:

          A figure in Greek drama who murdered his mother makes for an unconventional choice for a baby name, but it has appeared on the US extended list several dozen times since records began.
      • Augustin
        • Origin:

          Greek variation of August
        • Description:

          This form and its German variant Augusten are moving up fast as the preferred long forms of the trendy Gus.
      • Collins
        • Origin:

          Surname derived from Nicholas or Colin
        • Description:

          Though Collins makes the Top 1000 for girls, it sounds strong and handsome for boys too, kind of like the newly-stylish Brooks. The final s updates it from the 80s-ish Colin or the Twilightish Cullen. Might make an innovative honorific for a grandpa Nick.
      • Phillip
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "lover of horses"
        • Description:

          Spelling variation of Philip. Exactly as many baby boys were named with the single 'l' spelling in 2017.
      • Erastus
        • Origin:

          Latinized form of Greek Erastos
        • Meaning:

          "beloved"
        • Description:

          The Biblical Erastus was an assistant of Paul's in the New Testament. A name used in the 19th century that has fall off the scope, but may be revived as parents dig deeper for undiscovered Biblical choices.
      • Aesop
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Description:

          There once was a moralizing fabulist who tried to make it as a baby name...and failed.
      • Nikolas
        • Origin:

          Variation of Nicholas
        • Description:

          Nikolas is a sleek and international spelling of this longtime favorite, chosen by parents who might like the Nik or Niko short form.
      • Hercules
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "glory of Hera"
        • Description:

          Any boy with this name, a synonym for power via the Greek mythology figure, better be strong of body, and of psyche.