315+ Greek Boy Names (with Meanings)

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.

A Latin clan name that may rise again along with other things Roman.

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.

A mathematical possibility, but the odds are against it.

Rare and distinctive name with intimations of antiquity, also a Shakespearean character.

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

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

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

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 can rise again along with Atticus and Cassius and other ancient Greek brethren.

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.

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

Tim is a boyish short form very rarely given on its own.

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.

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

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

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.

A name that conjures up billionaire shipping magnates like, for instance, Stavros Niarcos.

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