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Pages in category "Greek masculine given names" The following 141 pages are in this category, out of 141 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acamas;
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
The name Marianthi comes from the names Maria which is the name of the Virgin Mary and means Strong, Fertile and from the name Anthi which comes from the Ancient Greek word Anthos which means Flower. In the Church it is heard as two separate names but also as a whole between them.
Charis (Greek: Χάρις) is a given name derived from a Greek word meaning "grace, kindness, and life." It is a unisex name, overwhelmingly used for men in Greece and overwhelmingly used for women elsewhere in the world. In Greek mythology, Charis is one of the Charites (Greek: Χάριτες) or "Graces", goddesses of charm, beauty, nature ...
Greek-language given names (2 C, 4 P) M. Greek masculine given names (141 P) Pages in category "Greek given names" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of ...
In various languages, variants of Heracles's name are used as a male given name, such as Iraklis (Greek: Ηρακλής) in Modern Greek and Irakli (Georgian: ირაკლი, romanized: irak'li) in Georgian. There are many teams around the world that have this name or have Heracles as their symbol.
The name was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the Iliad, the character Paris is known also as Alexander. [8] The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of King Alexander III, commonly known as "Alexander the ...
A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") [1][2] embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity. For example, names embedding Apollo, such as Apollonios or Apollodorus ...