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Afroditi (name) Agariste; Agnes (name) Alexandra; Alexia (given name) Aliki (name) Alina; Amalia (given name) Amaryllis (given name) Anastasia; Angeliki; Angelina (given name) Anna (name) Antonia (name) Arete (disambiguation) Ariadne (given name) Athena (given name)
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.
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.
Zoe, Zoey, Zoie, Zoi, Zoé or Zoë (Greek: ζωή) is a female first name of Greek origin, meaning "life". It is a popular name for girls in many countries, ranking among the top 100 names for girls born in the United States since 2000. [1]
Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace". Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana , Anne , originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for ...
The Greek name descends from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-, [citation needed] meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship', from which also the Vedic term yajña originates. The name is mostly used in Greece and in countries that speak Germanic languages. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, a fact
The name Anastasia originated during the early days of Christianity and was given to many Greek girls born in December and around Easter. [1] It was established as the female form (Greek: Ἀναστασία) of the male name Anastasius (Greek: Ἀναστάσιος Anastasios pronounced [anaˈstasi.os]), [2] and has the meaning of "she/he of the resurrection".
Alexandra (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρα) [a] is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander ( Ancient Greek : Ἀλέξανδρος , Aléxandros ). [ 1 ]