Gallery X · 800 BC to 146 BC

Ancient Greece

The names of poets, philosophers, heroes and queens.

Greek names were usually built from meaningful parts, such as Sophia (wisdom) or Nikolaos (victory and people). A first son was often named for his paternal grandfather, a custom still common in Greece today.

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.