Achaikos "from Achaia"
Achilleus "pain" "lipless"
Actaeon "effulgence"
Acteon "love on to another"
Adonis "my lord"
Adrastos "courageous"
Adrastus "courageous"
Aegidios "kid,young goat"
Aesop "hump-backed"
Aether "light/upper air"
Agamemnon "very resolute"
Agapetos "beloved"
Agapios "love"
Agathon "good"
Aias "mourner"
Aineias "praise"
Aiolos "nimble/quickmoving"
Aischylos "shame"
Aison "nimble/quickmoving"
Aisopos "Ethiop"
Akakios "not evil"
Alexandros "defender of
mankind"
Alexio "defender"
Alexios "defender"
Alexis "defender"
Alexius "defender"
Alkaios "strength"
Alkimos "strong"
Alphaios "changing" Apollinaris "destroyer"
Ambrosios "immortal" Apollodoros "gift of Apollo"
Amenophis "he who works Apollon "destroyer"
for Aton"
Apollonios "destroyer"
Ammon "the hidden one"
Apostolis
Ampelios "vine" "apostle/messenger"
Amyntas "defender" Apostolos
"apostle/messenger"
Anakletos "invoked"
Archelaos "master of the
Ananias "compassion of
people"
God"
Archimedes "Master of
Anargyros "Poor"
thought"
Anastasios "resurrection"
Archippos "master of horses"
Anatolios "east" "sunrise"
Ares "ruination"
Anaxagoras "master of
Argos "shining"
speech"
Argyris "silver"
Andonis "invaluable"
Argyros "silver"
Andreas "man" "warrior"
Aristaios "excellence"
Androkles "glory of a man"
Aristarchos "excellence"
Andronikos "victory of a
man/warrior" Aristeides "excellence of
physique"
Angelos "angel/messenger"
Aristokles "excellent glory"
Aniketos "unconquerable"
Aristodemos "excellence of
Annas "compassion of God"
the people"
Antigonos "against the
Ariston "excellence"
ancestor"
Aristophanes "excellence"
Antipatros "against the
"appearing"
father"
Aristoteles "excellence"
Antonios "invaluable"
"purpose"
Anubis "royal child"
Arkadios "of Arcadia = bear"
Aphrodisios "risen from the
Arsenios "virile"
foam"
Artaxerxes "righteous ruler"
Artemidoros "gift of Artemis"
Artemisios "safe" "butcher"
Asclepius "gives well-being'
Asklepiades "gives well-
being"
Asklepios "gives well-being"
Athamus "rich harvest"
Athanas "immortal"
Athanasios "immortal"
Atlas "the one who could not
withstand"
Atreus "fearless"
Azarias "God's help"
Bakchos "to shout"
Barnabas "son of
exhortation"
Bartholomaios "son of
Talmai"
Bion "life"
Cadmus "the east"
Caiaphas "to raise up"
Cambyses "handsome king"
Capaneus "arrogant"
Chaos "primordial
substance"
Charalampos "Shining
Happiness"
Chariton "grace, kindness"
Charon "fierce brightness"
Chrysanthos "golden flower"
Chrysaor "golden sword"
Chryses "golden"
Daidalos "cunning worker"
Damianos "to tame, to
subdue, to kill"
Damokles "glory of the
people"
Damon "to tame, to subdue,
to kill"
Dareios "wealthy"
Deimos "fear, terror"
Demetrios "loves the earth"
Demokritos "judge of the
people"
Demon "the people"
Demosthenes "strength of
the people"
Demostrate "army of the
people"
Deucalion "new wine sailor"
Diabolos "accuser, slanderer"
Dimitrios "loves the earth"
Dimitris "loves the earth"
Dimosthenis "strength of the
people"
Diodoros "Gift of Zeus"
Diodotos "Giver of Zeus"
Diogenes "Born of Zeus"
Diokles "Glory of Zeus"
Diomedes "Cunning as Zeus"
Dionysios "follower of
Dionysos"
Dionysodoros "gift of
Dionysos"
Dionysos "Zeus-Nysa"
Dorieus "Of the Dorian Tribe"
Doros "gift"
Dorotheos "gift of God"
Dorus "gift"
Drakon "dragon"
Efstathios "good stability"
Eirenaios "peaceful"
Eleftherios "the liberator"
Eleutherios "the liberator"
Elias "the Lord is my God"
Elihud "my God has helped"
Eliud "my God has helped"
Elpidios "hope"
Emmanouil "God is with us"
Epaphroditos "loving"
Epiktetos "newly acquired"
Erasmos "to love"
Erebos "darkness"
Eros "sexual love"
Errikos "work-power"
Esaias "God is salvation"
Esdras "help"
Euandros "Good man"
Euristos "well-pleasing"
Euclid "good glory"
Eugenios "well born"
Eukleides "good glory"
Euphemios "well-spoken"
Euphranor "delightful"
Euripides "good swing"
Eusebios "good worship
(pious)"
Eustachys "good harvest"
Eustakhios "good harvest"
Eustathios "good stability"
Euthymios "good spirited"
Eutropios "versatile"
Eutychios "fortunate"
Evangelos "good tidings"
Fotios "light"
Fotis "light"
Gennadios "noble"
Georgios "farmer"
Gerasimos "old age"
Gregorios "watchful, vigilant"
Haemon "bloody"
Haides "unseen"
Haimon "bloody"
Hektor "defend, hold fast"
Heli "ascend"
Heliodoros "gift of the sun"
Helios "sun"
Helladios "Of Greece"
Hellen "Greek"
Hellenas "Greek"
Hephaistos "both feet Hypatos "most high,
crooked" supreme"
Heracles "glory of Hera" Iairos "he shines"
Heraclitus "glory of Herra" Iakchos "to shout"
Herakleides "Hera's little Iason "to heal"
key"
Iduma "red"
Heralkeitos "Glory of Hera"
Iesos "God is Salvation"
Herakles "Glory of Hera"
Iesous "God is Salvation"
Hermes "of the earth"
Ihsoys "God is Salvation"
Hermogenes "Born of
Ikaros "follower"
Hermes"
Ioannes "God is gracious"
Hermokrates "power of
Hermes" Ioannis "God is gracious"
Hermolaos "people of Isidoros "gift of Isis"
Hermes"
Isokrates "equal power"
Herodes "heroes song"
Jonas "dove"
Herodotos "Hero-given"
Josias "God supports"
Hesiod "to send song"
Judas "he who is praised"
Hesiodos "to send song"
Jude "he who is praised"
Hesperos "evening star"
Kadmos "the east"
Hieronymos "Holy name'
Kallias "beauty"
Hilarion "joyful, happy"
Kallikrates "beauty-power"
Hippokrates "horse power"
Kambyses "handsome king"
Hippolytos "Horse-freer"
Kapaneus "arrogant"
Homer "hostage"
Karpos "fruit, profits"
Homeros "hostage"
Kastor "beaver"
Horus "the distant one"
Kephalos "head"
Hyakinthos "hyacinth flower"
Kepheus "gardener"
Hyginos "healthy"
Kerberos "demon of the pit"
Hypatios "supreme"
Khristophoros "Christ
bearer"
Khristos "anointed"
Khthonios "of the
earth/underworld"
Kleisthenes "glorious
strength"
Kleitos "glory"
Konstantinos "steadfast"
Kosmas "beauty, order"
Kosmos "beauty, order"
Kreios "master, ruler"
Kreon "ruler"
Krios "master, ruler"
Kronos "horn"
Kyprianos "from Cyprus"
Kyriakos "of the lord"
Kyros "like the sun"
Lavrentios "of Laurentum"
Lazarus "my God has helped"
Leandros "lion-man"
Lefteris "the liberator"
Leonidas "lion's son"
Linos "A cry of grief"
Loukas "from Lucania"
Lykourgos "wolf-work"
Lysandros "freer, liberator"
Lysimachos "freedom
fighter"
Macedon "the high/tall one"
Makarios "blessed"
Makednos "the high/tall
one"
Makedon "the high/tall one"
Manasses "causing to
forget"
Mathias "gift of God"
Mathaios "gift of God"
Matthias "gift of God"
Matthaios "gift of God"
Menelaos "withstanding the
people"
Mentor "spirit"
Methodios "method"
Metrophanes "mother-
appearing"
Midas
Miltiades "red earth"
Mnason "one who
remembers"
Morpheus "shape"
Myron "myrrh"
Narkissos "numbness, sleep"
Neoptolemos "new war"
Nereus "water"
Nestor "homecoming"
Nicolaos "victory of the
people"
Nikandros "victory of a man"
Nikephoros "bearer of a
victory"
Nikias "victory"
Nikodemos "victory of the
people"
Nikolaos "victory of the
people"
Nikomachos "victory battle"
Nikomedes "victory-scheme"
Nikon "victory"
Nikostratos "victory-army"
Nomiki "relating to the law"
Odysseus "to be angry/to
hate"
Oedipus "sore feet"
Oidipous "sore feet"
Oinone "violet tinted"
Okeanos "ocean"
Olympiodoros "gift of
Olympos"
Olympus "home of the Gods"
Olysseus "to be angry, to
hate"
Onesimos "beneficial"
Onesiphoros "beneficial"
Ophelos "help"
Orestes "of the mountains"
Origen "mountain-born"
Origenes "mountain-born"
Orion "light of heaven"
Orpheus "darkness of night"
Osiris "something that has
been made; a product"
Oulixes "to be angry/to hate"
Oulixeus "to be angry, to
hate"
Ouranos "the heavens"
Paeon "healer"
Paian "healer"
Paion "healer"
Palaemon "far back, long
ago/alone, single"
Pallas "to brandish, to wield
a weapon"
Pamphilos "friend of all"
Pan "herdsman"
Panagiotakis "all-holy"
Panagiotis "all-holy"
Panayiotis "all-holy"
Pankratios "all power"
Panos "all holy"
Pantaleon "all-lion"
Pantheras "All to hunt;
panther"
Paramonimos "constant,
enduring"
Paramonos "constand,
enduring"
Paris "wager"
Patroklos "glory of the
father"
Pavlos "small"
Pegasos "born near the pege
(source of the ocean, spring,
or well)"
Pelagios "the sea"
Perikles "surrounded by
glory"
Perseus "to sack, to destroy"
Phaidros "bright"
Phanes "appear"
Philander "with love for
people"
Philemon "affectionate"
Philippos "lover of horses"
Philokrates "friend-power"
Philomenes "love-strong"
Philon "to love"
Philotheos "friend of God"
Phobos "fear"
Phoibos "shining one"
Phokas "seal"
Photios "light"
Phrixos "the ripple of water
in the wind; the shivering of
skin from fear"
Platon "broad/flat; plateau"
Ploutarchos "source of
wealth"
Plouton "wealth"
Podarge "fleet foot"
Polydeuces "very sweet"
Polydeukes "very sweet"
Polydorus "bears many gifts"
Polykarpos "fruitful"
Porphyrios "purple"
Poseidon "earth-shaker"
Praxis "practice, exercise,
action"
Praxiteles "action, exercise,
practice" "aim, goal"
Priamos "ransomed"
Prochoros "leader of the
dance"
Prokopios "advance,
progress"
Prometheus "foresight"
Proteus "first"
Ptolemy "aggressive,
warlike"
Pyrros "flame-like"
Pythagoras "Python market"
Pythios "to rot"
Seleukos "the conqueror"
Serafeim "burning ones"
Seth "dazzle"
Sethos "dazzle"
Silouanus "from the forest"
Simon "hearkening"
Simonides "flat-nosed type"
Sokrates "sound power"
Solon "wisdom"
Sophokles "skilled-glory"
Sophos "clever, skilled"
Sophronios "self-controlled"
Sosigenes "born safe/sound"
Sotirios "salvation"
Sotiris "salvation"
Spridion "little spirit"
Spiro "spirit"
Spiros "spirit"
Spyridon "spirit"
Spyro "spirit"
Spyros "spirit"
Stamatios "stop"
Stamatis "stop"
Stathis "good stability"
Stavros "crucifixion cross"
Stefanos "crown"
Stelios "pillar"
Stephanos "crown"
Straton "army"
Stylianos "pillar"
Takis "all-holy"
Tarasios "of Tarentum"
Telamon "support"
Telamonian Ajax "son of
Telamon"
Telesphoros "bearing fruit"
Teris "the liberator"
Thaddeus "given of God"
Thales "blossom"
Than "death"
Thanatos "death"
Thanos "immortal" Usiris "something has been
made; a product"
Themistokles "Glory of Law"
Vangelis "good tidings"
Theodoros "gift of God"
Vasilios "king"
Theodosios "God-giving"
Vasilis "king"
Theodotos "God-given"
Vlasis "talks with a lisp"
Theodoulos "God-slave"
Vlassis "talks with a lisp"
Theokritos "God-judge"
Xanthippos "yellow horse"
Theophanes "manifestation
of God" Xanthos "yellow;blonde"
Theophilos "God's friend" Xenocrates "foreign/strange
power"
Theophylaktos "Gods guard"
Xenon "foreigner/stranger"
Therapon
"servant;worshipper" Xenophon "foreign/strange
voice"
Theristis "mowing month"
Xerxes "ruler over heroes"
Theron "hunter"
Yanni "God is gracious"
Theseus "a setting
down/placing" Yannis "God is gracious"
Thoth "he who balances" Yianni "God is gracious"
Thoukydides "glory of God" Yiannis "God is gracious"
Timaios "honor" Yiorgos "earth-
worker/farmer"
Timon "honor"
Yorgos "earth-
Timotheos "to honor God"
worker/farmer"
Titos "white clay;white
Zacchaeus "pure"
earth"
Zacharias "God has
Tobias "God is good"
remembered"
Triton "of the third"
Zebedee "God has given"
Tryphon "delicate, soft"
Zenobios "life of Zeus"
Tychon "hitting the mark"
Zenon "of Zeus"
Urias "God is my light"
Zephyr "west wind"
Zephyros "west wind"
Zeus "God"

Zopyros "glowing"

Zoroaster "one who owns

golden/yellow camels"

Zosimos "likely to
survive/survivor"

Zotikos "full of life"