Greek Names

What do the Greek names mean? Where do they come from? Heroes and mythological creatures, saints and martyrs, ancient Greece and Christianity…

Greek Culture is an amalgam of different religions and customs that differentiate throughout its territory, thus, the names of Greek people could not be much different.

Greek Names is a blog that aims at collecting popular or less common names you can find in Greece, giving information about their etymology and origins, plus practical information about Greek Name days – so that you don’t forget to wish to any of the new Greek friends you will be making in your trips to Greece.

The blog will be covering names from the Antiquity till today, with all their diminutives and nicknames; names from the islands, Crete or the mainland, or names commonly used everywhere in Greece.

Check the Greek Names site.