Greek Boy Names...

[melissaintlouis]

Hi Berries! I'm in a bit of a pickle. A friend needs male Greek names that don't start with an s, and don't end with an -s or -r. That eliminates nearly all of them. Can you think of any that fit the bill? All I can come up with are Calix/Calyx, Galen, Orion, Apollo...are there any more? Thanks!

[lcmpdx]

How about Zephyr?

EDIT: Sorry, just saw that it can't end in R either. I'll get back to you!

Ok, here are a few - some of these are Greek variants of Hebrew names - but I found them on a Greek name list:

Aeton
Aison
Aither
Alexio
Bion
Chariton
Damon
Drakon
Ephraim
Kheiron
Myron

[ashthedreamer]

Hmm, what about:

Acheron
Adrian
Ajax
Ambrose (does this work? It doesn't end with an "S", but it ends in an "S" sound...)
Anatoli
Bastian
Calisto
George
Dorian
Cyrano
Pirro
Pollux
Stefan
Luke
Theron
Neo
Zenobio
Perrin
Papandrou

I'm not sure how many of these are truly Greek--I found them all on a Greek name site. I like Acheron and Cyrano, personally.

Good luck!

[econo]

Cyril
Nathanail
Panteleimon
Emmanuel
Daniel
Ilarion
Constantine
Gabriel
Samuel
Raphael

I got these off of a list of Greek Orthodox patriarchs and bishops

[dantea]

Well i'm Greek so I'm sure I can help you! If you need to know how to pronounce something or what any of these means (in case Nameberry doesn't have it) just ask.

Acacio
Ambrose
Anatole
Andrew
Apelio
Arion
Aristotle
Atalo
Athan
Auxano
Avel
Calimaco
Calinico
Calisto
Cerano
Chrysander -- I know you said no R ending, but I love this and want it to be used!
Cleon
Cyrano
Cyril
Damario
Demetri -- form of Demetrius which means love of the earth
Doran
Dorian
Estraton
Eterio
Galen
Halcyon
Helio
Isidore
Jason
Karsten
Konstantine
Morfeo
Myron
Nemo
Nicandro
Odell
Orfeo
Pello
Pepin
Perseo
Philart
Pirro
Pollux
Proteo
Tanek
Teon
Theron
Timon
Tybalt
Zale
Zeno

[jotadito]

To get technical on you, the reason most/all Greek male names end in "s" is because they are male nominative singulars- in English we got rid of most of our case endings back between Middle English and Modern English. So while a Greek name might technically be Vasillis, for example, everyone will call him Vasilli. Ditto many of the names that others have mentioned. So it really comes down to whether your friend wants a name derived from the Greek (Constantine, Dimitri, etc) or the actual Greek version (Constantinos, Dimitrios). HTH! By the way, my favorite Greek male names are Apollo (actual Greek Apollos), Adonis, Orion, Odysseus, Stratos, and Theron. A Greek friend, looking for a Greek name that he thought would work in the US, named his child Xenon.

[lori johnson]

Ambrose / Andrew / Anstice / Apollo / Aristotle / Astro / Calix / Cyril / Damian / Damon / Dorian / Eustace / Flavian / Galen / George / Gregory / Gryphon / Indigo / Jason / Luke / Philemon / Philip / Thad / Theodore / Theron / Timothy / Triton / Troy

Source: Babynames.com

[melissaintlouis]

Thanks for the help everyone. She hasn't responded to my suggestions...now I'm kind of scared. Haha.