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Ancient Greek and Roman Names
Any you like, and would you ever use it?
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Cleo
Hera
Athena
Apollon
Artemis - Diana
Hercules
Orestes
Orpheus
Euridicki
Callihroe
Phillipos
Olympiada
Alexandros
Pasifai
Ermis
Afrodite
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Check out my PNL. I love tons and I would use quite a few.

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I'm so glad you asked this! Haha here are my favorites. Some are guilty pleasures. A lot of these I would most likely use as middle names or with nicknames.Boys:
Ariston-Usable. I like it as both a first and middle name.
Caius-Not positive I'd use it, but if I did, it would be a middle name.
Maximus "Max"-I wouldn't use this.
Pyrrhus-Probably wouldn't use this either.Girls:
Antonia-I don't like it enough to use it.
Augustina-What a mouthful. I like it, but I probably wouldn't use it.
Aurelia-I love this! I would actually consider using this name.
Camilla "Millie"-I love Millie as a nickname, but I'm still trying to find the right given name for it. This is my favorite so far.
Cassia-Don't think I'd use it.
Constantina-Again, wouldn't use it.
Cornelia-I prefer Cordelia, but this is cute, too.
Demetria "Demi"-I would consider using this.
Eirene-Probably wouldn't use.
Kallisto "Kallie"-Unsure.
Livia "Liv"-I prefer Olivia, but I like this, also.
Lucia "Lucy"-I'd consider using it.
Melaina-Don't love it enough to make use of it.
Marina "Mina"-I love this!
Priscilla "Tilla"-I just met someone named Priscilla who goes by Tilla. Her nephew couldn't say Priscilla, so he called her "Auntie Tilla" (I asked her about it haha).
Romana "Romy"-I love this!
Sophia-Too common. Maybe as a middle name.
Theodora "Thea"-I love this!
Timo-This would make a cute nickname for...I'm not sure what...
Tullia-I love this! It's very cute. Still unsure if I'd use it.
Valentina-I love this! I'm pretty sure I'll use it as a middle name.
Valeria-Don't like it enough to use.
Victoria-I know way too many to actually use it.
Zoe-Short and sweet. I'd consider using it as a first name.
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I love and would use:
Minerva
Julius
Augustus
Augusta
Octavius
Octavia
Claudius (and Claudia)
(Camilla, Cecilia, and lots of other girls' names that were used in ancient Rome and are still used today)
IgnatiusI think these ancient Roman names are some of the finest names in the world, really. I love Severus and Sirius and Remus also.
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I would use Alexis, Andreas, and Apollonia

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I love a lot of them, but I'm not sure I'll ever use them. I always thought that if I ever have twin boys, I'll have to seriously consider giving them the middle names Castor and Pollux. I love Calliope for a girl ("Callie"), Andromeda (think I spelt that right!), Briseis (one that I would actually consider using), Phaedra, Leonidas, Phoebe, Cassandra...I can't think of any others off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are others that I find/would find appealling :-)
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I like:Alexandra, Anastasia, Anna, Georgia, Katerina, Maria, Marina, Martha, Philippa, Selene, Zoe
Andreas, Elias, Leonidas, Matthias, Thomas

Would use.Chrysanthe, Olympia, Sophia, Theodora
Chrysanthos, Dionysius

Probably wouldn't use.Edited... Not including Greek mythology! Pooh! I'll put it this way: Aphrodite, Calliope, Persephone, and Penelope are all gorgeous! :-D

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 7:07 PM

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I love the name Patricia nn Tricia which happens to be my mom' s name AND is ancient Roman.
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Alexandros (Alexander)- Absolutely
Damon - Might
Felix - Definitely
Leander - MN awesome
Lysander - MN awesome
Maximus - Absolutely
Calliope - GP
Calypso - GP
Kleio - GP
Lucretia - MN Awesome
Lyra - Definitely
Nyx - GP MN Awesome
Psyche - GP
Tatiana - GP
Thalia - Might
Zoe - Might

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I'd probably use some of the really ancient / mythology names for middle names-- It'd be so cool to be able to say your middle name is Agathangelos or Psyche. Andromeda f
Agathangelos m
Ambrose m (not greek, but from greek roots)
Evangeline f (same as Ambrose)
Evangelos m
Felix m
Nemesis f
Pandora f
Phobos m
Pollux m
Pax f
Psyche f
Xanthe f

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 12:19 PM

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I like:
Cicero - wouldn't use it, but I think it'll be great for a cat
Junia - I would use this
Maximus - maybe I'd use it
Andreas - I might use it
Ariston - I'll probably won't use it
Callias - I won't use it
Erasmus - I'll probably won't use it
Hero - I don't think I will use it
Nicodemus - I won't use it
Solon - I might use it
Theron - I might use it
Tycho - I would use this
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I love, love, love Aikaterine and Leonidas, but I can't see myself using them in the real world (oh, and I already have a dd named Katherine). I also love Andromeda and Stephanos. Re: Roman names, many of the female names are lovely and absolutely doable. The male names, in their original forms, don't do much for me.

This message was edited 3/12/2008, 11:20 AM

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My daughter's fifth name (yup, we are French) is Victoria :)
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It makes me feel better having 2 middle names knowing that there are others out there with even more than me!
(I wonder if thats because my mother spent her childhood in france living off-base.. )
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Oh yeah, don't worry! Here three names ( we don't go by "middle name") is more common than having 1 or 2!
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In France is it like in Italy, that you put commas in between the names and that means that you don't have to sign all the names and can use officially only the first? Technically I have three middle names but they appear only on my birth certificate and not in other documents such as passports or ID cards.
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To make you feel even better....I've got 3 MNs :) Yup, my parents are Roman Catholic...
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If I was confirmed I would have had 3 MNs..
Crazy Catholics and their love of names
My husband thinks its bizarre to have more than a single middle name, but how else do you fit all the names you love in?
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If you look back at the "Planetary Moon Names" post, there are many ancient greek names there that I like. Theodora is my first choice for a daughter as well, though I am not sure how ancient the name actually is. Greek names have always been my favorite.
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Most of them, I would only use as a middle name. Some of them, I like them but I wouldn't use them. This is a long list, sorry. I like:Boys:
Adonis - wouldn't use
Agamemnon - mn
Alcinous - mn
Amadeus - mn
Apollo - wouldn't use
Archimedes - mn
Aristotle - mn
Atlas - wouldn't use
Aurelius - mn
Daedalus - mn
Leonidas - mn
Lucius - fn or mn
Menelaus - mn
Orion - fn or mn
Poseidon - wouldn't use
Praxiteles - mn
Prometheus - mn
Rhadamanthus - mn
Severus - mn
Socrates - mn
Telemachus - mn
Titus - fn or mnGirls:
Andromache - wouldn't use
Andromeda - mn
Antigone - wouldn't use
Aphrodite - mn
Ariadne - fn or mn
Arsinoe - wouldn't use
Artemis - fn or mn
Athena - fn or mn
Aurelia - fn or mn
Briseis - mn
Calliope - mn
Callisto - mn
Calypso - wouldn't use (except I did name my fish that)
Cassandra - fn or mn
Cassiopeia - mn
Cressida - mn
Daphne - fn or mn
Deianeira - mn
Echo - wouldn't use
Electra - wouldn't use
Eurydice - mn

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There are many names I find usable (without being too quaint) but only one I would actually use, which is Lucius.Edit: Actually, I would also use Aurora, Victoria (which is late Roman, so it might count...), Stella, Pia, Petra and Lazarus (not quite Roman, but it's a latin transcription). And Helena, if you consider it as a Greek name. In a broader sense, if you consider names that derive from latin nomina, there are more (e.g. Marcel, from Marcellus, Lucian, from Lucianus or Urban, from Urbanus). When I first wrote this reply, I only considered names actually USED in Ancient Greece and Rome.

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Roxana (technically Persian)
Julius
Alexander
Anthony
Octavia
that's pretty much it for the moment.
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Do Alexander and Sophia count?I used them.I'm not naming any more babies, but my PNL is loaded with ancient names. Love 'em. Some of my faves:Ariadne
Athena
Chloe
Claudia
Elektra
Lucina
Nyx
Octavia
Pandora
Persephone
TatianaAchilles
Adonis
Aias
Antonius
Apollo
Caius
Darius
Galen
Hector
Leonidas
Magnus
Marius
Maximus
Octavius
Rex
Tiberius
Ulysses
Zephyr
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There are a lot of Ancient Roman ones that I'd use (Julia, Livia, Augustus, Lucius, etc.) but I can't really think of any Greek ones that I particularily like.
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I like Aurelius for a boy, and I actually am using it, for my son. :) I'm almost 6 mos preggo and his name is going to be Rowan Aurelius.
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