List of most common names in Greece

What are the most common names of Greek women and men? On this page you will find a statistical study on a total of approximately 100,000 people. As far as we know, there is no research on this topic on the web with a larger sample so far. With this article we will try to answer the question as such, first, “What are the most common Greek names?”, and second, to explain some basic statistical issues, because even seemingly simple questions are often not have a clear correct or false answer.

Apart from the most common Greek names like Maria, Dimitris, Gianis, Eleni, Kostas, Giorgos , there are also many names that have journeyed through other languages and come out as quite different from their Greek root.  Perhaps you have a Greek name and didn’t even know it, or maybe you’ll find inspiration here for what to name your baby. Most Greeks (as a Christian nation), are using  names from the Bible and the New Testament, especially the names Maria, Christos, Anna, Barbara, Elisabeth, Manolis (Emmanuel) Elias, Georgios, Kostas (Constantine) Markos (Marc), Gabriel, Michael (Michalis)  Giannis (John) Lukas (Lucas).

Many women and men in Greece have also Ancient Greek names. Among the most common ancient Greek names are thos:  Sokratis (Socrates), Hiraklis (Hercules), Achilleas (Achilles), Leonidas, Odysseas (Odysseus) Athena, Aspasia, Kleopatra, Aphrodete (Aphrodite) Demetra (Demeter) and Dimitrios, Penelope, Artemis, Omiros (Homer) etc.

On the list bellow are 1000 Greek names  according their popularity from Nr 1 to 1000