Greek Male Name Generator
Authentic first and last names for Greek men
Generate realistic Greek male names: common saints' names like Giorgos, Dimitris and Konstantinos, their everyday short forms, rarer classical revivals like Periklis and Odysseas, and surnames with the right regional endings for a modern Greek man.
About Greek male names
Most Greek men are named after a saint, and usually after a grandfather: the first son traditionally takes the paternal grandfather's name, which is why Giorgos, Dimitris, Konstantinos, Yannis and Nikos have topped the charts for a century. Each formal name has a short form used in daily life. Konstantinos is Kostas, Panagiotis is Panos or Takis, Athanasios is Thanasis, Evangelos is Vangelis, Eleftherios is Lefteris and Emmanouil is Manolis. A character's passport, his mother and his friends may all use a different version of the same name.
A second layer of names comes from antiquity and was revived in the 19th century: Periklis, Leonidas, Sokratis, Odysseas, Aristotelis, Achilleas and Miltiadis are perfectly normal modern names, more common in educated or nationalist-era families. A handful of saints' names also double as surnames, so Papadopoulos ('son of the priest') and Papageorgiou are far more common than any single given name.
Surname endings point to a region. -opoulos is Peloponnesian, -akis is Cretan, -idis and -iadis are Pontic or northern, -atos comes from the Ionian islands, -oglou from Asia Minor families and -akos from the Mani. All names here use Latin transliteration as it appears on Greek ID cards and in English-language novels.
How to choose Greek male names
- Use the short form in dialogue and the full name on anything official: his friends say Thanasis, his tax return says Athanasios.
- Pair a given name with a surname ending from the same region if the character's roots matter. A Cretan fisherman named Manolis Sfakianakis sounds right; Manolis Papadopoulos sounds like his family moved to Athens.
- Classical revival names (Periklis, Sokratis, Odysseas) suit characters born from the 1950s onward to professional families; a village grandfather is more likely Yiorgos or Kostas.
- For a name day scene, remember Greeks celebrate the saint's day more than a birthday: Giorgos on 23 April, Dimitris on 26 October, Nikos on 6 December.
- Stick to one transliteration system per project: Yannis or Giannis, Yiorgos or Giorgos, but not both.
Frequently asked questions
What are the most common Greek male names?
Giorgos (Georgios), Dimitris (Dimitrios), Konstantinos, Yannis (Ioannis), Nikos (Nikolaos), Panagiotis, Vasilis, Christos, Michalis and Thanasis (Athanasios) are the most common, together covering roughly half of all Greek men.
Why does the same Greek man seem to have several names?
Greek given names have a formal baptismal form and one or more everyday diminutives. Konstantinos is Kostas, Dinos or Kostis; Panagiotis is Panos, Takis or Notis; Georgios is Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos. Official documents use the formal form, everyone else uses the short one.
Do Greek men and women share surnames?
Not exactly. A man is Papadopoulos, Georgiadis or Makris, while his sister or wife is Papadopoulou, Georgiadou or Makri, the genitive form. The names in this generator are all in the male form, so they are ready to use for male characters.
Are these names suitable for ancient Greek characters?
Not on their own. Modern surnames like Papadopoulos did not exist in antiquity, and saints' names like Giorgos are Christian. For a Spartan or Athenian character use the Ancient Greek Name Generator, or take a classical revival first name such as Leonidas or Themistoklis and add a city or father instead of a surname.
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All 500 Greek male names
A: 68 names
- Achilleas Bouras
- Achilleas Bourboulis
- Achilleas Tsaltas
- Adonis Gerakaris
- Adonis Paraskevas
- Agapios Kyriakopoulos
- Agapios Tsangaris
- Agathangelos Kritikos
- Agathangelos Skarlatos
- Aggelos Kapsalis
- Aggelos Rizos
- Agisilaos Kostakis
- Agisilaos Trakas
- Aimilios Georgoulis
- Aineias Pagonis
- Aineias Rousos
- Akakios Sarakinos
- Akakios Voudouris
- Alexandros Kontos
- Alexandros Mylonakis
- Alexis Gerokostas
- Alexis Karamanos
- Alexis Tsirigotis
- Alkis Sotiropoulos
- Alkis Vardakis
- Alkiviadis Loukakis
- Alkiviadis Vlachos
- Anargyros Belesis
- Anargyros Kountouriotis
- Anastasis Kartsonakis
- Anastasis Tzamtzis
- Andreas Georgiou
- Andreas Pappas
- Andreas Tsiamis
A, continued
- Andrikos Grigoriou
- Andrikos Kanavos
- Anestis Kourtidis
- Anestis Tsaparas
- Antipas Delis
- Antipas Koutalianos
- Antonakis Lolos
- Antonakis Stavridis
- Antonis Kefalas
- Antonis Xanthopoulos
- Apostolis Nikolaidis
- Apostolis Zafeiriou
- Apostolos Gkikas
- Apostolos Tsakiris
- Argyrios Bournias
- Argyrios Papadimitriou
- Argyris Dimopoulos
- Argyris Lazaridis
- Aris Chondros
- Aris Papathanasiou
- Aristarchos Kiousis
- Aristarchos Lamprou
- Aristeidis Deligiannakis
- Aristeidis Moraitis
- Aristofanis Kourtis
- Aristofanis Stamatakis
- Aristotelis Manousakis
- Artemios Choumas
- Artemios Matthaiopoulos
- Asterios Gounaris
- Asterios Tzelepis
- Athanasios Kolokotronis
- Avgerinos Markou
- Avgerinos Papadatos
C: 16 names
- Charalambos Tsolakidis
- Charalambos Tzanetakis
- Charalampos Tzavaras
- Charalampos Tzivanidis
- Christoforos Maniatis
- Christoforos Papamichail
- Christoforos Sideris
- Christos Fragkoulis
- Christos Kalogeropoulos
- Christos Papadimas
- Christos Papadogiannis
- Christos Sarris
- Christos Tsigaridas
- Christos Vrettakos
- Chrysostomos Karabatsos
- Chrysostomos Papakostas
D: 21 names
- Damianos Chrysochoidis
- Damianos Kalokairinos
- Damianos Tsoukalas
- Demetrios Kampouris
- Diamantis Kokkinakis
- Diamantis Kourkoulis
- Dimitrakis Kaltsas
- Dimitrakis Kehagias
- Dimitrios Gerontakis
- Dimitrios Sarakatsanis
- Dimitris Chorianopoulos
- Dimitris Koutroumanis
- Dimitris Oikonomou
- Dimos Psaltis
- Dimosthenis Ladas
- Dimosthenis Santas
- Diogenis Daskalou
- Dionysis Kalantzis
- Dionysis Papazoglou
- Dorotheos Karavias
- Dorotheos Lambrou
E: 28 names
- Efstathios Dellis
- Efstathios Tsatsos
- Efstratios Grivas
- Efstratios Manos
- Efthymios Mavrogiannis
- Efthymios Tzimas
- Efthymis Papadopoulos
- Elefterios Chatzikostas
- Elefterios Vasilakis
- Eleftherios Eleftheriou
- Eleftherios Mastoris
- Eleftherios Petrakis
- Eleftherios Tsiligkiris
- Eleftherios Venizelakis
- Eleftherios Zagorakis
- Emmanouil Daskalakis
- Emmanouil Roussos
- Epameinondas Bikos
- Epameinondas Papadopoulos
- Ermis Koutsoulas
- Ermis Paraskevopoulos
- Euripides Kastanas
- Euripides Marangos
- Evangelos Marinos
- Evripidis Karachalios
- Evripidis Papadimitriou
- Evstratios Chatzidakis
- Evstratios Valamios
F: 17 names
- Fanis Galanopoulos
- Fanis Mitropoulos
- Fanourios Kefalas
- Fanourios Skandalis
- Feidias Kakkavas
- Feidias Kontoyannis
- Filippos Bletsas
- Filippos Zarkadis
- Filotheos Bratsos
- Filotheos Sgourdas
- Foivos Delimitros
- Foivos Katsimitros
- Fokion Gousetis
- Fokion Tsoukalas
- Fotis Katsaros
- Fotis Kouvaras
- Fotis Nikolopoulos
G: 19 names
- Galinos Rizopoulos
- Galinos Zacharis
- Gavriil Apostolou
- Gavriil Koukouzelis
- Gavriil Pouliopoulos
- Georgios Mpalaskas
- Gerasimos Livadas
- Gerasimos Metaxas
- Giannis Giannakopoulos
- Giannis Koukoulas
- Giannis Tsafos
- Giorgakis Kaniaris
- Giorgakis Karvelas
- Giorgos Athanasiadis
- Giorgos Papadopoulos
- Giorgos Prokopiou
- Gregorios Alexopoulos
- Grigoris Koufos
- Grigoris Vasileiou
H: 4 names
- Haris Kastanakis
- Haris Mavrogiorgis
- Herakles Koutsomitis
- Herakles Lekkas
I: 28 names
- Iasonas Chalkias
- Iasonas Vergis
- Ignatios Skordas
- Ignatios Tzelepis
- Ilarion Spathis
- Ilarion Tsoukalis
- Ilias Kyriazis
- Ilias Matzaris
- Ioakeim Pasalis
- Ioakeim Sgouros
- Ioannis Drakopoulos
- Ioannis Tsoukalidis
- Ionas Kandylis
- Ionas Kontomichalos
- Iordanis Kyzeridis
- Iordanis Tsiftsoglou
- Ippokratis Daskalakis
- Ippokratis Pappas
- Ippolytos Kapetanakis
- Ippolytos Kefalogiannis
- Irineos Galanos
- Irineos Markou
- Isaak Fakinos
- Isaak Prokos
- Isidoros Kanellis
- Isidoros Sarantis
- Isidoros Sideris
- Isidoros Zourgos
K: 36 names
- Kallinikos Nikas
- Kallinikos Stamatiou
- Kallistratos Delis
- Kallistratos Dimoulis
- Kanellos Kanellopoulos
- Kimon Georgiadis
- Kimon Patrikios
- Kimon Varvaressos
- Kimonas Kapetanakis
- Kimonas Sotirakis
- Kleanthis Gounaridis
- Kleanthis Tsaousoglou
- Kleomenis Hoursoglou
- Kleomenis Zografos
- Kleon Flessas
- Kleon Petridis
- Kleovoulos Chatzigeorgiou
- Kleovoulos Pitsilis
- Konstantinos Karagiannis
- Konstantinos Mavroudis
- Konstantis Sfakianakis
- Konstantis Tsigaras
- Kosmas Mantzaris
- Kosmas Skoulikidis
- Kostas Demertzis
- Kostas Plakas
- Kostas Theodorakis
- Kostas Tsolakis
- Kyriakos Mavridis
- Kyriakos Paraskevaidis
- Kyriakos Samaras
- Kyriakos Velissaris
- Kyriazis Andreou
- Kyriazis Loumakis
- Kyros Angelakis
- Kyros Papavasileiou
L: 26 names
- Laertis Stavrianos
- Laertis Vasiliou
- Lakis Georgiou
- Lakis Lazaridis
- Lambros Kyritsis
- Lambros Pantazopoulos
- Lambros Vasiliadis
- Lazaros Charalambidis
- Lazaros Kotsidis
- Leandros Sarris
- Leandros Vrachnos
- Lefteris Markakis
- Lefteris Pantelakis
- Lefteris Vlastos
- Leon Patsalidis
- Leon Vlachopoulos
- Leonidas Kavvadias
- Leonidas Sigalas
- Leonidas Tsiolis
- Leontios Kavouras
- Leontios Makris
- Loukas Fotopoulos
- Loukas Michelakis
- Lykourgos Angelis
- Lysandros Kavvadias
- Lysandros Tzortzis
M: 31 names
- Makis Stamatelos
- Makis Tsipouras
- Manolis Saridakis
- Manolis Zervakis
- Marios Karamichalis
- Marios Pavlidis
- Markos Vlassopoulos
- Matthaios Giosafat
- Matthaios Sklavos
- Maximos Eleftheriadis
- Maximos Sarikakis
- Melchior Athanasiou
- Melchior Kontis
- Menandros Papachristou
- Menandros Zervos
- Menelaos Danielidis
- Merkourios Tsatsakis
- Merkourios Ventouris
- Michail Anastasiadis
- Michail Gouvas
- Michalis Anagnostopoulos
- Michalis Chronopoulos
- Michalis Hatzikyriakos
- Michalis Kourtis
- Miltiadis Tenekedjis
- Minas Christodoulou
- Minas Kaplanis
- Mitsos Kalaitzidis
- Mitsos Karavasilis
- Modestos Kapsalis
- Modestos Lemonis
N: 18 names
- Nasos Fragkiadakis
- Nektarios Papoutsis
- Nektarios Stefanidis
- Nestoras Douvlis
- Nestoras Papanikolaou
- Nikandros Boulis
- Nikandros Lykoudis
- Nikiforos Kaminaris
- Nikolis Barbas
- Nikolis Koutsaftis
- Nikos Georgiadis
- Nikos Kourkoutas
- Nikos Vourloumis
- Nomikos Kontaratos
- Nondas Sarantopoulos
- Nondas Vardalas
- Notis Karapanos
- Notis Sfakianos
O: 10 names
- Olympios Mousouris
- Olympios Rigas
- Onoufrios Kalyvas
- Onoufrios Kyriakou
- Orestis Kalamaras
- Orestis Makris
- Orestis Spyropoulos
- Orfeas Mitsis
- Orfeas Peridis
- Orion Nikoletopoulos
P: 39 names
- Panagiotis Giannakoulias
- Panagiotis Stavropoulos
- Panagiotis Tzavellas
- Pantazis Kolokotronis
- Pantazis Petrakos
- Panteleimon Gkolias
- Panteleimon Zografos
- Pantelis Kontogiannis
- Pantelis Pantazis
- Pantelis Roumeliotis
- Paraskevas Economou
- Paraskevas Stratigopoulos
- Paraskevas Zisimopoulos
- Paschalis Tountas
- Pashalis Avramidis
- Pashalis Spyrou
- Pavlos Chatzis
- Pavlos Gialamas
- Periandros Gravanis
- Periandros Kotsiras
- Pericles Tsatsaronis
- Periklis Giannopoulos
- Periklis Karypidis
- Petros Diamantopoulos
- Petros Filippakis
- Petros Liakopoulos
- Platon Angelidis
- Polychronis Dimas
- Polychronis Tsakalos
- Polychronis Tzortzakis
- Polydoros Karayannis
- Polydoros Stamoulis
- Polykarpos Gkountas
- Polykarpos Karamanlis
- Polyvios Koutsopoulos
- Polyvios Spanoudis
- Prokopis Mavrikakis
- Prokopis Pavlakis
- Pyrros Dimakis
R: 8 names
- Rafail Koumis
- Rafail Oikonomidis
- Rafail Sarkis
- Rafail Voukelatos
- Raphael Papadopoulos
- Raphael Sotiriou
- Rigas Diamantis
- Romanos Tsaprazis
S: 52 names
- Sakis Pappadopoulos
- Sakis Roumeliotis
- Sarantis Alexandridis
- Sarantis Kotronis
- Savas Papadopoulos
- Savas Ziazias
- Savvas Iordanidis
- Savvas Papaioannou
- Selefkos Karolidis
- Selefkos Tsamis
- Serafeim Tsakalotos
- Serafeim Voutsinas
- Sifis Migadis
- Sifis Vardoulakis
- Sokratis Papastamatiou
- Sosthenis Balafas
- Sosthenis Kontaxis
- Sotirios Kastrinakis
- Sotirios Sotiropoulos
- Sotiris Alimisis
- Sotiris Amanatidis
- Sotiris Ntinopoulos
- Sotos Katsikas
- Sotos Kyrkos
- Spiros Giannakis
- Spiros Karvounis
S, continued
- Spyros Lambropoulos
- Spyros Vergados
- Stamatis Kourkoulos
- Stamatis Loukas
- Stathis Korkidis
- Stathis Livanios
- Stathis Moustakis
- Stathis Psarras
- Stathis Tzoumas
- Stavros Arvanitakis
- Stavros Kalfountzos
- Stavros Manolopoulos
- Stefanos Bournazos
- Stefanos Raptis
- Stefanos Tsakalidis
- Stelios Kazantzakis
- Stelios Kouris
- Stelios Manolakakis
- Stelios Rokas
- Stergios Kosmidis
- Stergios Spanos
- Stergios Tsoukalos
- Stratos Konstantakis
- Stylianos Floros
- Symeon Kapsaskis
- Symeon Koulouris
T: 46 names
- Takis Bougiouris
- Takis Kanakaris
- Tasos Bakoyannis
- Tasos Isaakidis
- Tasos Koutsogiannis
- Telemachos Argyrakis
- Telemachos Tsavalias
- Telis Georgakopoulos
- Telis Kanellopoulos
- Thales Kyriazis
- Thales Zarifis
- Thanasis Bozinis
- Thanasis Vlachos
- Thanos Kalaitzakis
- Thanos Petrou
- Themis Koutsoumbas
- Themis Vrettos
- Themistoklis Koutantos
- Theocharis Kyriakou
- Theocharis Manolakis
- Theodoros Panourgias
- Theodoros Zachariadis
- Theoharis Liontos
T, continued
- Theoharis Tsakonas
- Theologos Drivas
- Theologos Fokas
- Thodoris Papadakis
- Thodoris Vasilakos
- Thomas Asimakis
- Thomas Bekiaris
- Thomas Fountoulis
- Thomas Zacharopoulos
- Thrasos Kastanakis
- Thrasos Ntallas
- Thymios Tsaklidis
- Thymios Vlachogiannis
- Tilemachos Garyfallos
- Tilemachos Karakostas
- Timotheos Fourlas
- Timotheos Kalogiannis
- Timotheos Papavramidis
- Triantafyllos Albanis
- Triantafyllos Gatsios
- Triantafyllos Kampoukos
- Tryfon Mourtzis
- Tryfon Tzitzikas
V: 14 names
- Valantis Koutsoukos
- Valantis Meletiou
- Vangelis Mavromatis
- Vangelis Meintanis
- Vangelis Tsirmpas
- Vasileios Efthymiou
- Vasilios Bouboulis
- Vasilios Tsiros
- Vasilis Androulakis
- Vasilis Papageorgiou
- Vasilis Toumpas
- Viktor Kleftakis
- Vissarion Argyriadis
- Vissarion Kourakis
X: 3 names
- Xenofon Sakkas
- Xenophon Kanellopoulos
- Xenophon Zarkos
Y: 4 names
- Yannis Antonopoulos
- Yannis Karalis
- Yiorgos Lagoudakis
- Yiorgos Pelekanos