Ancient Greek Girl Names
93 names, 37 with a documented meaning.
About this list
40% of the names in Ancient Greek Girl Names have a documented meaning. The rest are listed without one, because our data has nothing usable to show for them yet.
93 names are in the 2024 US Social Security file. Best ranked: Sophia (#6, girls), Chloe (#20, girls), Penelope (#28, girls), Zoe (#29, girls), Genesis (#55, girls).
Counts are distinct names; a name recorded for both genders counts once. A documented meaning is a real gloss in our data, not an import placeholder. Origin is the label recorded in the dataset: "English", "Muslim" and "Quranic" are collection labels, not languages, so they are counted as no language label. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
Ancient Greek Girl Names
| Name | Meaning | US rank 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Sophia | wisdom | #6 |
| Chloe | young green shoot | #20 |
| Penelope | duck | #28 |
| Zoe | Variant of Zoë, which means “life” | #29 |
| Genesis | creation, beginning, origin | #55 |
| Iris | rainbow | #71 |
| Lydia | beautiful one, noble one | #97 |
| Cora | maiden | #102 |
| Ariana | silver | #103 |
| Georgia | farmer | #110 |
| Margaret | pearl | #118 |
| Melanie | black, dark | #122 |
| Anastasia | resurrection | #166 |
| Katherine | pure | #175 |
| Phoebe | bright | #183 |
| Selena | heavenly, sky, heaven | #245 |
| Lena | the large river, clay | #263 |
| Angela | messenger, angel | #282 |
| Nicole | nicholas | #318 |
| Catherine | each of the two, pure | #320 |
| Thea | goddess | #348 |
| Melissa | bee, honey, or honeybee | #376 |
| Alexandria | alexander | #463 |
| Lyra | a lyre; the constellation lyra | #481 |
| Irene | peace | #637 |
| Thalia | flourish, to be verdant | #657 |
| Selene | light | #674 |
| Christina | christian (woman) | #703 |
| Alexia | Feminine form of Alexius, which means “helper, defender” | #883 |
| Salome | peace | #951 |
| Agnes | pure, chaste, purity, chastity | #1063 |
| Corinne | girl, maiden, daughter | #1090 |
| Isadora | Variant of Isidora, which means “gift of Isis” | #1221 |
| Damaris | calf | #1433 |
| Petra | stone | #1478 |
| Philomena | beloved | #1818 |
| Xenia | hospitable | #3320 |
| Zoey | #59 | |
| Athena | #90 | |
| Andrea | #185 | |
| Daphne | #191 | |
| Arianna | #194 | |
| Alexandra | #221 | |
| Khloe | #232 | |
| Elaina | #254 | |
| Ophelia | #261 | |
| Tessa | #303 | |
| Angelina | #313 | |
| Elaine | #369 | |
| Veronica | #392 | |
| Helena | #414 | |
| Helen | #424 | |
| Dorothy | #431 | |
| Allie | #555 | |
| Lexi | #563 | |
| Cleo | #603 | |
| Cassandra | #613 | |
| Rhea | #615 | |
| Georgina | #655 | |
| Kathryn | #716 | |
| Persephone | #737 | |
| Karina | #774 | |
| Theodora | #812 | |
| Marjorie | #821 | |
| Cynthia | #826 | |
| Greta | #855 | |
| Teresa | #867 | |
| Artemis | #1022 | |
| Ellen | #1026 | |
| Isis | #1082 | |
| Christine | #1196 | |
| Kassandra | #1217 | |
| Ariadne | #1258 | |
| Kristen | #1276 | |
| Xena | #1293 | |
| Althea | #1396 | |
| Lidia | #1487 | |
| Theresa | #1492 | |
| Delia | #1521 | |
| Elissa | #1525 | |
| Sybil | #1553 | |
| Larissa | #1611 | |
| Agatha | #1617 | |
| Georgiana | #1630 | |
| Katrina | #1630 | |
| Hermione | #1670 | |
| Lois | #1689 | |
| Kristina | #1723 | |
| Margarita | #1798 | |
| Eunice | #1964 | |
| Doris | #2188 | |
| Rina | #2359 | |
| Christiana | #3211 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.