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Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aella;
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
Babrius – fabulist; Bacchylides – poet; Basil of Caesarea – Christian saint; Basilides – philosopher; Bathycles of Magnesia – sculptor; Battus – founder of Cyrene; Berenice I of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
The use of shortened forms is widespread in Greek. Most Greek first names correspond to a customary shortened form. These are constructed by breaking one or more syllables, at the beginning or at the end of the first name, resulting in a form generally in two or even three syllables.
Greek feminine given names (128 P) H. ... Pages in category "Feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,868 total.
Indeed, many toponyms in Modern Greek now have different names than were used in by Greek-speaking communities in the past. An example is Malta, which was called Μελίτη (Melítē) and was once home to a Greek-speaking community. However, this community is gone or assimilated, and the common Modern Greek name is Μάλτα (Málta, from ...
Greek-language female forms of surnames (34 P) Pages in category "Greek-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 528 total.
This article includes a list of biblical proper names that start with A in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.