Greek Name Generator

The Greek Name Generator produces one to ten full Greek names, first name plus surname, from a list of 1,225 (611 male, 614 female). You can lock the gender or leave it random. The names are modern Greek rather than classical: Alexandros Christidis and Evanthia Agnea, not Achilles and Persephone. Use it for fiction set in Greece or Cyprus, placeholder customer records, or a character with a Greek background who needs a name that sounds right.

Options

Two controls: a gender dropdown (Random, Male, Female) and a number field from 1 to 10. Each click reshuffles the filtered list, so one batch never repeats and the next click gives a different set. With over 600 names per gender you will rarely see the same name twice in a session.

How the names are built

Each entry is a given name and a surname that follow modern Greek conventions.

First names are the ones you would meet in Athens or Thessaloniki today. The male list includes the standard saints' names and their everyday short forms (Giannis and Yannis for Ioannis, Kostas for Konstantinos, Takis, Sakis, Babis), plus classical revivals like Sokratis, Diogenis, Menelaos and Orestis. Female names cover the same range: Eleni, Aikaterini, Kyveli, Erasmia, Petrina, Rhea.

Surnames use the endings that mark a Greek family name and often hint at a region:

One thing to know if you are aiming for full accuracy: in real Greek usage a woman's surname takes the genitive form, so the daughter of Mr. Papadopoulos is Ms. Papadopoulou and the daughter of Mr. Christidis is Ms. Christidi. The list applies that inconsistently. Some female entries have the feminine form (Moliade, Raptas) and others keep the masculine ending (Rhea Stamatellis). If it matters for your story, drop the final -s on a female surname or change -os to -ou.

Where people use these names

• Fiction and screenwriting. A Greek shipping family, a taverna owner, a detective in Piraeus. Generate ten male and ten female and cast the whole scene.
• Test data. Names with non-English characters and long surnames like Dimosthenis Andreadiades are good for checking that forms, email templates and ID cards don't truncate.
• Games and RPGs. Modern Greek names for a contemporary setting; for mythological characters, gods and heroes you want a different tool.
• Language practice. Reading the names aloud is a decent drill for Greek stress patterns and consonant clusters (Chrysanthos, Efstathios, Neofytos).

For neighboring cultures the site has a German Name Generator and Austrian Name Generator built the same way. If you only need a surname to pair with a first name you already have, the Random Last Name Generator covers many origins, and the Unisex Name Generator helps when gender shouldn't be obvious from the name. The full set is under all name generators.