Some Odd Greek Names

Female names
AKANTHA	Meaning “thorn”
ALALA	She is the sister of Ares, the personification of the war cry. The name literally means “war-like”
AMALTHEIA	Means "to soothe".
CHARIKLO (read Hariclo)	Meaning "graceful spinner”. This is the name of the nymph wife of Kheiron the centaur.
CHRYSANTHE (read Xrisanthi)	It means “golden flower”
DIANTHE (read Dianthi)	“god-flower”
EFTHALIA	“Blooming”
ERATO	Meaning "lovely." In mythology, this is the name of the muse of poetry
EUADNE (read Evadne)	Eu "good, well" and adnos "holy," hence "good and holy."
EUPRAXIA	“good conduct"
GORGOPHONE	Gorgo "grim" and phonos "murderer, slayer," hence "grim slayer.
KALLIGENEIA	Kallos "beauty" and genes "born," hence "beauty-born.
KLYTAIMNESTRA (read Klytemnestra)	Klytos "famous, praiseworthy," and mnestria "wooing," hence "famous for her suitors.
LEUKOTHEA	Leukos "white" and thea "goddess," hence "white goddess”.
MEGAIRA (read Megera)	Meaning "grudge." In mythology, this is the name of one of the Furies.
PSYKHE (read Psihi)	Meaning “soul”
PTOLEMA	Meaning "aggressive” or “warlike."
POLYMNIA	Meaning “many hymns”.
THEOPHANIA	Meaning "manifestation of God.”
TISIPHONE	Tisis "retribution" and phone "murder," hence "murder-retribution
Male names
AGATHANGELOS	Agathos "good" and angelos "angel," meaning "good angel"
AMARANTHOS	Meaning "unfading"
APHRODISIOS	Meaning "risen from the foam"
VOANERGES	Meaning "sons of thunder"
DIONYSODOROS	Meaning "gift of Dionysos
KADMOS	Meaning "the East."
KALOGEROS	Kalos "beautiful" and geron "elder," hence "beautiful elder"
LYKAON	Meaning "wolf"
LYSISTRATOS	Lysis "freeing, release" and stratos "army," hence "liberation army"
METROPHANES	Meter "mother" and phanes "appearing, looking" hence "mother-looking"
NEOPTOLEMOS	Neos "new" and polemos "war," hence "new war”
OLYMPIODOROS	Olympos and the word doron "gift," hence "gift of Olympos”
OPHIOUCHOS (read Ophiuxos)	Meaning "serpent bearer”
PANTHERAS	Pan "all" and therao "to hunt," hence "all-hunter – So that’s where the word “panther comes from…ahaaaaa…
PHOBOS	Meaning "fear". In mythology, this is the name of a son of Ares.
PHRIXOS	Word phrix, meaning " the shivering of skin from fear”.
POLYDEUKES (read Polydevkes)	Polys "much" and deukes "sweet," hence "very sweet
TELESPHOROS	Meaning "bearing fruit”
THERISTÍS	Meaning "mowing month”. It may also mean "the reaper"
XENOCRATES	Xenos "foreign, strange," and kratos "power," hence "foreign power”