- Ioannis (John) – God is gracious
- Elias – Jehovah is God
- Vasilis / Basil – king
- Nicholaos (Nicholas) – victory of the people
- Emmanuel – God is with us
- Dimitris – earth
- Charalampos – happiness, to shine
- Theodoros (Theodore) – gift of God
- Panagiotis – all holy
- Evangelos – bringing good news
- Chrisos (Chris) – bearing Christ
- Georgios (George) – farmer, earth worker
- Andreas (Andrew) – manly, masculine
- Konstantinos – firm of purpose
- Spiros – spirit
- Antonis (Anthony) – priceless
- Michael – who is like God
- Athanasios – immortal
- Alexandros (Alexander) – defending men
- Anastasios – resurrection