Mesogeian naming conventions
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Mesogeian naming conventions are unique in that they differ from other neighboring cultures in that they are characterized by three distinct elements, known as the tria nomina, which includes the praenomen (personal name), nomen (clan name), and cognomen (surname).
List of male praenomina
- Acamas (Ἀκάμας)
- Achaeus (Ἀχαιός)
- Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς)
- Adonis (Ἄδωνις)
- Aeneas (Αἰνείας)
- Agamemnon (Αγαμέμνων)
- Agathocles (Ἀγαθοκλῆς)
- Agenor (Ἀγήνωρ)
- Agrippa
- Ajax (Αἴας)
- Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος)
- Alcibiades(Ἀλκιβιάδης)
- Alcman(Ἀλκμάν)
- Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος)
- Amyntas(Ἀμύντας)
- Anacreon (Ἀνακρέων)
- Anaximandros (Ἀναξίμανδρος)
- Antenor (Ἀντήνωρ)
- Antiochus (Ἀντίoχoς)
- Andrew/Andreas (Ἀνδρέας)
- Androcles/Androkles(Ἀνδροκλῆς)
- Andronicus (Ἀνδρόνικος)
- Apollonius (Ἀπολλώνιος)
- Appius
- Arcesilaus (Ἀρκεσίλαος)
- Archelaus (Ἀρχέλαος)
- Archelochus (Ἀρχέλοχος)
- Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης)
- Argus (Ἀργός)
- Aristarchus (Ἀρίσταρχος)
- Aristides (Ἀριστείδης)
- Aristippus (Ἀρίστιππος)
- Aristo (Ἀρίστων)
- Aristocles(Ἀριστοκλῆς)
- Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης)
- Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης)
- Arion (Ἀρίων)
- Athenodoros (Ἀθηνόδωρος)
- Atreus (Ἀτρεύς)
- Aulus
- Bartholomew/Bartholomaios (Βαρθολομαῖος)
- Caeso/Kaeso
- Calchas (Κάλχας)
- Cleanthes (Κλεάνθης)
- Clymenus (Κλύμενος)
- Coön (Κόων)
- Creon (Κρέων)
- Daedalus(Δαίδαλος)
- Daniel (Δανιήλ)
- David (Δαβίδ)
- Decimus
- Democritus (Δημόκριτος)
- Demoleon (Δημολέων)
- Demosthenes (Δημοσθένης)
- Diocles (Διοκλῆς)
- Diodorus (Διόδωρος)
- Diogenes (Διογένης)
- Diomedes (Διομήδης)
- Dionysius (Διονύσιος)
- Dionysus (Διόνυσος)
- Eleutherios (Ελευθέριος)
- Elijah/Elias(Ἠλίας)
- Emanuel/Emmanouil(Εμμανουήλ)
- Empedocles (Ἐμπεδοκλῆς)
- Epictetus (Ἐπίκτητος)
- Epicurus (Ἐπίκουρος)
- Erastus (Ἔραστος)
- Eratosthenes (Ἐρατοσθένης)
- Eteocles (Ἐτεοκλῆς)
- Euthydemus (Εὐθύδημος)
- Euclid (Εὐκλείδης)
- Eucratides (Εὐκρατίδης)
- Euripides (Εὐριπίδης)
- Eurymachus (Εὐρύμαχος)
- Faustus
- Gabriel (Γαβριήλ)
- Gaius/Caius
- Glaucus (Γλαῦκος)
- Gnaeus
- Gorgias (Γοργίας)
- Hector (Ἕκτωρ)
- Helicaon (Ἑλικάων)
- Heliodorus (Ἡλιόδωρος)
- Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς)
- Hermes (Ἑρμῆς)
- Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος)
- Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος)
- Hippocrates (Ἱπποκράτης)
- Hippolytus (Ἱππόλυτος)
- Homer (Ὅμηρος)
- Hostus
- Hyacinth (Ὑάκινθος)
- Icarus (Ἴκαρος)
- Idomeneus (Ἰδομενεύς)
- Ion (Ἴων)
- Iphidamas (Ἰφιδάμας)
- Isaac/Isaakios (Ισαάκιος)
- Isaiah/Isaias]] (Ἠσαΐας)
- James /Iakovos (Ἰάκωβος)
- Jason (Ἰάσων)
- Jeremiah/Ieremias (Ἱερεμίας)
- Joachim (Ἰωακείμ)
- John/Ioannis (Ἰωάννης)
- Jonah (Ἰωνᾶς)
- Joseph (Ἰωσήφ)
- Lazarus (Λάζαρος)
- Laodamas (Λαοδάμας)
- Leonidas (Λεωνίδας)
- Loukas (Λουκᾶς)
- Lycurgus(Λυκοῦργος)
- Lucius
- Mamercus
- Manius
- Marcus/Marcos
- Matthew/Matthaios (Ματθαῖος)
- Menander (Μένανδρος)
- Menelaus (Μενέλαος)
- Metrodorus] (Μητρόδωρος)
- Mettius
- Michael (Μιχαήλ/Μιχάλης)
- Miltiades (Μιλτιάδης)
- Narcissus (Νάρκισσος)
- Neoptolemus (Νεοπτόλεμος)
- Nestor (Νέστωρ)
- Nicander (Νίκανδρος)
- Nicanor (Nικάνωρ)
- Nicodemus (Νικόδημος)
- Nikolaos/Nicolas (Νικόλαος)
- Nonus
- Numerius
- Oceanus (Ὠκεανός)
- Octavius
- Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς)
- Oedipus (Οἰδίπους)
- Opiter
- Orestes(Ὀρέστης)
- Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς)
- Pantaleon (Πανταλέων)
- Paris (Πάρις)
- Patroclus(Πάτροκλος)
- Paul/Pavlos(Παῦλος)
- Paullus
- Pausanias (Παυσανίας)
- Peleus (Πηλεύς)
- Pericles (Περικλῆς)
- Peter/Petros (Πέτρος)
- Phaethon (Φαίδων)
- Phidias (Φειδίας)
- Philemon (Φιλήμων)
- Philip/Philippos (Φίλιππος)
- Philoctetes (Φιλοκτήτης)
- Philon (Φίλων)
- Pindar (Πίνδαρος)
- Plato (Πλάτων)
- Polemon(Πολέμωνος)
- Polybus (Πόλυβος)
- Polynices(Πολυνείκης)
- Polybios/Polybius (Πολύβιος)
- Postumus
- Priam (Πρίαμος)
- Proculus
- Ptolemy/Ptolemaios (Πτολεμαῖος)
- Publius
- Pythagoras (Πυθαγόρας)
- Pyrrhus (Πύρρος)
- Quintus
- Seleucus (Σέλευκος)
- Septimus
- Sertor
- Servius
- Sextus
- Silas (Σίλας)
- Simeon (Συμεών)
- Simonides (Σιμωνίδης)
- Socrates (Σωκράτης)
- Sofia(Σοφία)
- Solon (Σόλων)
- Solomon (Σολομών)
- Sophocles (Σοφοκλῆς)
- Spurius
- Statius
- Stephen/Stefanos (Στέφανος)
- Strato (Στράτων)
- Talthybius (Ταλθύβιος)
- Telemachus (Τηλέμαχος)
- Thaddeus (Θαδδαῖος)
- Themistocles (Θεμιστοκλῆς)
- Theodore/Theodoros (Θεόδωρος)
- Theophilus(Θεόφιλος)
- Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος)
- Theseus (Θησεύς)
- Thestor (Θέστωρ)
- Thomas (Θωμάς)
- Thrasybulus (Θρασύβουλος)
- Thrasymachus(Θρασύμαχος)
- Thucydides (Θουκυδίδης)
- Tiberius
- Titus
- Tullus
- Uranus (Οὐρανός)
- Vibius
- Volesus
- Vopiscus
- Xenocrates (Ξενοκράτης)
- Xenophon (Ξενοφῶν)
- Zechariah/Zacharias(Ζαχαρίας)
- Zeno (Ζήνων)