Names like Leonidas
Leonidas is a four-syllable Greek name that ends in -as. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same roots
Also Greek names, from the tradition Leonidas comes from.
Demetrios Greek · follower of Demeter
Nicholas Greek · victory of the people, from the Greek Nikolaos; the fourth-century saint of Myra whose secret gift-giving grew into Santa Claus, a name borne by five popes and two tsars, and the 1990s American staple behind Nick, Cole and Colin
Lukas Greek · German form of Luke, traditionally "man from Lucania"
Dimitri Greek · follower of Demeter, goddess of the harvest
The same feel
Also classic and international names.
Markus Germanic · Germanic spelling of Marcus, Latin, traditionally 'dedicated to Mars'
Jeremias Hebrew · form of Jeremiah, God will exalt
Jonas Greek · dove (Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew Jonah, carried into French); a common Haitian given name
Karan Sanskrit · ear; also the name of a Mahabharata hero
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Leonidas, on a similar curve.
Atlas Greek · the enduring one who holds the sky
Isaias Hebrew · Spanish variant of Isaiah, "Yahweh is salvation"
Andreas Greek · manly, brave
Demetrius Greek · means 'follower of Demeter', the harvest goddess
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