Diccionario de nombres
40 nombres con significado y origen verificados
AGATHANGELOS
Means "bearer of good news", derived from Greek αγαθος (agathos) "good" and αγγελος (angelos) "messenger, angel". Saint ...
BABYLAS
Derived from the name of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. Saint Babylas was a 3rd-century patriarch of Antioch ...
BESSARION
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek βησσα (bessa) "wooded valley". This was the name of a 5th-century Egyptian hermit...
CHRISTOPHOROS
Greek form of CHRISTOPHER.
DAREIA
Feminine form of Dareios (see DARIUS).
DARIA
Feminine form of DARIUS. Saint Daria was a 3rd-century Greek woman who was martyred with her husband Chrysanthus under t...
DOROTHEA
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and...
DOROTHEOS
Original Greek masculine form of DOROTHEA.
ELEUTHERIOS
Original Greek form of ELEUTHERIUS.
ELPIDIUS
Latinized form of the Greek name Ελπιδιος (Elpidios), which was derived from ελπις (elpis) "hope". This was the name of ...
ELEUTHERIUS
Latinized form of the Greek name Ελευθεριος (Eleutherios) which meant "free". This was the name of a 2nd-century pope, a...
ELPIDIOS
Greek form of ELPIDIUS.
ERASMUS
Derived from Greek ερασμιος (erasmios) meaning "beloved". Saint Erasmus, also known as Saint Elmo, was a 4th-century mar...
GREGORIUS
Latinized form of GREGORIOS.
GREGORIOS
Greek form of GREGORY.
HELLADIOS
Greek form of HELLADIUS.
HELLADIUS
Latinized form of the Late Greek name ‘Ελλαδιος (Helladios), which was derived from ‘Ελλαδος (Hellados) meaning "of Gree...
KORALIA
Derived from Ancient Greek κοραλλιον (korallion) meaning "coral" (in Modern Greek κοραλλι). This was the name of an obsc...
MACARIUS
Latin form of MACARIO.
MAKARIOS
Original Greek form of MACARIO.
MANOUEL
Medieval Greek form of MANUEL.
MANUEL
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL. In the spelling Μανουηλ (Manouel) it was also used in the Byzantine Empire, not...
PARASKEVAS
Masculine form of PARASKEVE.
PANTELEIMON
From Greek παν (pan) meaning "all" (genitive παντος) and ελεημων (eleemon) meaning "compassionate". This was a name give...
PARASKEVE
Derived from Greek παρασκευη (paraskeue) meaning "preparation" or "Friday" (being the day of preparation). This was the ...
PHILOMENA
From Greek φιλος (philos) "friend, lover" and μενος (menos) "mind, purpose, strength, courage". This was the name of an ...
SABAS
From a Greek name which was derived from Hebrew סַבָא (sava') meaning "old man". Saints bearing this name include a 4th-...
SABBAS
Variant of SABAS.
SIBYLLA
Greek and Latinate form of SIBYL.
SOPHRONIA
Feminine form of SOPHRONIUS. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580), in which it is borne ...
SOPHRONIUS
Latinized form of the Greek name Σωφρονιος (Sophronios), which was derived from Greek σωφρων (sophron) "self-controlled,...
SOPHRONIOS
Greek form of SOPHRONIUS.
SPYRIDON
Late Greek name derived from Greek σπυριδιον (spyridion) meaning "basket" or Latin spiritus meaning "spirit". Saint Spyr...
STYLIANOS
Derived from Greek στυλος (stylos) meaning "pillar". Saint Stylianos was a 7th-century hermit from Adrianopolis in Asia ...
THECLA
Latinized form of THEKLA.
THEKLA
From the ancient Greek name Θεοκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεος (theos) meanin...
TARASIOS
Greek form of TARAS.
THERAPON
Means "servant" or "worshipper" in Greek.
XYSTOS
Greek form of SIXTUS.
ZENAIDA
Apparently a Greek derivative of Ζηναις (Zenais), which was derived from the name of the Greek god ZEUS. This was the na...