Gender Masculine
Scripts Θεοφύλακτος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "watched by god" from Greek θεός (theos) meaning "god" and φυλακτέος (phylakteos) meaning "to be watched". Saint Theophylaktos was a 9th-century bishop of Nicomedia who was banished to Caria.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesTheofylaktos(Greek) Feofilakt, Filat(Russian)

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Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Θεοφύλακτος.
Entry updated October 6, 2024