Ardalion

Gender: Masculine

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Usages: Georgian (Rare)

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Transcription: არდალიონ(Georgian)

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Meaning: Several sources state that this given name is likely derived from Latin ardalio or ardelio meaning "busybody" (which thus connotates troublesomeness), but it is probably more likely that it is derived from ἀρδάλιον (ardalion), the Greek name for a certain water vessel or cup. The name itself is probably derived from the Greek verb ἄρδω (ardo) meaning "to water, to bedew" (not to be confused with Greek ἄρδα (arda) meaning "mud, dirt"), which the ancient Greeks probably derived from Thracian arda(s) or arta(s) meaning "current, river". Also compare the similar-looking name Ardalos. Known bearers of this name include a 4th-century saint from Asia Minor, the Russian statesman Ardalion Torsukov (1754-1810), the Soviet engineer Ardalion Rastov (1926-2012), the Soviet athlete Ardalion Ignatyev (1930-1998) and the Georgian soccer player Ardalion Mikaberidze (b. 1986).

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/busybody#Translations (in English)
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ardelio&la=la&can=ardelio (in English; note that there was no entry for 'ardalio')
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a)rda%2Flion&la=greek&can=a)rda%2Flion (in English)
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a)%2Frdw&la=greek&can=a)%2Frdw (in English)
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/resolveform?type=start&lookup=ard&lang=greek (in English)
- https://tied.verbix.com/project/glossary/thra.html (in English)
- https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/a.html (in English; see the entry for Ardalion, which states that the name means "troublesome")
- http://kurufin.ru/html/Rus_names/rus_ar-ah.html (in Russian; states that the name might come from Latin 'ardalio' and means "lazy" or "fussy" or "troublesome")
- https://imya.com/name/19545 (in Russian; states that the name comes from Latin 'ardalio' and means "fussy, fidgety" or "idle")
- https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardalion (in Polish; also states that the name comes from Latin 'ardalio')
- https://web.archive.org/web/20151004071751/http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=785 (in Georgian)
- https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1525 (in English; this is about the saint)
- http://catholicsaints.info/saint-ardalion-the-actor/ (in English; this is about the saint)
- https://oca.org/saints/lives/2001/04/14/101079-martyr-ardalion-the-actor (in English; this is about the saint)
- https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/April/14-03.htm (in English; this is about the saint)
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 (in Russian)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardalion_Rastov (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardalion_Ignatyev (in English)
- https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94 (in Georgian)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Ardalion&last=&search=Zoeken
- You can also find a good number of bearers on Facebook (provided you are logged in to Facebook!)

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(Information from name #118597 originally submitted by user Lucille)