78%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Ἀριστοφάνης(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /a.ri.sto.pʰá.nɛːs/(Classical Greek) /ˌæɹ.ɨs.ˈtɑf.ə.niːz/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from the Greek elements ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and φανής (phanes) meaning "appearing". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian playwright. Related Names Rootsaristos + phanes Categories authors, beauty, greatness, history, playwrights, the best Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἀριστοφάνης.
