Aristophanes

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ἀριστοφάνης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /a.ri.sto.pʰá.nɛːs/(Classical Greek) /ˌæɹ.ɪs.ˈtɑf.ə.niz/(American English) /ˌæɹ.ɪs.ˈtɒf.ə.niːz/(British 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

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