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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek, Biblical, Polish (Archaic)
Scripts Ἀρτεμᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsArtemus
Meaning & History
Presumably a short form or contraction of Artemidoros (compare Zenas, Alexas, Phileas). This name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament, in Saint Paul's letter to Titus. According to George Rippey Stewart in American Given Names (1979): 'It is chiefly remembered from General Artemas Ward, of the Revolution (born 1727). But there are other examples. In the mid-19th century the humorist C. F. Browne took Artemus (thus spelled) as his pseudonym.'