Artemios

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ἀρτέμιος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Derived from the name of the Greek goddess Artemis. This was the name of a 4th-century general in the Roman army who is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.

Related Names

VariantArtemius
Other Languages & CulturesArtsiom, Artsyom(Belarusian) Artjom(Estonian) Artemio(Italian) Artjoms(Latvian) Artem, Artyom, Artemi, Artemiy, Artemy, Tyoma(Russian) Artemio(Spanish) Artem(Ukrainian)

Name Days

Greece: October 20

Categories

masculine forms, Orthodox saints, theophoric names

Sources & References

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