Asterios

Pronunciation: ah-STER-yos(Greek)

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Meaning: Derived from the Greek adjective ἀστέριος (asterios) meaning "starred, starry", which is ultimately derived from the Greek noun ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". Modern Greek bearers of this name include the soccer players Asterios Giakoumis (b. 1988) and Asterios Karagiannis (b. 1986).

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- http://www.trismegistos.org/name/8855 (in English; this is about the name)
- see the entry for Asterios at Pavlos' Etymologica: http://web.archive.org/web/20120325073831/http://www.etymologica.com/page42.htm (in English)
- Asterios at the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN): http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82 (in English; features 13 results)
- https://glg.csic.es/NombresGriegosDePersona/ListasNombres/NombresDePersona_A.html (in Spanish)
- ἀστέριος (asterios) meaning "starred, starry":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a)ste%2Frios&la=greek&can=a)ste%2Frios (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asteria#Etymology_2 (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82 (in English)
- ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a)sth%2Fr&la=greek&can=a)sth%2Fr (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81 (in English)
- Asterios Giakoumis (b. 1988): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterios_Giakoumis (in English)
- Asterios Karagiannis (b. 1986): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterios_Karagiannis (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Asterios&last=&search=Zoeken

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(Information from name #36825 originally submitted by user Lucille)