Gender Masculine
Usage Greek
Scripts Χρυσόστομος(Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "golden mouth", from Greek χρυσός (chrysos) meaning "gold" and στόμα (stoma) meaning "mouth". This was an epithet applied to eloquent orators, notably Saint John Chrysostom, a 4th-century archbishop of Constantinople.

Related Names

Rootschrysos + stoma
Other Languages & CulturesChrysostom(History) Crisóstomo(Portuguese) Crisóstomo(Spanish)

Name Days

Greece: January 27
Greece: November 13

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Entry added November 20, 2020