Save Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Κρεσφόντης(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /krɛs.ˈfɒn.tiːz/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Greek κρείσσων (kreisson) meaning "superior, better" and φόνος (phonos) meaning "murder, slaughter". This was the name of a great-great-grandson of Herakles in Greek mythology, a king of Messene.
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