65%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Διογένης(Ancient Greek) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Means "born of Zeus" from Greek Διός (Dios) meaning "of Zeus" and γενής (genes) meaning "born". This was the name of a Greek Cynic philosopher. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootsZeus + genesOther Languages & CulturesDiógenes(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Diógenes(Spanish (Latin American)) Same SpellingDiógenesUser SubmissionDiogènes PopularityDetails Last ranked #944 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class natural strong refined strange complex serious Name DaysName Days? Greece: December 5Poland: April 6 Categories ascetics, birth, Catholic saints, Charles Dickens characters, cynics, Orthodox saints, philosophers, saints, theophoric names Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Διογένης.
