68%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Late Greek (Latinized) Scripts Ἐλπίδιος(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Latinized form of the Greek name Ἐλπίδιος (Elpidios), which was derived from ἐλπίς (elpis) meaning "hope". This was the name of a 4th-century saint who spent twenty years in a cave in Cappadocia. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootelpisVariantElpidiosOther Languages & CulturesElpidio(Italian) Elpídio(Portuguese) Elpidio(Spanish) Categories hope, Orthodox saints, virtues
