Eratosthenes

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ἐρατοσθένης(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek ἐρατός (eratos) meaning "lovely" and σθένος (sthenos) meaning "vigour, strength". A notable bearer was the Greek scientist Eratosthenes of Cyrene (3rd century BC), the first person to calculate the circumference of the Earth.

Related Names

Rootseratos + sthenos

Categories

beauty, strength

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἐρατοσθένης.
Entry updated October 6, 2024