indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Ἐρίγυιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /e.rí.ɡyː.os/(Attic Greek) /e.ˈri.ʝy.os/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) /e.ˈri.ʝi.os/(Constantinopolitan Greek) [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsEriguios, Erigyius
Meaning & History
Possibly derived from the Greek intensive prefix ἐρι- (eri-) meaning "very, much" and γυῖον (gyion) meaning "limbs, hands", or the related γυιός (gyios) meaning "lame". If that is indeed the case, then the name could mean "very lame", which would thus make it somewhat similar in spirit and context to the Latin name Claudius. Other possibilities for the first element are the Greek verbs ἐρίζω (erizo) "to strive, to wrangle, to quarrel" and ἐράω (erao) "to love", but those don't seem to make much sense when combined with the second element. Unless they are meant to describe a person's views or relationship with their disability (in this case, lameness), but even that seems a bit of a stretch.