Eudoxos

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

Meaning & History

From Greek εὔδοξος (eudoxos) meaning "of good repute, honoured", itself from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and δόξα (doxa) meaning "notion, reputation, honour". This was the name of a 4th-century BC Greek mathematician and astronomer.

Related Names

Rootseu + doxa
Feminine FormEudoxia

Categories

Ancient Greek words, astronomers, fame, glory, goodness, math, reputation, virtues

Sources & References

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