55%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Εὐριπίδης(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /eu̯.riː.pí.dɛːs/(Classical Greek) /jʊ.ˈɹɪp.ɪ.ˌdiz/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Greek Εὔριπος (Euripos), referring to the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was the name of a 5th-century BC Greek tragic poet. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootsEuripos + idesOther Languages & CulturesEvripidis(Greek) Categories playwrights Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Εὐριπίδης.
