Neophytos

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

Meaning & History

Greek name meaning "new plant, new child", from a word that was derived from νέος (neos) meaning "new" and φυτόν (phyton) meaning "plant".

Related Names

Rootsneos + phyton
Other Languages & CulturesNeofit(Bulgarian) Neofytos(Greek) Neofit(Macedonian)

Categories

Ancient Greek words, beginnings, nature, Orthodox saints, plants, youth

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Νεόφυτος.
Entry updated June 9, 2023