Save Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology (Latinized) Scripts Φαῖνοψ(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Latinized form of Greek Φαῖνοψ (Phainops) meaning "bright-eyed, conspicuous", derived from φαεινός (phaeinos) "shining, radiant" and ὄψ (ops) "eye". This is the name of several characters in the Iliad of Homer.