Gender Masculine
Scripts Σωσιγένης(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "born safely" from Greek σῶς (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded" and γενής (genes) meaning "born". This was the name of an astronomer from Alexandria employed by Julius Caesar to correct the Roman calendar.

Related Names

Rootssos + genes

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Sources & References

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