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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Σωσιφάνης(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsΣωφάνης (Sophanes)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Greek adjective σῶς (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded" (see Sosigenes) combined with Greek φανής (phanes) meaning "appearing" (see Theophanes).A known bearer of this name is the Greek tragic poet Sosiphanes of Syracuse (3rd century BC).