70%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Σωτήριος(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Derived from Greek σωτήρ (soter) meaning "saviour, deliverer", an epithet of Zeus. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootsoterOther Languages & CulturesSotirios, Sotiris, Sotos(Greek) Categories epithets Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Σωτήριος.