Spyridon

Gender Masculine
Usage Greek, Late Greek [1]
Scripts Σπυρίδων(Greek)

Meaning & History

Late Greek name derived from Greek σπυρίδιον (spyridion) meaning "basket" or Latin spiritus meaning "spirit". Saint Spyridon was a 4th-century sheep farmer who became the bishop of Tremithus and suffered during the persecutions of Diocletian.

Related Names

VariantSpiridon(Greek)
DiminutivesSpiro, Spiros, Spyro, Spyros(Greek)
Feminine FormSpyridoula(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesSpiridon(Croatian) Spiridon(Serbian) Espiridión(Spanish)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   strong   strange   complex   serious  

Name Days

Greece: December 12

Categories

animals, composers, isograms, Orthodox saints, saints, sheep, spirit, world leaders

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Σπυρίδων.
Entry updated May 29, 2020