Date
Name Brasidas
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek, History
Scripts Βρασίδας(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsVrasidas (modern Greek transcription)
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Meaning & History
Derived from Greek βράσις (brasis) meaning "boiling" combined with ίδας (idas), which is the Aeolic and Doric Greek form of the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides).This was the name of a Spartan officer from the 5th century BC.