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Dikaios (Greek: δικαιος, lit. 'righteous, just'; sometimes romanised as dicæus) is a title first used by Hellenistic Greek rulers, and later also given to holy men and women of the Old Testament in Eastern Christianity.
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. ... Agnes (name) Alexandra; Alexia (given name) Aliki ...
Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhôḥānān or יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ιωαννης Iōannēs , from which Iōanna was derived by giving it a feminine ending.
Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros (Greek: βάρβαρος) meaning "stranger" or "foreign". [1] In Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara (Greek: Ἁγία Βαρβάρα) was imprisoned in a tower by
Although much less common, there are also male equivalents in English such as Dory, from the Greek masculine Δωρόθεος (Dōrótheos). Dorofei is a rarely used Russian male version of the name. [4] The given names Theodore and Theodora are derived from the same two Greek root words as Dorothy, albeit reversed in order.
Stefania [in all languages except for Italian and Polish pronounced like Ste-pha-nee-ah] is a female name in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Stefánia Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovene, Ukrainian and Russian, [1] [2] [3] originating from Old Greek meaning crowned or the winning.
Alethea is an English-language female first name derived from the Ancient Greek feminine noun ἀλήθεια, alḗtheia, 'truth'. Aletheia was the personification of truth in Greek philosophy. Alethea was not in use as a name prior to the 1500s, and likely originated when English Puritans started using it as a virtue name.