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View Name: Euclid


EUCLID
GENDER: Masculine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ευκλειδης (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: YOO-klid (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Greek name Ευκλειδης (Eukleides), derived from Greek ευ "good" and κλεος (kleos) "glory". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician from Alexandria who made numerous contributions to geometry.
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