Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Euripides

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GENDER: Masculine USAGE: Ancient Greek OTHER SCRIPTS: Ευριπιδης (Ancient Greek) PRONOUNCED: yoo-RIP-i-deez (English) [key] Meaning & History Derived from the Greek elements ευ "good" and ‘ριπη (rhipe) "throw, swing". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Greek tragic poet.	MORE INFORMATION Namesakes Comments Tweet

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