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View Name: Evaristus


EVARISTUS
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ευαριστος (Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
From Greek Ευαριστος (Euaristos) which means "well pleasing", derived from ευ "good, well" and αρεστος (arestos) "pleasing". This was the name of the fifth pope, supposedly martyred under emperor Hadrian.
Related Names
VARIANT: Euaristos
OTHER LANGUAGES: Évariste (French), Evaristo (Italian), Evaristo (Portuguese), Evaristo (Spanish)



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