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View Name: Spyridon


SPYRIDON
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Greek, Russian, Late Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS: Σπυριδων (Greek), Спиридон (Russian)
Meaning & History
Late Greek name derived from Greek σπυριδιον (spyridion) meaning "basket" or Latin spiritus meaning "spirit". Saint Spyridon was a 4th-century sheep farmer who became the bishop of Tremithus and suffered during the persecutions of Diocletian.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Spiridon (Greek), Spiridon (Russian)
DIMINUTIVES: Spiro, Spiros, Spyro, Spyros (Greek)
FEMININE FORM: Spyridoula (Greek)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Espiridión (Spanish)



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