73%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Ἀριστοφάνης(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. A-REE-STO-PA-NEHS(Classical Greek) ar-is-TAHF-ə-neez(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from the Greek elements ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and φανής (phanes) meaning "appearing". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian playwright. Categories authors, beauty, history, playwrights, the best