60%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Biblical Latin Scripts Ἔραστος(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. i-RAS-təs(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Latinized form of the Greek name Ἔραστος (Erastos) meaning "beloved". This was the name of an assistant of Paul mentioned in Acts and two epistles in the New Testament. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesErastos(Ancient Greek) Erastos(Biblical Greek) Rastus(English) Erast(Russian) Erast(Ukrainian) PopularityDetails Last ranked #641 in 1896 United States Categories beloved, currently out of the US top 1000, Latinizations, love, Orthodox saints, saints