55%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Εὐριπίδης(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. EW-REE-PEE-DEHS(Classical Greek) yuw-RIP-i-deez(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from Greek Εὔριπος (Euripos), referring to the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was the name of a 5th-century BC Greek tragic poet. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesEvripidis(Greek)