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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Φωκύλος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsPhocylus (latinized form), Phokulos (variant transcription), Fokylos (modern Greek transcription)
Meaning & History
Meaning uncertain. The available possibilities for both the first and second element of this name indicate that the meaning of this name might be either "howling seal" or "forest of Phocis". And that is with the assumption that Phokylos is an authentic Greek given name, rather than a hellenization of a foreign name.In the case of the first possible meaning, the name is derived from the Greek noun φώκη (phoke) meaning "seal" (see Phocas) combined with the Greek verb ὑλάω (hylao) meaning "to bark, to bay, to howl".For the second possible meaning, the name would be derived from Φωκίς (Phokis) meaning "Phocis (region)" combined with the Greek noun ὕλη (hyle) meaning "forest, woodland".