50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Πραξιτέλης(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Derived from the Greek elements πρᾶξις (praxis) meaning "action, exercise" and τέλος (telos) meaning "purpose, result, completion". This was the name of a 4th-century BC sculptor from Athens. Related Names Rootspraxis + telos Categories completion, purpose, sculptors Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Πραξιτέλης.