Spyridon

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Gender Masculine
Usage Greek, Late Greek [1]
Scripts Σπυρίδων(Greek)

Meaning & History

Late Greek name derived from Greek σπυρίδιον (spyridion) meaning "basket" or Latin spiritus meaning "spirit". Saint Spyridon was a 4th-century sheep farmer who became the bishop of Tremithus and suffered during the persecutions of Diocletian.