Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Δημόκριτος
“people”·“chosen”
Δημόκριτος (Dēmókrĭtos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Hellenic. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Democritus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Δημόκριτος is built from elements meaning “people” and “chosen”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō, built from Ancient Greek δῆμος (“people”) + κρίνω (“chosen”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Δημόκριτος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Δημόκριτος has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form DEMOCRITO. In Greek usage, Δημόκριτος has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form DEMOCRITUS. In Greek usage, Δημόκριτος has a conventional equivalent in the Slovenian form Demokrit.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Δημόκριτος has relatives in 20 languages.
16 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- DemokritosFinnish, Swedish
- DemokritSlovene, German
- ДемокритRussian, Bulgarian
- DemócritoPortuguese, Spanish
- DemokrytPolish
- DemocritusDutch, Latin
- 데모크리토스Korean
- 德谟克利特Chinese
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