Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Καλλίστρατος
“beauty”·“army”
Καλλίστρατος (Kăllĭ́strătos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Hellenic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Kallístratos.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Καλλίστρατος is built from elements meaning “beauty” and “army”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Καλλίστρατος comes from Proto-Hellenic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Hellenic *strətós, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós, built from Ancient Greek κάλλος (“beauty”) + στρατός (“army”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Καλλίστρατος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Καλλίστρατος has a transliteration in Kallístratos. In Ancient Greek usage, Καλλίστρατος can be written in the Roman alphabet as Kăllĭ́strătos.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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