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Φώτιος
“light”
Φώτιος (Phṓtĭos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Photius.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *-yós, built from Ancient Greek φῶς (“light”) + -ῐος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Φώτιος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Φώτιος has a later derivative in Fozio. Φώτιος has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Focjusz. In Greek usage, Φώτιος has a conventional equivalent in the English form PHOTIOS.
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Φώτιος has relatives in 4 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Φώτιος
- Photios I of Constantinople9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople820–900
- Photius II of Constantinople265th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople1874–1935
- Patriarch Photius of AlexandriaGreek Patriarch of Alexandria (1853-1925)
- PhotiosByzantine renegade and admiral of the Emirate of Crete
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