Given name · Greek
Χαράλαμπος
“joy”·“to shine”
Χαράλαμπος (Charálampos) is a masculine given name from Byzantine Greek. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Charálampos.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Χαράλαμπος is built from elements meaning “joy” and “to shine”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Byzantine Greek Χαράλαμπος, built from Greek χαρά (“joy”) + λάμπω (“to shine”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Χαράλαμπος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Χαράλαμπος has a diminutive in Μπάμπης. In Greek usage, Χαράλαμπος has a transliteration in Charálampos. In Greek usage, Χαράλαμπος has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Charłamp.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Harisequivalent
- Charalambosequivalent
- Χαμπήςequivalent
- Bampisequivalent
- Champisequivalent
- Charalamposequivalent
- Πάμπηςequivalent
- HaralampiuszPolish
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Χαράλαμπος
- Charalampos LykogiannisGreek association football player (born 1993)
- Haralabos PapadiasGreek sprinterborn 1975
- Patriarch Christopher II of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria (1876–1967)
- Charalampos KyriakouCypriot association football player (born 1995)
- Charalambos PachisGreek painter (1844–1891)
- Charalambos KyriakouCypriot association football player (born 1989)
- Babis AngourakisGreek politician (1951-2014)
- Charalampos SfaellosGreek architect (1914–2004)
- Charalampos Pavlidisfootballerborn 1991
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