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Спиридон
“one who transports goods; a basket”
Спиридон (Spiridón) is a masculine given name from Koine Greek. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and Russian and Serbian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Spiridon.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Спиридон is Spiridon written in Cyrillic. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Explained through its name family
Спиридон’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Спиридон has a transliteration in Spiridon. In Russian usage, Спиридон can be written in the Roman alphabet as Spiridón. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Спиридон has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σπυρίδων.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Спиридон has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Спиридон
- Spiridon PutinRussian chef and grandfather of Vladimir Putin (1879-1965)
- Spyrydon LytvynovychMetropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (1810-1869)
- Spiridon KilinkarovUkrainian public and political figureborn 1968
- Spiridon MerkulovRussian politician (1870–1957)
- Spyrydon CherkasenkoUkrainian writer (1876–1940)
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