Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἀριστοφάνης
“best”·“seeming, appearing”
Ἀριστοφάνης (Ărĭstophắnēs) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Aristophánēs.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἀριστοφάνης is built from elements meaning “best” and “seeming, appearing”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ancient Greek -ης, built from Ancient Greek ἄριστος (“best”) + -φανής (“seeming, appearing”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ἀριστοφάνης’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀριστοφάνης has a later derivative in Αριστοφάνης. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀριστοφάνης has a transliteration in Aristophánēs. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀριστοφάνης can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ărĭstophắnēs.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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