Given name
Aristarchus
“best ruler”
Aristarchus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.
Original GreekΑρισταρχος
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Aristarchus means “best ruler.”
From biblical name research
How it developed
In English usage, Aristarchus developed from Ἀρίσταρχος.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Aristarchus appears in Acts 27:2.
From biblical name research
Aristarchus’s family of names
In English usage, Aristarchus developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀρίσταρχος. In English usage, Aristarchus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ARISTARCO. In English usage, Aristarchus has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form Aristarh.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Aristarchus has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Aristarchus comes from · 1 name
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Arystarchequivalent
- Aristarkhequivalent
- Ἀρίσταρχοςroot · Ancient Greek
- Ариста́рхRussian
- AristarhRomanian
- AristarcoPortuguese, Italian
- AristárkasNavajo
- ΑρίσταρχοςGreek
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See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aristarchus
- Aristarchus of SamosGreek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)309 BC–229 BC
- Aristarchus of SamothraceGreek grammarian and scholar (c.220–c.143 BC)216 BC–143 BC
- Aristarchus of Tegeaancient Greek writer500 BC–500 BC
- Aristarchus of Colchis
- Aristarchus of Athens5th c. BCE oligarchic politician
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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