Given name & surname · also Latin
Chrysostom
“golden-mouthed”
Chrysostom is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Koine Greek.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chrysostom goes back to Koine Greek Χρυσόστομος, meaning “golden-mouthed.”
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Where it comes from
Chrysostom comes from Latin, and ultimately from Koine Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Chrȳsostomus, from Koine Greek Χρυσόστομος (“golden-mouthed”), built from Ancient Greek χρυσός (“gold”) + στόμα (“mouth”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Chrysostom’s family of names
In English usage, Chrysostom has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Χρυσόστομος. In Greek usage, Chrysostom as a surname is a transliteration of Χρυσοστόμ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Chrysostom
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