Given name

Diógenes

Diógenes is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Diógenes comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Ancient Greek Διογένης.

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Diógenes’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Diógenes has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Диоген.

Walk Diógenes’s family in the name graph

DiógenesDiogenesΔιογένηςДиоген

The ring: across languages.

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