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Erazm
Erazm is a masculine given name from Medieval Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Polish and Old Czech.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Erazm comes from Medieval Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polish usage, Erazm developed from Ἐράσμιος.
Erazm’s family of names
In Polish usage, Erazm developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἐράσμιος. In Polish usage, Erazm has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Erasmo. In Old Czech usage, Erazm has a related form in ERASM.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Erazm has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Erazm comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Erazm
- Erazm CiołekBishop of Płock, Polish diplomat and writer1474–1522
- Erazm Fabijańskipainter (1826-1892)
- Erazm CiołekPolish photojournalist (1937–2012)
- Erazm SzpaczyńskiPolish physicist1848–1912
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