Given name
Gerasim
Gerasim is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.
Original Ancient GreekΓεράσιμος
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Gerasim developed from the Ancient Greek form Γεράσιμος.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 5th-century saint venerated in the Eastern Church.
Gerasim’s family of names
Gerasim has an affectionate form in Garsha. In English usage, Gerasim developed from the Ancient Greek form Γεράσιμος. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Gerasim is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Герасим.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gerasim has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Gerasim comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gerasim
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