Given name & surname

Logos

“word”·“collection of statements”·“[the science of] natural law”

Logos is used as a given name and a surname.

Original GreekΛόγος

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a biblical name, Logos means “word,” “collection of statements” or “[the science of] natural law.”

From biblical name research

Where it comes from

Logos is a biblical name from Greek.

From biblical name research

How it developed

From the Greek verb lego (λεγω), “to speak intelligently.”

From biblical name research

In the Bible

In the Bible, the name Logos appears in John 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 17:20 and 5 other passages.

  • John 1:1
  • Deuteronomy 6:4
  • Matthew 17:20
  • Ephesians 4:1-6
  • John 17:20-23
  • Jude 1:24
  • Matthew 5:48
  • 1 John 4:19

From biblical name research

Logos’s family of names

In Greek usage, Logos as a surname is a transliteration of Λόγος.

Walk Logos’s family in the name graph

LogosΛόγος

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

See also 2

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

If you love Logos, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Greek · Biblical

Lebbaeus

“courageous” · “sentimental”

No U.S. birth series

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“deliverance”

No U.S. birth series

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Lysanias

“ending sorrow” · “the end of grief”

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

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Sosthenes

“safe in strength” · “securely strong”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Pudens

“bashful” · “modest”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Chamus

Chamus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Greek · Biblical

Carpus

“fruit” · “yield”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Greek · Biblical

Apelles

“assembly”

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Logos’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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