Given name
Meletius
“a cautious man”
Meletius is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a cautious man.”
Original GreekΜελέτιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a cautious man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Meletius developed from Μελέτιος.
Meletius’s family of names
In English usage, Meletius developed from the Ancient Greek form Μελέτιος. In English usage, Meletius has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Melecio. In English usage, Meletius has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form MELECI.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Meletius has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Meletius comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Μελέτιοςroot · Ancient Greek, Greek
- MelecioSpanish
- Мелетійequivalent
- Мелетийequivalent
- ملاتيوسequivalent
- Меле́тійUkrainian
- Меле́тийRussian
- MelécioPortuguese
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