Given name · also Latin

Phegeus

Phegeus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Phegeus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Phegeus developed from Φηγεύς.

Phegeus’s family of names

In English usage, Phegeus developed from the Ancient Greek form Φηγεύς. In English usage, Phegeus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Fegeo. In English usage, Phegeus has a conventional equivalent in the French form Phégée.

Walk Phegeus’s family in the name graph

PhegeusFegeoPhégéeΦηγεύςФегей

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Phegeus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greekwhere Phegeus comes from · 1 name

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Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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