Given name

Phocas

Phocas is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Phocas comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Ancient Greek Φωκάς.

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Phocas’s family of names

In French usage, Phocas has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form FOCA. In French usage, Phocas has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form FOKAS. In French usage, Phocas has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Φωκάς.

Walk Phocas’s family in the name graph

PhocasFocaФокаΦωκάςFokas

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Phocas has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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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