Given name

Polyphemos

“many-voiced”

Polyphemos is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Polyphemos goes back to a word meaning “many-voiced.”

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Where it comes from

Polyphemos comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Ancient Greek Πολύφημος, built from Ancient Greek πολύ + φήμη + -ος.

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Polyphemos’s family of names

In Latin usage, Polyphemos was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Πολύφημος.

Walk Polyphemos’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Sibling ideas

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