Given name
Soterios
“a savior”
Soterios is a variant of Salvador. One Latin interpretation is “a savior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Soterios is a variant of Salvador. One Latin interpretation is “a savior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Soterios is a variant of Salvador. An origin associated with Salvador is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Soterios through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Soterios’s family of names
Soterios has a related form in Salvador. In English usage, Soterios was borrowed from the Greek form Σωτήριος.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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