Given name & surname · also Latin, Late Greek
Spiridon
“one who transports goods; a basket”
Spiridon is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Original GreekΣπυρίδων
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 4th-century saint much venerated in the Eastern Church.
Spiridon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 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.
Spiridon’s family of names
Spiridon has a related form in Spiro. Spiridon has a related form in Spiros. Spiridon has a related form in Spyridon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Spiridon
- Spiridon GopčevićSerbian astronomer (1855–1936)
- Spiridon BrusinaAustro-Hungarian malacologist1845–1909
- Spiridon PutinRussian chef and grandfather of Vladimir Putin (1879-1965)
- Spiridon SobolBelarusian printer1580–1645
- Spiridon StaisGreek Olympic sports shooter1900–1932
- Spiridon KilinkarovUkrainian public and political figureborn 1968
- Spiridon MattarCatholic bishop1921–2014
- Spiridon VangheliRomanian translator, writer and children's writer1932–2024
- Spiridon MerkulovRussian politician (1870–1957)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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