GREEK PERSONAL NAMES
LEXICON
It goes without saying that Greek and Roman personal names endure in the western world and even in Russia down to this day. Two of these names Phillip (Lover of Horses) and Alexander (Defender of Men) were certainly made popular by two Macedonian conquerors with these names. Everybody likes a winner and a conqueror or victorious general's name will usually take hold.
Other Greek names were disseminated throughout Europe by the Christian church as in the case of Nicholas which has been translated variously as "conqueror of the people", "victorious" and "victorious" with the people. The words "conquering" and "victorious" in this context however mean in a saintly sense rather than a military sense according to the experts.
Nicolopoulos means "Son of Nicholas" in Greek. Today almost every European country has a variation of the name Nikolaiyev, Nicolescu, Niccoli, Nilsson, Nelson, Nicholson, McNichol even Nixon. Posted by languagehat at July 29, 2005 06:33 PM
It goes without saying that Greek and Roman personal names endure in the western world and even in Russia down to this day. Two of these names Phillip (Lover of Horses) and Alexander (Defender of Men) were certainly made popular by two Macedonian conquerors with these names. Everybody likes a winner and a conqueror or victorious general's name will usually take hold.
Other Greek names were disseminated throughout Europe by the Christian church as in the case of Nicholas which has been translated variously as "conqueror of the people", "victorious" and "victorious" with the people. The words "conquering" and "victorious" in this context however mean in a saintly sense rather than a military sense according to the experts.
Nicolopoulos means "Son of Nicholas" in Greek. Today almost every European country has a variation of the name Nikolaiyev, Nicolescu, Niccoli, Nilsson, Nelson, Nicholson, McNichol even Nixon. Posted by languagehat at July 29, 2005 06:33 PM
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