Artemios

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  • Ancient Greek
From an ancient Greek name which was derived from the name of the Greek goddess ARTEMIS. This was the name of a 4th-century general in the Roman army who is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.

ARTEMIS   female   Greek Mythology, Greek
Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek αρτεμης (artemes) "safe" or αρταμος (artamos) "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Artemius
BELARUSIAN: Artem
ITALIAN: Artemio
LATVIAN: Artjoms
RUSSIAN: Artem, Artemiy, Artyom
SPANISH: Artemio
UKRAINIAN: Artem
FEMININE FORMS
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Artemis