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Socrates

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SOH-krah-teez'SOH-krah-teez'3 syllables
🇬🇷Greek
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MEANING

Powerful protector

ORIGIN

Ancient Greece

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Greek elements 'sōs' meaning 'whole, unwounded, safe' and 'kratos' meaning 'power, might'

CULTURAL NOTES

Socrates is one of the founders of Western philosophy, known for his contributions to ethics and epistemology.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The name is most famously associated with the classical Greek philosopher Socrates, who lived from 470/469 – 399 BC.

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FAQs About Socrates

The name Socrates means "Powerful protector" in Greek.
Socrates has Ancient Greece origins. Derived from the Greek elements 'sōs' meaning 'whole, unwounded, safe' and 'kratos' meaning 'power, might'
Socrates is pronounced SOH-krah-teez (SOH-krah-teez). It has 3 syllables.
On Naymt, every name is color-coded by gender: green indicates a "masculine" name (one that has only ever appeared in the boys' top 1000 since 1880), purple indicates a "feminine" name (only in the girls' top 1000), and yellow indicates a "neutral" name (one that has appeared in the top 1000 for both genders at some point in history).
Popular nicknames for Socrates include Sos, Sok.
Sibling name ideas that pair well with Socrates include Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates.
The most common spelling is Socrates. Alternative spellings include Sokrates.