Kleophas

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Male Name

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of the Greek name Κλεόπας (Kleopas)

1) Greek form of the Aramaic name Klopas of unknown meaning ^[1]

2) Short form of the Greek name Κλεόφαντος (Kleophantos), combination of κλέος (kleos) = 'glory' and phantos = 'visible' (φαίνω (phaino) = 'to bring forth into the light, cause to shine, shed light') ^[2]

3) Greek name meaning 'famous, glorious one' ^[3]

4) Greek name, combination of Greek κλέος (kleos) = 'glory' and pater = 'father' ^[3]

5) Greek name, combination of Greek κλέος (kleos) = 'glory' and ὤψ (ops) = 'the eye, face, countenance'

Related Names

Cleophas	♂
Kleofas	♂
Kleophas	♂

Name Day

Faroe Islands

25 September

Further Information

Kleophas is not usually used as a given name in the Nordic countries, it is just known as the name of a saint, thus the Faroese name day

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[5]		0	0	0	0
Norway[6]		0	0	0	0
Finland[7]		0	0	0	0
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Kleophas.

Sources: ^{[5] [4] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
2. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi