Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek (Latinized)
Scripts Ἐλπίδιος(Ancient Greek)
Meaning
Latinized form of the Greek name Ἐλπίδιος (Elpidios), which was derived from ἐλπίς (elpis) meaning “hope”. This was the name of a 4th-century saint who spent twenty years in a cave in Cappadocia.