Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Late Greek [1]
Scripts Σπυρίδων(Greek)
Meaning
Late Greek name derived from Greek σπυρίδιον (spyridion) meaning “basket” or Latin spiritus meaning “spirit”. Saint Spyridon was a 4th-century sheep farmer who became the bishop of Tremithus and suffered during the persecutions of Diocletian.