Leonidas
[ˌliːəˈnaɪdəs]Meaning
Greek λέων (leon) "lion" with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides)
Background Story
Leonidas is formed from the Greek λέων (leon), meaning "lion", and the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). It was the name of a Spartan king of the 5th century BC who died defending the pass of Thermopylae from the Persians, and also of a 3rd-century saint and martyr, the father of Origen, from Alexandria. The name is used in Belarusian, French, Italian, Latvian, Russian and Ukrainian, and accented forms such as Léonidas and Leónidas are recorded as user submissions.
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