Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Σωσιγενης (Ancient Greek)
Means "born safely" from Greek σως (sos) "safe, whole, unwounded" and γενης (genes) "born". This was the name of an astronomer from Alexandria employed by Julius Caesar to correct the Roman calendar.
Sosigenes
| First Name Origin: Sosigenes |
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