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 [ syll. a-ris-ti-des, ar-istid-es ] The boy name Aristides is pronounced -RahSTIYD-Z KEY. Aristides' language of origin is Old Greek and it is predominantly used in Greek. Aristides is of the meaning 'excellent kind'. Derived from aristos which means 'best, excellent' ; eidos which means 'kind, type'. An old form of the name is Aristeides (Old Greek). The name was borne by the 5th-century BC Aristides the Just, an Athenian statesman who was dedicated to serving the people of Athens. It was also borne by Saint Aristides, a 2nd-century Athenian Christian philosopher who presented the 'Apologia of Aristides' to the Emperor Hadrian; he is also credited for a sermon on Luke 23:43 in the Bible. In recent times, the name is known from the French socialist statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aristide Briand (1862-1932). Variant forms of the name include the French Aristide and the Hungarian Arisztid. The short forms Ari (Greek) and Aris (Greek) are other variants of Aristides. Aristides is a seldom used baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly related to Aristides, the English, Spanish, Hebrew, Bengali, Indian, and Greek Ari was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Aristides include the Slavic Rastko, the English Rastus, the Czech Rostek, the Russian Rostik, the Czech Rostík, and the Czech Rostícek. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Aristides: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"   |
