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Charalampos - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Charalampos
 
 



[ syll. (c)ha-ra-lam-pos, ch-aralamp-os ] The boy name Charalampos is pronounced as CH-AARahLAEMPowZ KEY. Charalampos is used chiefly in Greek and its origin is Old Greek. The meaning of Charalampos is to shine from joy. Derived from the words 'chara' which means joy ; 'lampo' which means to shine. The name was borne by the 2nd century Saint Charalampos, a Christian bishop and martyr in Magnesia. The name Haralamb (Romanian) is a variant of Charalampos.

Charalampos is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Charalampos: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


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