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Socrate - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Socrate

[ syll. so-cra-te, soc-r-ate ] The boy name Socrate is pronounced SahKREYT- KEY. Socrate's origin is Old Greek, and its use, French and Italian. Derived from sos ; kratos 'power'. Socrates (Latin) and Sokrates (Old Greek) are older forms of the name. The name was borne by the famous classical Greek philosopher Socrates (469-399 BC), one of the founders of Western philosophy. A form of Socrate is Sokrates (German).

Socrate is not popular as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Socrate include Serhat (Kurdish and Turkish), Sherwood (English), Sieghard (German), Sieghart (German), Sighard (German), Sigurd (Manx and Scandinavian), Sarad, Sarito (Spanish), Siegward (German), Sjurd (Scandinavian), and Susruta (Indian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Socrate: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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