The baby name Lycidas is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈlaɪsɪdəs/ (LYE-si-dəs) or sometimes /lɪˈsɪdəs/ (lih-SIH-dəs); Classical/Modern Greek (approx.): 'Lykídas' (lee-KEE-das).
Lycidas is Greek in Origin.
The baby name Lycidas is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈlaɪsɪdəs/ (LYE-si-dəs) or sometimes /lɪˈsɪdəs/ (lih-SIH-dəs); Classical/Modern Greek (approx.): 'Lykídas' (lee-KEE-das).
Lycidas is Greek in Origin.
Lycidas is a male given name from Ancient Greek Λυκίδας (Lykídas), built on lykos “wolf” plus the patronymic suffix -idas, yielding the sense “son of the wolf,” “wolf-born,” or “descendant of Lycos.” The standard English form is the Latinized Lycidas; transliteration variants include Lykidas and the Modern Greek Likidas. The root lyk- connects it to other Greek wolf-names such as Lycurgus and Lycaon, though Lycidas is distinct in its patronymic formation.
The name is attested in Hellenistic bucolic poetry (a goatherd named Lycidas appears in Theocritus’s Idylls) and enters the Latin pastoral tradition via Virgil (Eclogue 9). In English letters it is best known from John Milton’s elegy Lycidas (1637), which fixed the name’s elegiac and pastoral overtones. Usage as a given name has been rare outside literary circles, seeing occasional revival-era adoption in the 18th–19th centuries.
Lycidas does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.
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