Paisios as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Paisios

What is the meaning of the name Paisios ?

The baby name Paisios is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Greek: /paˈisios/ — approx. pah-EE-see-os.

Paisios is Greek in Origin.

Paisios is a Greek masculine name (Παΐσιος) formed from the noun παῖς “child, youth” plus the adjectival ending -ιος, yielding the sense “childlike” or “of the child,” often associated with spiritual simplicity and filial devotion in Orthodox thought. Pronounced pa-EE-see-os in Greek, the name is well attested in Byzantine sources and in monastic naming traditions.

Through Latinized Paisius, the name spread via Church Slavonic into Eastern Europe: Bulgarian Paisiy (Паисий), Russian/Ukrainian/Serbian Paisiy/Paisij (Паисий/Пајсије), and Romanian Paisie; English typically uses Paisios or Paisius. Notable bearers include patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria, the desert ascetic Paisios the Great, the renewal-minded elder Paisius Velichkovsky, and Elder Paisios of Mount Athos (1924–1994), whose 2015 canonization markedly revived the name in Greece and the Orthodox diaspora. Usage remains strongest in Greek, Balkan, and Slavic Orthodox communities, with variants reflecting local liturgical forms.

⚙ Paisios barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 3 recorded uses, across 1 country.