Boy · Greek
Erastus
Say it: ih-RAS-tus
Meaning
From Greek erastos 'beloved'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A New Testament name used fairly often in 19th-century America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 407 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 5,800 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Éraste |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Erasto |
| Italian | Erasto |
| Greek | Erastos |
Famous bearers
- Erastus, city treasurer of Corinth in Romans 16
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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