Fotios
Photios I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as 'Saint Photius the Great'.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Fotios
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Photios I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as 'Saint Photius the Great'.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Fotios
The earliest SSA record of Fotios as a baby boy name dates back to 1969, when 9 babies received it. 1969 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Fotios — #3,062 in the national rankings. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 56% of all recorded Fotioss. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2010 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 88 Fotioss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Fotios
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Fotios. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Fotios
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- Photos
- Fotos
- Fatties
- Fatigues
- Photons
- Phidias
- Folios
- Foliose
- Fatsos
- Physios
- Fatsoes
- Fatwas
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About the name Fotios
Fotios is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 88 births in the dataset. Fotios's peak popularity came in 1969 when it ranked #3,062. Use the chart and map above to compare Fotios's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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