Spiridion, Spiro,—This name and its diminutive, belonging to a bishop of Cyprus in the fourth century, patron saint of Corfu, is a favourite name amongst modern Greeks.  The grand old classical names have a strange sound to us, used, as they are there, so commonly:  Leonidas, Lycurgus, &c.; and, amongst women, Calypso, Calliope, Cleopatra, Aspasia.  Besides these, some of their most favourite names are: (Hebrew) Michaelis, (Latin) Constantis, their own Petros, Kyrios (was it not originally from the Persian Kouresh, the sun?), and Kyrillos, our Cyrus and Cyril; for women's names, Helena, Aglaia, Agathonia, Polyxene; and for men and women both, Dimitri. (What Is Your Name?, Moody, 1863)