Old Persian origin
Source-reportedFrom Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Persian *Miθradātah.
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- Wiktionary: MithridatesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Mithridates is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Persian *Miθradātah via Latin and Ancient Greek.
From Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Persian *Miθradātah.
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Mithridates— “given to the sun”
Mithridates, _m._ _Gr._ Pers. given to the sun.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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