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Source-reportedDu grec ancien Φωκάς, Phôkas, via le latin Phocas.
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- French Wiktionary: PhocasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikidata Q21148384CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Phocas is a masculine given name.
Du grec ancien Φωκάς, Phôkas, via le latin Phocas.
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Phocas— “Phocian”
A Phocian is the most probable explanation of the name of Φοκας (Phocas), though much older in Greece than the date of most of those that have been here given. To us it is associated with the monster who usurped the imperial throne, and murdered Maurice and his sons; but it had previously belonged to a martyred gardener, under Diocletian, whose residence in Pontus made him well known to the Byzantine Church; and thus Phokas is still found among Greeks, and Foka in Russia.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section XVIII (Names from Places and Nations) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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