Entry № 9936 · Greek origin

Sostrate Sostrate — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soh-STRAH-teh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Lighthouse of Alexandria (Sostratus of Cnidus)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "lighthouse of alexandria (sostratus of cnidus)".

Sostrate is from the Greek Σωστράτη (Sōstrátē — well-armed, safe army) — compound of Greek sōs (safe) + stratos (army). Sostrate is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek-Hellenistic heritage.

Lighthouse of Alexandria (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Σωστράτη
Transliteration
Sōstrátē
Pronunciation
/ soʊˈstrɑː.tɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sostrate stands.

Sostrate does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sostrates before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sostratus of Cnidus
3rd c. BCE Greek architect + engineer + architect of Lighthouse of Alexandria / Pharos built c. 280-247 BCE + one of Seven Wonders of Ancient World + ~100-130 meters tall + served 1,500+ years.
3rd c. BCE

Names connected to Sostrate.

The number behind Sostrate.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sostrate reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.