# Methodius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/methodius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Medieval Greek Μεθόδιος (Methódios), from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos), from μετ’ (met’, apocopic form of μετά (metá)) + ὁδός (hodós). By surface analysis, met- + -hod + -ius.

## In other languages

- Arabic: مِيثُودِيُوس
- Bulgarian: Методи
- Czech: Metoděj
- French: Méthode
- German: Method
- Greek: Μεθόδιος
- Hungarian: Metód
- Italian: Metodio
- Latin: Methodius
- Polish: Metody
- Romanian: Metodiu
- Russian: Мефо́дий

## People named Methodius

- Methodius of Thessaloniki, Christian missionary to the Slavs
- Methodius Qu Ailin, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.