Pontus Name Meaning & Origin
Pontus
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Probably from Greek, though it's been seen in Scandinavia too. The agreed-upon meaning seems to be "sea", especially as Pontus was a lesser-known Greek sea god. In Greek the Black Sea is called "Pontus Euxeinos", or "hospitable sea".
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Pontus de Tyard, a French poet
Pontus Wernbloom, a Swedish soccer player- Pontus in song, story & screen
A character in the vaguely sexist but nevertheless pleasingly domestic "Papa's Wife", by Thyra Ferre Bjorn. Pontus was the papa.
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