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Proteus at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek Shakespearean
- Western numerology
- 6
- Indian numerology
- 8
- Characters
- 7
- Popular
- 99 family views
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What does Proteus mean?
Proteus is a baby name with Greek, Shakespearean context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is A sea god; 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' One of the two gentlemen in the title.
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