Chrysanthos

Chrysanthos (Χρύσανθος), Latinized as Chrysanthus, is a Greek name meaning "golden flower". The feminine form of the name is Chrysanthe (Χρυσάνθη), also written Chrysanthi, Chrysanthy and Chrysanthea.

Notable people bearing this name include:


 * Father Chrysanthus (1905–1972), Dutch priest and arachnologist
 * Saint Chrysanthus, 3rd-century Christian martyr
 * Chrysanthus (vicarius), Roman governor of Britain at the turn of the 4th century and bishop
 * Chrysanthos of Madytos (c. 1770 – c. 1840), Greek musicologist
 * Chrysanthos Sisinis (died 1845), participated in the Greek War of Independence
 * Chrysanthos Sisinis (general), Greek general
 * Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (1881–1949), Greek orthodox bishop, archbishop of Greece in 1938–41
 * Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou (1918–1995), better known as Bost, Greek political cartoonist and playwright
 * Chrysanthos Theodoridis, (1934–2005), Pontic Greek singer and songwriter
 * Kim Tae-hun Chrysanthus, (1978-)
 * Chrysanthos Panayiotou, (1959 -), Greek American, Executive Director, Center for Laser and Fiber Optics Education, LASER-TEC