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modestas

Modestas is a masculine given name used primarily in Lithuania. It derives from the Latin adjective modestus, meaning modest or temperate, and was adopted into Lithuanian naming practices through Latin and Christian influence. In Lithuanian usage, Modestas is treated as a native-form given name, and Modesta serves as the feminine variant. The name has cognates in other languages, including Modestus in Latin, Modesto in Italian and Spanish, and Modeste in French.

In Lithuania and among Lithuanian communities abroad, Modestas is a recognized given name and appears in civil

Related names include Modesta, Modesto, Modest, Modestus.

and
church
records.
The
meaning
attached
to
the
name
reflects
the
virtue
of
modesty,
which
has
long
been
valued
in
Christian
and
classical
contexts.