Sosipater appears once in Paul's greetings as a fellow kinsman who sends greetings to the Romans. The name combines Greek roots meaning 'savior' and 'father,' suggesting either a hopeful aspiration at birth or perhaps indicating family significance. The multilingual evidence (Spanish preserving the Greek form, French oddly rendering 'sotéria/salvation', German using Latin form) shows translators treating this as a personal name to be transliterated rather than translated.