Eutychus

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Eutychus
     fortunate, (Acts 20:9-12), a young man of Troas who fell through
     drowsiness from the open window of the third floor of the house
     where Paul was preaching, and was "taken up dead." The
     lattice-work of the window being open to admit the air, the lad
     fell out and down to the court below. Paul restored him to life


     again. (Comp. 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:34.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Eutychus, happy; fortunate