Achilles

Where Achilles comes from

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
— Wiktionary's entry for Achilles
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1505
    Achilles Gasser born
    German physician and astrologer
  2. 1524
    Achilles Statius born
    Portuguese humanist
  3. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,885 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2018
    Peak, #857
    257 babies named Achilles — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Achilles Statius · Portuguese humanist, 1524–1581
  • Achilles Gasser · German physician and astrologer, 1505–1577
  • Achilles Renaud · Swiss university professor, 1819–1884
  • Achilles Bischoff · Swiss politician, 1795–1867
  • Achilles Huber · Swiss architect, 1776–1860

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.