Achatius

Achatius is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

The origin is not clearly known. Either the name is derived from the Hebrew Achaz and means YHWH holds or from the Greek Ακάκιος ( Akakios) and means the innocent .

name day

• May 8 ; Achatius of Byzantium († approx. 304); catholic saint
• June 22 ; Achatius of Armenia , one of the fourteen helpers in need († approx. 140); catholic saint
• November 27 ; Achatius Klimax (5th century AD); catholic saint

variants

• German : Achaz , Achat, Achatz , Akakios, Acacius, Accatius
• Greek : Ακάκιος
• Romanian : Acaţiu
• Latin : Acacius
• Portuguese : Acácio
• Spanish : Acacio
• Hungarian : Ákos (etymology uncertain)
• Russian : Акакий (Akakij)

Well-known namesake

• Achatius called Bossler Israel (1529–1581) reformer of the county of Saar Werden [1]
• Achatius von Auerswald (1818–1883), German judge and administrative lawyer in the Kingdom of Prussia
• Achatius Cureus (1531–1594), German author
• Achatius Mylius (1608–1664), German Lutheran theologian and general superintendent
• Achatius von Quitzow (1606–1653), member of the Fruit Bringing Society
• Achatius Ludwig Carl Schmid (1725–1784), German legal scholar and civil servant from Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach
• Acke von Tott (Achatius Tott; 1598–1640), Swedish general and politician
• Achatius Wolff (1646–1690), Tübingen trader and councilor
• Achatius von Zehmen (around 1485–1565), high official and diplomat (including voivode of Marienburg) in the Prussian royal part and in the Duchy of Prussia

fiction

• See also: Akakij Akakiewitsch, the hero from Gogol's story Der Mantel (the second name, the so-called patronymic, refers to the first name of the father, who was also called Akakij - a very rare name even in the 19th century).