Achilles (first name)

Achilles is a male given name from the Greek .

Word origin

Achilles ( Ἀχιλλεύς ), demigod and invulnerable, is the most important fighter of the Achaeans (Greeks) before Troy , the strongest and wildest, and also the fastest runner. Achilles is prophesied that he will either fall before Troy or lead a long but glorious life - the former was the case, and through Homer's Iliad he really became immortal (as long as he is remembered, according to the imagination of the ancient Greeks, see Herostratos ) . Hence the name is considered a blessing of heroism and fame.

variants

• Achilles (German shortened)
• Achilles, Archilaos (old Gr.), Also handed down in the spelling of Assilaos
• Achillas (ancient modification)
• Achilléas ( Αχιλλέας , neugr.)
• Achille (French, Italian)
• Achilleo (Spanish, Portuguese, Rom.)
• Achilles (Russian Ахиллес, also transcribed as Akhilles or Ahilles)

In addition to the root form Achilles , surnames also include:

• Achillini (Italian "little Achill")

Memorial days

• January 17th (orthod., After St. Achillas, the confessor )
• May 12th (Catholic, St. Achilles the Martyr)
• June 3rd (Catholic, Protestant, June 4th in Ireland, according to St. Achileo Kiwanuka )
• June 13th (Catholic, Copt., After St. Achillas of Alexandria )

Name bearer

A name

• Achilles , son of Peleus, mythological Greek hero
• Achillas († 48 BC), general of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII.
• St. Achilles († around 304), Roman martyr
• Saint Achillas of Alexandria , 311 Bishop of Alexandria
• St. Achillas the Confessor (4th century)
• St. Achileo Kiwanuka († 1886), Ugandan martyr, see Karoli Lwanga and Companions

with surname:

• Achilles Tatios (astronomer) , Greek astronomer
• Achilles Tatios (novelist) , Greek writer

Emergency name :

• Achilles painter , painter of the Attic red-figure style between 460 and 430 BC Chr.

First name

• Achilles Nikolajewitsch Alferaki (1846–1919), Greco-Russian composer and politician
• Achille Apolloni (1812-1893), Italian cardinal
• Achille Bertarelli (1863–1938), Italian bibliophile, art collector, patron and publicist
• Achille Bizzoni (1841–1903), Italian journalist, translator and writer
• Achille-Léon-Victor de Broglie (1785–1870), French statesman and diplomat
• Achille Campanile (1899–1977), Italian journalist and writer
• Achille Casanova (1941–2016), Swiss journalist and federal civil servant
• Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002), Italian industrial designer
• Achille Compagnoni (1914–2009), Italian mountaineer
• Achille Costa (1823–1898), Italian entomologist
• Achille Devéria (1800–1857), French painter and lithographer
• Achille D'Orsi (1845–1929), Italian sculptor
• Achille Emana (* 1982), Cameroonian football player
• Achille Emperaire (1829–1898), French painter
• Achille Fould (1800–1867), French financier and statesman
• Achille Funi (1890–1972), Italian painter
• Achilles Pirminius Gasser (also Gasserus; 1505–1577), German historian, physician and astrologer in Augsburg
• Achille Grassi (1456–1523), Italian cardinal
• Achille Lauro (1887–1982), Italian entrepreneur and politician
• Achille Lauro (rapper) (born 1990), Italian rapper
• Achilles Augustus von Lersner (1662–1732), Frankfurt patrician and chronicler
• Achille Liénart (1884–1973), French bishop
• Achille Locatelli (1856–1935), Italian cardinal, Vatican diplomat
• Achille Luchaire (1846–1908), French medieval historian and philologist
• Achille Maramotti (1927–2005), Italian entrepreneur and banker
• Achille Mbembe (* 1957), Cameroonian political scientist and essayist
• Achille Millien (1838-1927), French writer
• Achilles Moortgat (1881–1957), Flemish sculptor and landscape painter
• Achille Occhetto (* 1936), Italian politician
• Achille Bonito Oliva (* 1939), Italian art historian, critic and author
• Achille Papa (1863–1917), Italian general in the First World War
• Achille Paroche (1868–1933), French sports marksman
• Achille Perilli (* 1927), Italian painter and graphic artist
• Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, Pope Pius XI. (1857-1939)
• Achille Richard (1794–1852), French botanist and physician
• Achill Rumpold (1974–2018), Austrian politician
• Achill Scheuerle (1878–1959), German businessman
• Achille Silvestrini (1923–2019), Italian cardinal to the curia
• Achille Starace (1889–1945), Italian politician
• Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865), French zoologist and ichthyologist
• Achille Van Acker (1898–1975), Belgian politician
• Achille Varzi (1904–1948), Italian racing driver

Second first name

• Aurelius Achilleus , mostly just Achilles (end of the 3rd century), Roman usurper in Egypt
• Albrecht Achilles (1414–1486), Elector of Brandenburg

• François-Achille Bazaine (1811–1888), Marshal of France
• Henri-Achille-Émile- Othon Friesz (1879–1949), French painter
• Jean-Achille Benouville (1815-1891) French painter
• Jean Achille Deville (1789–1875), French scholar
• Louis-Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers (1795–1878), French general and statesman
• Napoléon Achille Murat (1801–1847), Prince of the Two Sicilies
• Philipp Victor Achilles Andreae (1859–1905), German geologist and paleontologist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Achille on www.behindthename.com (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints , Index: Ac ( Memento from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )