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