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Name Achilles

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From a Old Greek word for pain

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About the name Achilles in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	German
Topics:	Asteroid 588 Achilles, discovered 1906
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Achille, Achill Details

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About Achill, the group of names with the same origin as Achilles

Language of origin:	Old Greek
Info about origin:	in Greek mythology Achilles is the Greek hero of the Trojan war who killed Hector
	meaning unknown, perhaps derived from achos (pain)
Words:	achos = the pain Old Greek
Topics:	Greek mythology
Variants' top ranks:	24:Achille Belgium 2023, 857:Achilles USA 2018
Old/original forms:	Achilleus Old Greek, Archilleus Old Greek
Name variants:	Achill, Achille, Achilles Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Achilles

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA yearly	Graph	2018 857, 2017 912, 2016 931, 2015 968