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Name Hercules

Meaning:

glory of Hera

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About the name Hercules in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Hercule, Herakles Details

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About Herakles, the group of names with the same origin as Hercules

Meaning/translation:	glory of Hera
Language of origin:	Old Greek
Info about origin:	the name of the Greek goddess Hera combined with the word kleos (glory)
	in Greek mythology Herakles, a son of Zeus, is a hero that completed 12 labors and became a god
	in Latin his name became Hercules
Words:	kleos = the glory Old Greek
Topics:	Greek mythology, Roman mythology
Somehow related to:	Hera
Old/original forms:	Herakles Old Greek, Hercules Latin
Name variants:	Ercole, Herakles, Hercule, Hercules Sortable list Details