Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Æneas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Latin Aeneas, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας.
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Æneas’s family of names
In Danish usage, Æneas has a conventional equivalent in the German form Äneas.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Æneas
- Aeneas MackintoshBritish Merchant Navy officer and Antarctic explorer (1879-1916)
- Æneas Mackay Jr.Dutch politician (1838–1909)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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