Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Χαρίλαος
“beauty, elegance”·“people”
Χαρίλαος (Khărílāos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Charilaos.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Χαρίλαος is built from elements meaning “beauty, elegance” and “people”.
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How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-, built from Ancient Greek χάρις (“beauty, elegance”) + λαός (“people”).
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Χαρίλαος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Χαρίλαος has a diminutive in Χάρης. In Greek usage, Χαρίλαος has a conventional equivalent in the English form CHARILAOS. In Ancient Greek usage, Χαρίλαος has a transliteration in Kharílaos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Χαρίλαος has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Χαρίλαος
- Charilaos TrikoupisPrime Minister of Greece (1832-1896)
- Charilaos Vasilakosathletics competitor (1877–1964)1875–1964
- Charilaos FlorakisGreek politician (1914-2005)
- Charilaos PappasGreek footballerborn 1983
- Charilaos StavrakisGreek Cypriot economist, banker and politicianborn 1956
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