Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἀγησίλαος
“to lead”·“people”
Ἀγησίλαος (Āgēsĭ́lāos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Hellenic. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Agesilaus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἀγησίλαος is built from elements meaning “to lead” and “people”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Hellenic *lāwós, built from Ancient Greek ἄγω (“to lead”) + λαός (“people”).
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Ἀγησίλαος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀγησίλαος has a later derivative in AGESILAUS. Ἀγησίλαος has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form AGESILAOS. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀγησίλαος has a conventional equivalent in the English form AGESILAUS.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ἀγησίλαος has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 4
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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