Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἡράκλειτος
“Hera”·“glorious”
Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos) is a masculine given name. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Heraclitus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἡράκλειτος is built from elements meaning “Hera” and “glorious”.
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How it developed
Built from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ + κλειτός (“glorious”).
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Ἡράκλειτος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἡράκλειτος has a later derivative in HERACLITUS. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἡράκλειτος has a transliteration in Hērákleitos. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἡράκλειτος has a conventional equivalent in the English form HERACLITUS.
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Around the world
Ἡράκλειτος has relatives in 3 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ἡράκλειτος
- HeraclitusGreek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)534 BC–470 BC
- Heraclitus1st-century AD Greek grammarian and rhetorician
- Heraclitus the ParadoxographerHellenistic writer on mythology
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