Given name & surname
Achaz
“he has grasped”·“possessor”
Achaz is a masculine given name from Hebrew.
Original Hebrewאחז
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Achaz means “he has grasped” or “possessor.”
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb ahaz (אחז), “to seize or grasp.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Achaz appears in 2 Kings 15:38.
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Achaz’s family of names
In Latin usage, Achaz has a related form in Achatius. In German usage, Achaz has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Achatius. In German usage, Achaz has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Achatus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Achaz
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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>99% boys
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“timely” · “opportune”
80% boys · 20% girls
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“level plain” · “step”
>99% boys
Azgad
“strength in invasion” · “strong fortune”
>99% boys
Agag
“blazing”
>99% boys
Asnah
“thorn bush”
>99% boys