Given name & surname
Achilleus
Achilleus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Achilleus is a variant of Achilles. An origin associated with Achilles is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Achilleus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 105 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,028 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,028 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Achilleus’s family of names
In German usage, Achilleus has a short form in Achill. In German usage, Achilleus has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Aquiles. Achilleus has a related form in Achilles.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Achilleus has relatives in 34 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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