Given name

Aegeus

Aegeus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

Original GreekΑιγέας

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

The story

In mythological stories, Aegeus is associated with a king and father of Theseus.

Aegeus’s family of names

Aegeus has a related form in Aigeos. Aegeus has a related form in Aigeus. In Latin usage, Aegeus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Egeusz.

Walk Aegeus’s family in the name graph

AegeusAigeusAigeosΑιγέαςΑἰγεύςEgeuszÄgeus

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Aegeus has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Aegeus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Ancient Greek · Royal

Hippolytus

“of the stampeding horses”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Greek · Royal

Hippolyte

“of the stampeding horses”

No U.S. birth series

85% boys · 15% girls

Greek · Royal

Pygmalion

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Greek · Royal

Minos

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Royal

Aulys

No U.S. birth series

—

Greek · Mythological

Aeolus

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Royal

Aulysse

No U.S. birth series

—

Greek · Royal

Hector

“to hold; to overpower”

62FamiliarEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Aegeus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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