Given name · also Gaelic, Latin
Aeneas
“to be worthy of praise”
Aeneas is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “to be worthy of praise.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original GreekΑινείας
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “to be worthy of praise.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In English usage, Aeneas developed from Αἰνείας.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Aeneas appears in Acts 9:33, Acts 9:34, Genesis 32:25.
- Acts 9:33
- Acts 9:34
- Genesis 32:25
From biblical name research
Aeneas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 472
- 472 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,263 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,263 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 365 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aeneas’s family of names
In English usage, Aeneas developed from the Ancient Greek form Αἰνείας. In English usage, Aeneas has a related form in Eneas. Aeneas has a related form in Aenneas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aeneas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Aeneas comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aeneas
- Aeneas MacKenzieScottish-American screenwriter1889–1962
- Aeneas CoffeyIrish inventor1780–1852
- Aeneas WilliamsAmerican football playerborn 1968
- Aeneas ChigwedereZimbabwean politician (1939-2021)
Characters named Aeneas: Aeneas (Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Aphrodite).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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