Given name
Agamemnon
Agamemnon is a given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Latin Agamemnon, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Agamemnon’s family of names
Agamemnon has a related form in Agamemno. Agamemnon has a related form in Agamenon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Agamemnon
- Memos IoannouGreek professional basketball player and coachborn 1958
- Agamemnon SchliemannGreek politician and diplomat (1878-1954)
- Memos MakrisGreek-Hungarian sculptor (1913–1993)
- Agamemnon GilisGreek footballer1891
- Menios KoutsogiorgasGreek politician1922–1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Agamemnon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Euroclydon
“easterly surger”
>99% boys
Apollyon
“destroyer”
>99% boys
Acindino
“one who fears no danger”
>99% boys
Agesilao
“one who leads”
>99% boys
Adamachi
Adamachi is a surname from Greek. It is used in Romanian.
—
Aniketos
“one who remains unconquered”
>99% boys
Agathias
“one who is good and honorable”
>99% boys
Acacio
“of the thorny tree”
98% boys · 2% girls