Given name

Agesilaus

Agesilaus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Agesilaus comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Agesilaus developed from Ἀγησίλαος.

Agesilaus’s family of names

In English usage, Agesilaus developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀγησίλαος. In English usage, Agesilaus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form AGESILAO. In English usage, Agesilaus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form AGESILAOS.

Walk Agesilaus’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Agesilaus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greekwhere Agesilaus comes from · 1 name

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Across languages 4

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

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