Given name
Ahasveros
“chief king”
Ahasveros is a given name from Hebrew. It is used in German.
Original Hebrewאחשורוש
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ahasveros goes back to a word meaning “chief king.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ahasveros’s family of names
In German usage, Ahasveros has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form AHASUERUS. In German usage, Ahasveros has a conventional equivalent in Ahasver. In German usage, Ahasveros has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Ahasverus.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Ahasveros has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Ahasveros comes from · 1 name
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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