Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Akilles is a variant of Achilles. An origin associated with Achilles is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akilles through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54
- 54 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Akilles’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Akilles has a conventional equivalent in the Galician form Aquiles. Akilles has a related form in Achilles. In Swedish usage, Akilles has a conventional equivalent in the German form Achilleus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Akilles has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AquilesGalician
- Achilleequivalent
- Akhillesequivalent
- AchilleusGerman
- Ахиллесequivalent
- Αχιλλέαςequivalent
- Ἀχιλλεύςequivalent
- Achilliequivalent
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People named Akilles
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