Given name

Amílcar

Amílcar is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish and Portuguese.

Original LatinAmilcar

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Amílcar comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Hamilcar.

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Amílcar’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Amílcar has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form AMILCAR. In Portuguese usage, Amílcar has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Amilcare. In Portuguese usage, Amílcar has a related form in HAMILCAR.

Walk Amílcar’s family in the name graph

AmílcarHamilcarAmilcarAmilcareHamilkarἈμίλκαςГамількарחמילקרתჰამილკარՀամիլկար

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Amílcar has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

Latinwhere Amílcar comes from · 2 names

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Amílcar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin · Nature

Ávila

“bird”

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Latin

Ämilie

Ämilie is a given name from Latin. It is used in German.

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Latin

Appian

Appian is a masculine given name from Latin.

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Latin

Akvilas

Akvilas is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

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Latin

Abakas

Abakas is a surname, possibly from German, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Abíal

“breath, vapor; vanity”

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>99% boys

Latin

Amic

“friend”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Aleksandur

“to defend”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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