Given name
Apelles
“assembly”
Apelles is used as a given name.
Original GreekΑπελλης
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Apelles means “assembly.”
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Where it comes from
Apelles is a biblical name from Greek.
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Apelles appears in Romans 16:10.
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Apelles’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Apelles
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Apelles, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“man of anguish”
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Ampliatus
Ampliatus is a given name. It is used in Latin.
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