Given name & surname
Aquiles
Aquiles is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Aquiles is a form of Achilles. An origin associated with Achilles is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Aquiles developed from Achilles. In Cebuano usage, Aquiles developed from Ἀχιλλεύς.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aquiles through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 646
- 646 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,258 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,258 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 2012. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,097 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aquiles’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Aquiles developed from the Latin form Achilles. In Galician usage, Aquiles has a conventional equivalent in the French form Achille. Aquiles has a related form in Achilles.
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Around the world
Aquiles has relatives in 29 languages.
26 related names in 29 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 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AhilSlovene
- AchilleItalian, French
- AchilleusGerman
- Akhillesequivalent
- AkillesSwedish, Norwegian
- AkhilleusFinnish
- AkilesBasque
- Achilliequivalent
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People named Aquiles
- Aquiles PriesterSouth African-Brazilian musicianborn 1971
- Aquiles SerdánMexican politician (1876–1910)
- Aquiles GuzmánVenezuelan boxerborn 1965
- Aquiles NazoaVenezuelan writer1920–1976
- Aquiles OcantoVenezuelan footballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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