Given name · also Latin

Asclepius

Asclepius is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Asclepius comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Asclepius developed from Ἀσκληπιός.

Asclepius’s family of names

In English usage, Asclepius developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀσκληπιός. In English usage, Asclepius has a conventional equivalent in the French form Asclèpe.

Walk Asclepius’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

Aleksejus

“defender”

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Sibling ideas

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