Given name
Euclid
“an intelligent man”
Euclid is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Original GreekΕυκλείδης
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Euclid developed from Εὐκλείδης.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Euclid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 223
- 223 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 17 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 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 180 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.
Euclid’s family of names
In English usage, Euclid developed from the Ancient Greek form Εὐκλείδης. Euclid has a related form in Euclides. Euclid has a related form in Euclide.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Appears in
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