Given name

Hélios

Hélios is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hélios comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Ancient Greek Ἥλιος.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Across languages 2

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Ancient Greek

Hermippus

Hermippus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

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Ancient Greek

Helüś

Helüś is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Vilamovian.

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Ancient Greek

Hélia

“sun”

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Ancient Greek

Hegesias

Hegesias is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

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Ancient Greek

Heracles

Heracles is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan.

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Ancient Greek

Héliodore

Héliodore is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.

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Ancient Greek

Hekkala

Hekkala is a surname, possibly from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.

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Ancient Greek

Herzog

Herzog is a surname from German, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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Sibling ideas

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