Given name · also Latin
Heraclitus
Heraclitus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.
Original LatinHēraclītus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Heraclitus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Heraclitus developed from Ἡράκλειτος.
Heraclitus’s family of names
In English usage, Heraclitus developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἡράκλειτος. In English usage, Heraclitus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ERACLITO. In English usage, Heraclitus has a related form in HERACLEITUS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Heraclitus has relatives in 24 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Heraclitus comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Appears in
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