Given name · also Latin
Heraclius
Heraclius is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Original LatinHērāclīus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Heraclius comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Hērāclīus, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Heraclius’s family of names
In Latin usage, Heraclius has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form HERAKLIUSZ. In English usage, Heraclius has a conventional equivalent in the French form Héraclius. In English usage, Heraclius has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Hērāclīus.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Heraclius has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Heraclius comes from · 1 name
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- HērāclīusLatin
- Ира́клийRussian
- ἩράκλειοςAncient Greek
- ΗράκλειοςGreek
- ერეკლეGeorgian
- ჰერაკლეGeorgian
- HéracliusFrench
- ՀերակլArmenian
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