Given name
Herakles
“glory of Hera”
Herakles is a variant of Hercules. One Greek interpretation is “glory of Hera.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Herakles is a variant of Hercules. One Greek interpretation is “glory of Hera.”
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Where it comes from
Herakles is a variant of Hercules. An origin associated with Hercules is Greek.
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How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς, built from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ + -κλῆς (“glory”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Herakles is a variant of Hercules. The history of Hercules gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Hercules is associated with a son of Zeus.
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Herakles’s family of names
In Polish usage, Herakles shares an earlier linguistic root with Herkules. Herakles has a related form in Hercules.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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