Given name · also Latin

Idaeus

Idaeus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Idaeus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Idaeus developed from Ἰδαῖος.

Idaeus’s family of names

In English usage, Idaeus developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰδαῖος. In English usage, Idaeus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form IDEO. In English usage, Idaeus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Idäus.

Walk Idaeus’s family in the name graph

IdaeusIdæusIdeoἸδαῖοςIdéeIdäusИдей

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Idaeus has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greekwhere Idaeus comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Ancient Greek

Alcaeus

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Ancient Greek

Achaeus

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Ancient Greek

Itys

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Ancient Greek

Itylus

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Ioannes

Ioannes is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.

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Ancient Greek

Idomeneus

Idomeneus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Ipate

“highest, best”

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Ancient Greek

Isidotus

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

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Idaeus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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