Given name

Kserkses

“ruler among kings”

Kserkses is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

Original LatinXerxes

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kserkses goes back to Latin Xerxes, meaning “ruler among kings.”

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Where it comes from

Kserkses comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Latin Xerxes, from Ancient Greek Ξέρξης.

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Kserkses’s family of names

In Polish usage, Kserkses has a conventional equivalent in the English form Xerxes. In Polish usage, Kserkses has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Kserksas. In Polish usage, Kserkses has a conventional equivalent in the Esperanto form Kserkso.

Walk Kserkses’s family in the name graph

KserksesXerxesSerseXerxészΞέρξηςКсерксSerhasՔսերքսեսKserkssKserksasחשיארשXerxèsKserkso

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Kserkses has relatives in 25 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

Latinwhere Kserkses comes from · 1 name

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