Given name

Laertes

“one who is adventurous”

Laertes is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “one who is adventurous.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One English interpretation is “one who is adventurous.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is English.

Laertes’s family of names

Laertes has a related form in Lairtes. Laertes has a related form in Lartes. Laertes has a related form in Layrtes.

Walk Laertes’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 3

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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