Given name

Mithridate

“to give”

Mithridate is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mithridate goes back to Latin Mithridates, meaning “to give.”

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Where it comes from

Mithridate comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Mithridates.

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Mithridate’s family of names

In French usage, Mithridate has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mithridates. In French usage, Mithridate has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Mitridate. In French usage, Mithridate has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Mitrydates.

Walk Mithridate’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Mithridate has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Across languages 5

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

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Latin

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“have pity”

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Hebrew

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Latin

Michée

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Latin

Maurille

Maurille is a unisex given name from Latin. It is used in French.

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Latin

Mikeas

Mikeas is a given name from Latin. It is used in Basque.

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Michahel

“who is like God?”

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>99% boys

Latin

Mikuláš

Mikuláš is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovak.

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>99% boys

Latin

Miche̍

Miche̍ is a masculine given name from Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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