Given name · also Latin
Mithridates
Mithridates is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Old Persian.
Original Persianمهرداد
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mithridates comes from Latin, and ultimately from Old Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης, from Old Persian *Miθradātah.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mithridates’s family of names
In English usage, Mithridates has a conventional equivalent in the French form MITHRIDATE. In English usage, Mithridates has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Mithridatis. In English usage, Mithridates has a conventional equivalent in the Hungarian form Mithridatész.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Mithridates has relatives in 28 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Persianwhere Mithridates comes from · 1 name
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- مهردادPersian
- MithridātēsLatin
- ΜιθριδάτηςGreek, Ancient Greek
- MithridateFrench
- מִתְרְדָתHebrew
- ΜιτραδάτηςAncient Greek
- ΜιθραδάτηςAncient Greek
- მითრიდატეGeorgian
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People named Mithridates
- Mithridates VI Eupatorruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC133 BC–62 BC
- Mithridates V Euergetesking of Pontus200 BC–119 BC
- Mithridates IV of Pontusking of Pontus150 BC–200 BC
- Mithridates I of PontusPersian nobleman400 BC–265 BC
- Mithridates I Callinicusking of Commagene200 BC–69 BC
- Mithridates III of Pontusking of Pontus300 BC–200 BC
- Mithridates II of Commageneking of Commagene100 BC–19 BC
- Mithridates III of Commageneking of Commagene100 BC–11 BC
- Mithridates II of the Bosporusking of The Bosporus100 BC–45 BC
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