Given name
Pancras
“all-powerful, almighty”
Pancras is a masculine given name from Middle English, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Original Ancient GreekΠαγκράτιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pancras goes back to a word meaning “all-powerful, almighty.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Pancras developed from Παγκράτιος.
Pancras’s family of names
In English usage, Pancras developed from the Ancient Greek form Παγκράτιος. In English usage, Pancras has a conventional equivalent in the French form PANCRACE. In English usage, Pancras has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form PANCRACIO.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Pancras has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Pancras comes from · 1 name
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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Parmenas
“near-stayer”
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“the life of the father”
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Paros
“from the island”
>99% boys
Pantias
“a philosophical man”
>99% boys
Pangrate
Pangrate is a surname from Greek. It is used in Romanian.
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Panțu
Panțu is a surname from Greek. It is used in Romanian.
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