Given name

Pankratius

Pankratius is a given name from Latin. It is used in German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Pankratius comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Pancratius.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Pankratius’s family of names

In German usage, Pankratius has a conventional equivalent in the French form PANCRACE. In German usage, Pankratius has a conventional equivalent in the English form Pancras. In German usage, Pankratius has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form PANCRATIUS.

Walk Pankratius’s family in the name graph

PankratiusPancratiusPancrazioPancracePancrasPankracyPankracijPankrácPankrácij

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Pankratius has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 8

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

People named Pankratius

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Sibling ideas

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