Given name & surname
Pilate
“freedman”
Pilate is used as a given name and a surname.
Original GreekΠιλατος
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Pilate means “freedman.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Pilate is a biblical name from Greek.
From biblical name research
Pilate’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Pilate, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Python
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Pudens
“bashful” · “modest”
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Porcius
“belonging to swine”
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Parmenas
“near-stayer”
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Patrobas
“the life of the father”
>99% boys
Pantokrator
“all holding”
>99% boys
Noè
Noè is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Italian.
>99% boys
Sopater
“father of salvation” · “preserved the father”
>99% boys