Given name · also Ancient Greek

Proclus

Proclus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Proclus comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek Πρόκλος, from Latin Proculus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Proclus’s family of names

In English usage, Proclus has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form PROCLE. In English usage, Proclus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Proclo. In English usage, Proclus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Proklos.

Walk Proclus’s family in the name graph

ProclusProcleΠρόκλοςПроклProcloProklosProkloszПрокълՊրոկլ

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Proclus has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

8 related names in 11 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.

Similar names

If you love Proclus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Mozus

Mozus is a masculine given name. It is used in Latvian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Serbus

“servant”

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Latin

Ancus

Ancus is a masculine given name from Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Sykstus

Sykstus is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Primož

Primož is a masculine given name. It is used in Slovene.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Pryska

“ancient”

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Latin

Spartakus

Spartakus is a given name from Latin. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Kattelus

Kattelus is a surname from Latin. It is used in Finnish.

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Sibling ideas

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