Given name

Thucydide

Thucydide is a given name from Latin. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Thucydide comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Thucydides.

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Thucydide’s family of names

In French usage, Thucydide has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thucydides. In French usage, Thucydide has a conventional equivalent in Thukididi. In French usage, Thucydide has a conventional equivalent in the Norwegian form Thukydid.

Walk Thucydide’s family in the name graph

Around the world

Thucydide has relatives in 38 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

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27 related names in 38 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. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Similar names

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

Latin

Théotime

“god”

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Latin

Théodose

“god” · “gift of God”

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Germanic

Theudebald

“people” · “bright, shining”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Ursycyn

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

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Latin

Túlio

“waterfall, downpour”

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>99% boys

Latin

Tulpius

Tulpius is a surname from Latin.

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Latin

Baudile

Baudile is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Aramaic

Thonmas

“twin”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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