Achilles
Achilles is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning The great warrior hero.
What Achilles means
The great warrior hero.
Achilles sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Achilles comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Achilles is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Achilles?
Achilles is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Achilles is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Achilles
We group Achilles under courage and battle and strength — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Achilles
These share Achilles's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Ares — God of war.
- Hector — Holding fast; steadfast defender.
- Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Takeshi — Fierce, strong warrior.
- Cathal — Battle ruler; strong.
- Ettore — Steadfast defender.
- Gerald — Ruler with the spear.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Harvey — Battle-worthy and strong.
- Oskar — Spear of the gods.
- Sigurd — Guardian of victory.