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Deeper literal meaning uncertain in the Greek Achilles name family.
The Greek source explicitly describes the origin as uncertain. Connections with words for grief and people are proposed interpretations, not a settled translation. The modern French and Italian forms retain this uncertainty.
French and Italian forms with Ancient Greek ancestry; Italian transmitted through Latin.
The French and Italian entries document personal-name use from Ancient Greek. Italian explicitly records learned borrowing from Latin Achilles. The separate Latin ablative form is not used as a modern personal-name reading.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 18 · preliminary | 1311 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 1965 | Girls | 5 (rounded to 5) | 1507 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 790 (rounded to 5) | 76 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 4 | 4275 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 9 | 8243 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact French section documents male given-name use as well as the mythological figure. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Achille entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achille&oldid=93132858. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact Italian section documents male given-name use as well as the mythological figure. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Achille entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achille&oldid=93132858. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Greek source explicitly describes the origin as uncertain. Connections with words for grief and people are proposed interpretations, not a settled translation. The modern French and Italian forms retain this uncertainty. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Achille, AncientAchilles entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achille&oldid=93132858; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%E1%BC%88%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82&oldid=92272439. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Recorded French reading. This reading is not counted as English pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Achille entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achille&oldid=93132858. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Recorded Italian reading, with stress on the second syllable and a doubled l. This reading is not counted as English pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Achille entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achille&oldid=93132858. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The French and Italian entries document personal-name use from Ancient Greek. Italian explicitly records learned borrowing from Latin Achilles. The separate Latin ablative form is not used as a modern personal-name reading. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Achille, Achilles, AncientAchilles entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achille&oldid=93132858; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achilles&oldid=93486860; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%E1%BC%88%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82&oldid=92272439. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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French and Italian definitions identify Achille with Achilles. Exact spellings and language-specific readings remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Achille entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Achille&oldid=93132858. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
