Aeneas

Where Aeneas comes from

Borrowed from Latin Aenēās, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας (Aineías).
— Wiktionary's entry for Aeneas
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1995
    First appearance
    #6,992 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2002
    Peak, #2,556
    38 babies named Aeneas — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,996.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.