Around the globe, Achilles (Achilles 
, Αχιλλέας 
, Ахиллес 
) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently female forename. The forename Achilles is characteristic of Greece, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Philippines, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Philippines, Brazil, and the United States. Likewise, Achilles is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Achilles | Germany, Philippines, Uganda, United States, Brazil |
| Αχιλλέας | Greece |
| Ахиллес | Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Ахіллес | Ukraine |
Achilles is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Achilles , the Greek mythological hero, Hades; Achilles de Flandres , the Fictional character from the Ender’s Game series., Ender's Game hexalogy; Achilles Warkiller , the DC Comics character; Achilles , the horse from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Achilles , the operatic character in the opera Penthesilea by Othmar Schoeck, and in many other works.
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achilles tatius Greek novellist, EG (b. 200) |
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| achilles painter Ancient attic-greek vase-painter of the red-figure style, GR (b. 500) |
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achilles de faenza author (1401-1600) (b. 1401) |
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achilles pirminius gasser German physician and astrologer, DE (b. 1505) |
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| achilles langenbucher (b. 1580) |
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achilles augustus von lersner German author and politician (1662-1732), DE (b. 1662) |
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| achilles christoph von gemmingen (1619-1676), DE (b. 1619) |
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| achilles uffenbach DE (b. 1611) |
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| achilles wrangel (b. 1643) |
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| achilles daniel leopold (b. 1651) |
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| achilles leisler (1723-1784) (b. 1723) |
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| achilles mieg botanist (1731-1799), CH (b. 1731) |
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| achilles ryhiner CH (b. 1731) |
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achilles bischoff Swiss politician (1795-1867), CH (b. 1795) |
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achilles d'orville DE (b. 1794) |
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