Perseus

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Perseus is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States

  Also written Persee, Persée

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Perseus is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, constellation; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, mythological Greek hero;

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Latin, Perseus (son of Jupiter and Danae, killed Medusa and rescued Andromeda)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Persejs, debess ziemeļu puslodes zvaigznājs

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Perseusb. 150ancient Greek geometer
• Perseus of Macedonb. 212GRKing of Macedonia from 179 to 168 BC
• Persaeusb. 306CYnot in their usual nameancient Greek philosopher
• Laurens Perseus Hickokb. 1798USAmerican philosopher (1798–1888)
• PerseusGreek painter, 4th century BCE, student of Apelles

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Perseus a male or female name?

Perseus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Perseus mean?

Recorded meaning: The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her.

Where does the name Perseus come from?

The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

In which country does Perseus have the most bearers?

Perseus is most frequently recorded in the United States.