Apollos
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The name Apollos is of Greek origin, meaning 'gift of Apollo'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries
/apoʎos/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Apollos is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ecuador than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 62Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- KEKenya≈1 in 2.3Mfew records
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 50Mfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Apollos itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ecuador (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 71 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 62K (inferred from the name graph)
8,179 named Apolo, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Apolo in EC Ecuador, ES Spain.
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)The name Apollos is of Greek origin, meaning 'gift of Apollo.' In the Bible, Apollos was a gifted and passionate speaker, a brilliant scholar of the scriptures, and a key figure in the early Christian church who worked closely with the Apostle Paul. The name suggests intelligence, eloquence, and spiritual fervor.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Apollos counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Ecuador | 8,179as Apolo | 1 in 2.1K | 8.2K | Apolo | 27 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Apollos | 32 |
| ES Spain | 819as Apolo | 1 in 61K | 819 | Apolo | 13 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 168K | — | Apollos | 10 |
| UY Uruguay | 299as Apolo | 1 in 11K | 299 | — | — |
8,179 people counted by INEC — civil registry names, 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INEC — civil registry names; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Apollos is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Apollos is of Greek origin, likely a shortened form of Apollonius or Apollodorus, meaning "belonging to Apollo" or "gift of Apollo". It is connected to the Greek god Apollo, who was associated with light, music, knowledge, and prophecy.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Russian, "to destroy."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
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.
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Apollos come from?
- The name Apollos is of Greek origin, meaning 'gift of Apollo.' In the Bible, Apollos was a gifted and passionate speaker, a brilliant scholar of the scriptures, and a key figure in the early Christian… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What does the name Apollos mean?
- Recorded meaning: The name Apollos is of Greek origin, meaning 'gift of Apollo.'
- How do you pronounce Apollos?
- It depends on the language: in Spanish /apoʎos/; in Swahili /apollos/; in Indonesian /apollos/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Apollos a male or female name?
- Apollos 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.
- In which country does Apollos have the most bearers?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted about 8.2 thousand people named Apolo, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Apollos?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted 8,179 people named Apolo in 2024, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/apollosThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Apollos”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.