Archimedes

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Archimidis in CY Cyprus.

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 9 languages in the etymology graph.

How Archimedes is read●(measured from records)

Archimedes is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English32%

  A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).

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

  Greek scientist; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Portuguese32%

  Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Arquimedes.

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

• Spanish27%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Archimedes in Spanish.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Archimedes, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Bartholomew
• Cornelius
• Balthazar
• Basil
• Hercules
• Achilles
• Apollo
• Aloysius
• Bart
• Chauncey
• Bambi
• Black

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

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

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

• English given name117 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Thailand, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Thai, Arabic

  Also written Akeem, อาคม, Arkom, Akom, Arkhom

36 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)

Archimedes is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, Archimedes (Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer)

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

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)

• Archimedesb. 287ITGreek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
• Archimedes Robbb. 1814USAmerican politician (1814–1875)
• Archimedes Russellb. 1840USAmerican architect
• Archimedes Pattib. 1913USAmerican intelligence officer (1913–1998)
• Archimedesancient Greek epigrammatist

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).

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Archimedes mean, and where does it come from?

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Archimedes?

A machine transcription gives /aɾt͡ʃimɛdeʃ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.

Is Archimedes a male or female name?

Archimedes 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 Archimedes have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Archimedes in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled archimedes.

How common is the name Archimedes?

In Brazil, the national register counted 313 people named Archimedes in 2022, about 1 in 676 thousand residents.