Boy · Greek, through Latin
Aeneas
Say it: ih-NEE-us
Meaning
Uncertain. Ancient writers linked it with ainos 'praise' or ainos 'terrible', but neither is settled.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in Scotland as an English stand-in for Gaelic Aonghas.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 393 babies given this name since 1995
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 51,100 boys
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Aineias |
|---|---|
| Italian | Enea |
| Spanish | Eneas |
Famous bearers
- Aeneas, Trojan hero of Virgil's Aeneid
- Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pope Pius II)
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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