Boy · Greek
Thrasyvoulos
Say it: thrah-SEE-voo-los
Meaning
Greek thrasys 'bold' and boule 'will, counsel'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of the classical names revived in 19th-century Greece and rare today.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Thrasos
| Latin | Thrasybulus |
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Famous bearers
- Thrasybulus, Athenian general who restored democracy
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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