Achille

A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning a form of Achilles; without lips.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

Achille by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Achille. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.

Other names that come from Achilles

Like Achille, each of these traces back to Achilles: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Aquilesvariant of Achilles, sharp or keen32 in the US (2017)
  • Akilliesa form of Achilles, warrior of the Trojan war5 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Achille. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Achilleswithout lips or grief; hero of the Iliad232 in the US (2017)
  • Achilliesa form of Achilles; without lips7 in the US (2017)
  • Achilleaspain; form of Achilles4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Akhillesa form of Achilles, warrior of the Trojan war5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Achille

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