Achille as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Achille

What is the meaning of the name Achille ?

The baby name Achille is a Male name , 23 syllables long and is pronounced {'French': 'ah-SHEEL (/aʃil/)', 'Italian': 'ah-KEEL-leh (/aˈkille/)', 'English_variant_(Achilles)': 'uh-KIL-eez (/əˈkɪliz/)'}.

Achille is Greek in Origin.

Achille is the French and Italian form of Achilles, via Latin Achilles from Ancient Greek Akhilleus. The etymology is debated; most link it to Greek akhos “grief, pain,” sometimes combined with laos “people,” yielding readings like “grief of the people,” though a pre-Greek origin is also proposed. Variants include English/German Achilles, Spanish/Portuguese Aquiles, Swedish/Finnish Akilles, and Latin Achilleus/Achilleo.

The name is inseparable from the Homeric hero of the Iliad, the unmatched warrior of the Trojan War later associated with the famed “Achilles’ heel.” Christian tradition helped keep it in use through martyrs Nereus and Achilleus and Saint Achillas of Alexandria. Achille saw strong use in France in the 19th and early 20th centuries and is enjoying a vintage revival; in Italy it remains recognized but uncommon.