Meleagros as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Meleagros

What is the meaning of the name Meleagros ?

The baby name Meleagros is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Classical/Greek approx: meh-leh-AH-gros (me-le-'a-gros); Anglicized (Meleager): MEL-ee-uh-ger (ˈmɛliəgər).

Meleagros is Greek in Origin.

From the Greek Μελέαγρος, Meleagros is a classical masculine name whose etymology remains debated. Scholars often parse it as a compound with agros “field/countryside” or agrios “wild,” while the first element may relate to meli “honey,” melas “dark,” or mēlē “strength/limb.” Proposed readings range from “strong in the wilds” to “dark of the countryside,” but no single meaning is secure.

Best known via the hero Meleager of Calydon, famed for leading the Calydonian Boar Hunt, the name appears across archaic, classical, and Hellenistic sources; it was also borne by Meleager of Gadara, the 1st‑century BCE epigrammatist who assembled the Garland. Usage largely faded in late antiquity but survives in scholarly and Greek-diaspora circles. Variants and transliterations include Meleager (English/Latinized), Méléagre (French), and Meleagro (Italian/Spanish); modern Greek retains Μελέαγρος.

⚙ We can't find Meleagros in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. Most often that means a rare name, a regional or heritage one, or a recent coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.