Achates

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Usage

Swedish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Ἀχάτης (Achates) = 'agate'

Achates is the name of a river in Sicily where the stones were found (Pliny) but the river could as easily be named for the stone

Agate stone Image by Adrian Pingstone, licensed as Public Domain

Related Names

Achates

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Grammar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Achates
Genitive:	Achateksen
Partitive:	Achatesta

- Swedish
Nominative:	Achates
Genitive:	Achates' / Achates

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1865-1899
  • 1910-1919
  • 1930-1939
  • 1950-1969

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige
  • Östsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 23 people were named Achates (percentage of first or only given name: 4 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		0	31	0	0	0	31
Finland		n.a.	3	0	0	n.a.	3
Denmark		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Achates.