33%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Ἡρακλείδης(Ancient Greek) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Means "son of Herakles" in Greek, derived from the name of the mythic hero Herakles combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was the name of a 4th-century BC Greek astronomer who theorized the rotation of the earth. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantHeraclides