Achaemenes

Revision History

Date	Editor	Name ID	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	achaemenes	added (from user-submitted name 118409)
12/11/2020, 2:44 AM	Lucille	118409
11/10/2011, 10:10 PM	Lucille

Gender Masculine

Usage Old Persian (Latinized)

Scripts 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁(Old Persian)

Meaning & History

Latin form of Ἀχαιμένης (Achaimenes), the Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (Haxamaniš), derived from Old Iranian *haxa "friend, companion, ally" and *manah "mind, intellect, thought". This was the name of the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty (7th century BC).