American Family Name Origins:
Achille
Frequency: (183)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Italian and French: from the personal name Achille, based on the classical Greek name Akhilleus (see Achilles).
2. Variant of Achilles.
GIVEN NAMES: French 11%; Italian 8%. Chantale, Ketty, Luckner, Mireille, Pascale, Yolaine; Antonio, Carmine, Nichola, Rocco, Salvatore.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
