# Aeschylus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aeschylus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aeschylus, from Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).

## In other languages

- Armenian: Էսքիլես, Էսքիլոս
- Bulgarian: Есхил
- Catalan: Èsquil
- Chinese: 埃斯庫羅斯 /埃斯库罗斯
- Dutch: Aischylos
- Esperanto: Esĥilo
- Estonian: Aischylos
- Finnish: Aiskhylos
- French: Eschyle
- German: Äschylus, Aischylos
- Greek: Αισχύλος
- Hebrew: אייסכילוס
- Hungarian: Aiszkhülosz
- Italian: Eschilo
- Japanese: アイスキュロス
- Korean: 아이스퀼로스
- Latin: Aeschylus
- Lithuanian: Aischilas
- Polish: Ajschylos
- Portuguese: Ésquilo

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.