# Mithridates (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mithridates/  
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 | /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/, 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

From Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Persian *Miθradātah.

## In other languages

- Armenian: Միհրդատ
- Bulgarian: Митридат
- Catalan: Mitridates
- Chinese: 米特里達梯
- Dutch: Mithridates
- Finnish: Mithridates
- French: Mithridate
- Georgian: მითრიდატე
- German: Mithridates
- Greek: Μιθριδάτης
- Hebrew: מִתְרְדָת, מִיתְרִידָטֶס
- Hungarian: Mithridatész
- Italian: Mitridate
- Japanese: ミトリダテス
- Latin: Mithridātēs
- Lithuanian: Mitridatai
- Norwegian: Mitridates
- Polish: Mitrydates
- Portuguese: Mitrídates
- Romanian: Mitridat

## 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.