# Polyclitus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/polyclitus/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌpɑl.ɪˈklaɪ.təs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Polycletus, Polycleitus, Polykleitus, Polykleitos |
| 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 Polyclītus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polŭ́kleitos).

## In other languages

- Arabic: بُولِيكِلَيْتُوس
- Bulgarian: Поликле́т
- Catalan: Policlet
- Czech: Polykleitos
- Dutch: Polykleitos
- Esperanto: Polikleto
- Finnish: Polykleitos
- French: Polyclète
- Georgian: პოლიკლიტე
- German: Polyklet
- Greek: Πολύκλειτος
- Hebrew: פוליקליטוס
- Icelandic: Polýkleitos
- Italian: Policleto
- Latin: Polyclītus
- Polish: Poliklet
- Portuguese: Policleto, Policlito
- Russian: Поликле́т
- Spanish: Policleto
- Swedish: Polykleitos

## 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.