# Ptolemaios (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ptolemaios/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| 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 |

## People named Ptolemaios

- Ptolemy, 2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
- Ptolemy III Euergetes, Egyptian pharaoh
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes, fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (209–179 B.C.)
- Ptolemy IV Philopator, 4th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt (r. 221–204 BC)
- Ptolemy XII Auletes, 1st-century BC Egyptian pharaoh
- Ptolemy VI, Egyptian pharaoh
- Ptolemy VIII Physcon, an Egyptian king from the second century BC
- Ptolemy XIV of Egypt, Egyptian puppet pharao as the husband of Cleopatra VII
- Ptolemy XI Alexander II, Egyptian ruler
- Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator, Egyptian pharaoh
- Ptolemy of Mauretania, 1st century king of Mauretania
- Ptolemy Epigonos, co-regent of Egypt with Ptolemy II

## 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.