Alcides

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alcides is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name77K records spelled Alcides8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Venezuela, United States, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Älcîdës, Älcïdës, Alcídes

• a separate given name5.0K records spelled Alcides3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, Bolivia, Peru

  Also written Alcídes, Álcides

• French given name2.1K records spelled Alcides5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Paraguay

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Alcidès, Alcidés

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alcides is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Griego patronímico de Alceo; sobrenombre de Hércules.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Latin, synonym of Herculēs

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Daniel Alcides Carriónb. 1857PEPeruvian medical student (1857-1885)
• Onni Tarjanneb. 1864FInot in their usual nameFinnish architect and professor
• Alcides Arguedasb. 1879BOBolivian politician (1879-1946)
• Alcides Ghiggiab. 1926UYUruguayan footballer (1926-2015)
• Alcides Lanzab. 1929CAPianist, composer, conductor, educator (1929–2024)
• Alcides Silveirab. 1938UYFootballer (1938-2011)
• Alcides Araújo Alvesb. 1985BRBrazilian footballer
• Alcides Escobarb. 1986VEVenezuelan professional baseball player
• Alcides Peñab. 1989BOBolivian footballer
• Alcides de Souza Faria Júniorb. 1993BRBrazilian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 627 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alcides?

We estimate roughly 45 thousand people bear Alcides (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Alcides have the most bearers?

Alcides is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled alcides.

How common is Alcides compared with other names?

In Argentina, Alcides is the 363rd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Alcides a male or female name?

Alcides is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alcides mean?

Recorded meaning: Synonym of Hercules.