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 [ 3 syll. ae-nea(s), aen-e-as ] The boy name Aeneas is pronounced as AENiyahS KEY. Aeneas is mainly used in English and its language of origin is Old Greek. The name Aeneas means praiseworthy. Derived from the word 'ainein' which is of the meaning to praise. An original form of the name is Aineas (Old Greek). Aeneas was the Trojan hero in Greek mythology who fled Troy and sailed to Italy where he founded the Roman state. His voyages were recorded in Virgil's Aeneid (BC 30-19). In literature, Aeneas has appeared in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida (1602). The name was rather common in Scotland as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Aonghus or Aonghas, and in Ireland as an equivalent of the Gaelic Éigneachán. The Italian name Enea and the French and Portuguese name Enéas are forms of the name. Another form of Aeneas is the English spelling variant Eneas. See also the related form, the English, Irish, and Scottish Angus. Aeneas is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Aeneas include the Hebrew Amasa, the Igbo Amazu, the Hebrew Amichai, the German Anicho, the name Anoki, the Basque and Spanish Iñaki, the Greek Ioannes, the name Ohanko, the Irish Aengus, the name Ahmik, the English Amyas, the Twi Anang, the English Ananias, the Arabic Anas, the Esperanto Anchjo, the Arabic Anees, the Scottish Angie, the English, Irish, and Scottish Angus, the Arabic Anis, and the Indian Anish. KEY: Pronunciation for Aeneas: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
