MEANING & HISTORY
What does Themistocles mean?
Themistocles is the Latinized spelling of Greek Themistokles. The name joins themis, divine law, custom, or established order, with kleos, glory.
Its first element is more specific than a modern statute alone, while the second belongs to a widespread Greek glory-name pattern. The Athenian statesman associated with the naval victory at Salamis is its famous historical bearer. His career gives the name a political and military association without changing the compound into victorious general.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name of Greek usage.
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Themistocles in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Themistocles
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Aristoteles♂Best purpose or completion
- Hercules·Latin Heracles: glory of Hera
- Theodore♂Gift of God
- Achilles♂Classical Greek name Achilleus, with a debated root
- Theodora·Gift of God; feminine of Theodore
- Thaddeus·Greek-Aramaic biblical form with disputed older origin
What rhymes with Themistocles?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Themistocles further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Themistocles (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Themistocles (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.