This is a list of personal names known in English that are modified from another language and are or were not used among the person themselves.
It does not include:
This list also includes names from non-English languages the individual did not use, such as Latin or French.
Modern convention is not to translate modern personal names. [2]
English name | Original name | Language | Notability | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Agricola | Alexander Ackerman | Dutch | Artist (musician) | |
Averroes | Muḥammad Ibn-'Aḥmad Ibn-Rushd | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Avicenna | 'Ali Ibn Al-Ḥusayn Ibn-'Abdillāh Ibn-Ḥasan Ibn-Sīnā | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Bill Alexander | Wilhelm Alexander | German | Artist (painter) | Self-translated |
Catiline | Lucius Sergius Catilina | Latin | Political leader | |
Christopher Columbus | Cristóbal Colón | Spanish | Explorer | |
Cristoffa Corombo | Ligurian | |||
Claudius Salmasius | Claude Saumise | French | Intellectual | |
Clovis I | Chlodovechus | Latin | Political leader | |
Hlōdowig | Frankish | |||
Confucius | Kǒng Qiū (孔 丘) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used |
Kǒng Fūzǐ (孔 夫子) | Mandarin | |||
Cornplanter | Gaiänt'wakê | Seneca | Political leader | |
John Abeel III | English | Birth name, no longer used | ||
Denis the Carthusian | Denys van Leeuwen | Dutch | Religious figure | |
Ferdinand Magellan | Fernão de Magalhães | Portuguese | Explorer | |
Ferenc Dávid | Franz David Hertel | German | Religious figure | Hungarian and German names were both in use |
George Santayana | Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana | Spanish | Intellectual (philosopher) | Self-translated |
Georgius Agricola | Georg Pawer | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Gerardus Mercator | Gheert Cremer | Dutch | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Hector Boyardee | Ettore Boiardi | Italian | Chef | |
Henry of Ghent | Henri de Gand | French | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Henricus Gadavensus | Latin | |||
Hieronymous Bosch | Jheronimus Bosch | Dutch | Artist (painter) | |
Homer | Hómēros (Ὅμηρος) | Ancient Greek | Artist (poet) | |
Horace | Quintus Horatius Flaccus | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
Hugo Etherianis | Ugo Eteriano | Italian | Religious figure | |
Hugo Grotius | Huig de Groot | Dutch | Intellectual | |
Ignatius of Loyola | Ignacio de Loyola | Spanish | Religious figure (saint) | |
Jacobus Arminius | Jacob Hermanszoon | Dutch | Religious figure | |
Jerome | Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus | Latin | Theologian | |
Jesus | Iēsoûs (Ἰησοῦς) | Koine Greek | Religious figure | |
John Amos Comenius | Jan Amos Komenský | Czech | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure |
|
John Cabot | Zuan Chabotto | Venetian | Explorer | |
John Calvin | Jehan Cauvin | French | Religious figure (reformer) | |
John Huss | Jan Hus | Czech | Religious figure (reformer) | |
John of Damascus | Yuḥannā Ad-Dimashqi (يوحنا الدمشقي,) | Arabic | Religious figure (saint) | |
Josephus | Titus Flavius Josephus | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Full Latin name. |
Yosef Ben-Matityahu (יוסף בן מתתיהו) | Hebrew | |||
Lee Iacocca | Lido Iacocca | Italian | Businessman | |
Livy | Titus Livius Patavinus | Latin | Intellectual (historian) | |
Julius Evola | Giulio Cesare Andrea baron Evola | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher)
Relligious figure (mystic) |
|
Maimonides | Moses Maimonides | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Moshe Ben-Maymon (משה בן מימון) | Hebrew | |||
Mūsa Ibn-Maymūn (موسى بن ميمون) | Arabic | |||
Mark Antony | Marcus Antonius | Latin | Political leader | |
Mencius | Mèng Kē (孟 軻) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used |
Mèngzī (孟 子) | Mandarin | |||
Michael Servetus | Miguel Serveto | Spanish | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Moses | Mōše (מֹשֶׁה) | Biblical Hebrew | Religious figure (prophet) | |
Muhammad ibn Abdullah | Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (مُحَمَّد ٱبن عَبْد ٱللَّٰه) | Arabic | Religious figure (prophet) | |
Nachmanides | Bonastruc ça Porta | Catalan | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure |
|
Moshe Ben-Nachman (משה בן נחמן) | Hebrew | |||
Nicolas Steno | Nicolas Stenonis | Latin | Intellectual (scientist)
Religious figure |
|
Niels Steensen | Danish | |||
Nicolaus Copernicus | Niklas Koppernigk [3] | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Mikołaj Kopernik | Polish | |||
Nostradamus | Michel de Nostredame | French | Intellectual | |
Octavian | Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus | Latin | Roman emperor | |
Ovid | Publius Ovidius Naso | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
Paul of Venice | Paolo da Veneto | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Paolo Nicoletto | Italian | Birth name, no longer used | ||
Paulus Venetus | Latin | |||
Pete Fountain | Pierre LaFontaine, Jr. | French | Artist (musician) | |
Peter Damian | Pietro Damiani | Italian | Religious figure (saint) | |
Peter Lombard | Pietro Lombardo | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Peter of Bruys | Pierre de Bruys | French | Religious figure (priest) | |
Peter of Ravenna | Pietro de Ravenna | Italian | Intellectual | |
Peter Waldo | Pierre Vaudès | French | Religious figure | |
Petrarch | Francesco Petracco | Italian | Artist (poet)
Intellectual |
|
Franciscus Petrarca | Latin | |||
Petrus Apianis | Peter Bienewitz | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Plato | Plátōn | Ancient Greek | Philosopher | |
Pompey | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus | Latin | Political leader | |
Raphael | Raffaello Sanzio | Italian | Artist | |
Regiomontanus | Johannes Müller von Königsberg | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Rodolphus Agricola | Roelof Huysman | Dutch | Intellectual | |
Samuel Maresius | Samuel Des Marets | French | Intellectual | |
Terence | Publius Terentius Afer | Latin | Artist (playwright) | |
Theodore Beza | Théodore de Bèze | French | Religious figure | |
Thomas Aquinas | Tommaso d'Aquino | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure (saint) |
|
Thomas à Kempis | Thomas Hammerlein | German | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure |
Birth name, no longer used |
Thomas Hemerkin | Dutch | Birth name, no longer used | ||
Thomas van Kempen | Dutch | |||
Thomas von Kempen | German | |||
Titian | Tiziano Vecelli | Italian | Artist | |
Tycho Brahe | Tyge Brahe | Danish | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Virgil | Publius Vergilius Maro | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
William of Salicet | Guglielmo da Saliceto | Italian | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Zoroaster | Zarathustra | Avestan | Prophet |
This is a list of personal names known in English that are modified from another language and are or were not used among the person themselves.
It does not include:
This list also includes names from non-English languages the individual did not use, such as Latin or French.
Modern convention is not to translate modern personal names. [2]
English name | Original name | Language | Notability | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Agricola | Alexander Ackerman | Dutch | Artist (musician) | |
Averroes | Muḥammad Ibn-'Aḥmad Ibn-Rushd | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Avicenna | 'Ali Ibn Al-Ḥusayn Ibn-'Abdillāh Ibn-Ḥasan Ibn-Sīnā | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Bill Alexander | Wilhelm Alexander | German | Artist (painter) | Self-translated |
Catiline | Lucius Sergius Catilina | Latin | Political leader | |
Christopher Columbus | Cristóbal Colón | Spanish | Explorer | |
Cristoffa Corombo | Ligurian | |||
Claudius Salmasius | Claude Saumise | French | Intellectual | |
Clovis I | Chlodovechus | Latin | Political leader | |
Hlōdowig | Frankish | |||
Confucius | Kǒng Qiū (孔 丘) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used |
Kǒng Fūzǐ (孔 夫子) | Mandarin | |||
Cornplanter | Gaiänt'wakê | Seneca | Political leader | |
John Abeel III | English | Birth name, no longer used | ||
Denis the Carthusian | Denys van Leeuwen | Dutch | Religious figure | |
Ferdinand Magellan | Fernão de Magalhães | Portuguese | Explorer | |
Ferenc Dávid | Franz David Hertel | German | Religious figure | Hungarian and German names were both in use |
George Santayana | Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana | Spanish | Intellectual (philosopher) | Self-translated |
Georgius Agricola | Georg Pawer | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Gerardus Mercator | Gheert Cremer | Dutch | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Hector Boyardee | Ettore Boiardi | Italian | Chef | |
Henry of Ghent | Henri de Gand | French | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Henricus Gadavensus | Latin | |||
Hieronymous Bosch | Jheronimus Bosch | Dutch | Artist (painter) | |
Homer | Hómēros (Ὅμηρος) | Ancient Greek | Artist (poet) | |
Horace | Quintus Horatius Flaccus | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
Hugo Etherianis | Ugo Eteriano | Italian | Religious figure | |
Hugo Grotius | Huig de Groot | Dutch | Intellectual | |
Ignatius of Loyola | Ignacio de Loyola | Spanish | Religious figure (saint) | |
Jacobus Arminius | Jacob Hermanszoon | Dutch | Religious figure | |
Jerome | Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus | Latin | Theologian | |
Jesus | Iēsoûs (Ἰησοῦς) | Koine Greek | Religious figure | |
John Amos Comenius | Jan Amos Komenský | Czech | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure |
|
John Cabot | Zuan Chabotto | Venetian | Explorer | |
John Calvin | Jehan Cauvin | French | Religious figure (reformer) | |
John Huss | Jan Hus | Czech | Religious figure (reformer) | |
John of Damascus | Yuḥannā Ad-Dimashqi (يوحنا الدمشقي,) | Arabic | Religious figure (saint) | |
Josephus | Titus Flavius Josephus | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Full Latin name. |
Yosef Ben-Matityahu (יוסף בן מתתיהו) | Hebrew | |||
Lee Iacocca | Lido Iacocca | Italian | Businessman | |
Livy | Titus Livius Patavinus | Latin | Intellectual (historian) | |
Julius Evola | Giulio Cesare Andrea baron Evola | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher)
Relligious figure (mystic) |
|
Maimonides | Moses Maimonides | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Moshe Ben-Maymon (משה בן מימון) | Hebrew | |||
Mūsa Ibn-Maymūn (موسى بن ميمون) | Arabic | |||
Mark Antony | Marcus Antonius | Latin | Political leader | |
Mencius | Mèng Kē (孟 軻) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used |
Mèngzī (孟 子) | Mandarin | |||
Michael Servetus | Miguel Serveto | Spanish | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Moses | Mōše (מֹשֶׁה) | Biblical Hebrew | Religious figure (prophet) | |
Muhammad ibn Abdullah | Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (مُحَمَّد ٱبن عَبْد ٱللَّٰه) | Arabic | Religious figure (prophet) | |
Nachmanides | Bonastruc ça Porta | Catalan | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure |
|
Moshe Ben-Nachman (משה בן נחמן) | Hebrew | |||
Nicolas Steno | Nicolas Stenonis | Latin | Intellectual (scientist)
Religious figure |
|
Niels Steensen | Danish | |||
Nicolaus Copernicus | Niklas Koppernigk [3] | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Mikołaj Kopernik | Polish | |||
Nostradamus | Michel de Nostredame | French | Intellectual | |
Octavian | Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus | Latin | Roman emperor | |
Ovid | Publius Ovidius Naso | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
Paul of Venice | Paolo da Veneto | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Paolo Nicoletto | Italian | Birth name, no longer used | ||
Paulus Venetus | Latin | |||
Pete Fountain | Pierre LaFontaine, Jr. | French | Artist (musician) | |
Peter Damian | Pietro Damiani | Italian | Religious figure (saint) | |
Peter Lombard | Pietro Lombardo | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
Peter of Bruys | Pierre de Bruys | French | Religious figure (priest) | |
Peter of Ravenna | Pietro de Ravenna | Italian | Intellectual | |
Peter Waldo | Pierre Vaudès | French | Religious figure | |
Petrarch | Francesco Petracco | Italian | Artist (poet)
Intellectual |
|
Franciscus Petrarca | Latin | |||
Petrus Apianis | Peter Bienewitz | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Plato | Plátōn | Ancient Greek | Philosopher | |
Pompey | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus | Latin | Political leader | |
Raphael | Raffaello Sanzio | Italian | Artist | |
Regiomontanus | Johannes Müller von Königsberg | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Rodolphus Agricola | Roelof Huysman | Dutch | Intellectual | |
Samuel Maresius | Samuel Des Marets | French | Intellectual | |
Terence | Publius Terentius Afer | Latin | Artist (playwright) | |
Theodore Beza | Théodore de Bèze | French | Religious figure | |
Thomas Aquinas | Tommaso d'Aquino | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure (saint) |
|
Thomas à Kempis | Thomas Hammerlein | German | Intellectual (philosopher)
Religious figure |
Birth name, no longer used |
Thomas Hemerkin | Dutch | Birth name, no longer used | ||
Thomas van Kempen | Dutch | |||
Thomas von Kempen | German | |||
Titian | Tiziano Vecelli | Italian | Artist | |
Tycho Brahe | Tyge Brahe | Danish | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Virgil | Publius Vergilius Maro | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
William of Salicet | Guglielmo da Saliceto | Italian | Intellectual (scientist) | |
Zoroaster | Zarathustra | Avestan | Prophet |