Themistocles
Meaning
“Greek for glory of the law; famously borne by Themistocles, whose navy saved Greece at Salamis.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Themistocles does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
157 people · the #30,139 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 48
Among people named Themistocles living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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