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hercules Name Meaning and History

  1. English and Scottish: from a personal name of Greek origin, which was in use in Cornwall and elsewhere till the 19th century. Hercules is the Latin form of Greek Herakles, meaning ‘glory of Hera’ (the queen of the gods). It was the name of a demigod in classical mythology, who was the son of Zeus, king of the gods, by a human woman. His outstanding quality was his superhuman strength.
  2. Scottish (Shetland): from a personal name adopted as an Americanized form of Old Norse Hákon (see Haagensen).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hercules Families in the US in 1920
Number of hercules families
 6-10
 3-5		 1-2
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Threads: 10 - Messages: 45
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hercules family name from greece johanna aparicio 18
William and Elizabeth Hercules Bob Lynn 16
John Henry or William James Phylis Hercules Waldrop 1
Hercular Hercules, Sarah Hercules Curtis, from Kentucky, very curly hair Andrea 0
Hercules a form of Harclass suewellen 0
Looking for info on Alice (HONSAKER) HERCULES Pamiqua 0
Looking for Half Brother nmfleisch 0
Hercules from the North West in Guyana E. Hercules 0
Leah Randy Clark 0
Helen HERCULES RobinWoods 0
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