Alcibiades

  • Boy
  • 10 letters
Literary A literary name from Shakespeare's The Life of Timon of Athens, where it belongs to a flattering lord, and an Athenian captain.

Alcibiades is a boy’s name of Literary origin. A literary name from Shakespeare’s The Life of Timon of Athens, where it belongs to a flattering lord, and an Athenian captain. The name has 10 letters.

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