Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἀρχέλαος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ahr-ki-LAY-əs(American English) ah-ki-LAY-əs(British English)
Latinized form of the Greek name
Ἀρχέλαος (Archelaos), which meant
"master of the people" from
ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master" and
λαός (laos) meaning "people". This was the name of a son of Herod the Great. He ruled over Judea, Samaria and Idumea.