"Variant of Achilles"
The name Achille is commonly a male name from the "Latin" origin.
Achille is the French and Italian form of Achilles, the Greek name carried by the central hero of Homer's Iliad. The French and Italian spellings drop the Latin and English ending, giving a final single l where English has Achilles. The name is recorded in French and Italian use well before its first appearance in United States birth records in 1911.
Achilles means "The History of Troilus and CressiDa A Greek commanDer".
The pronunciation of Achille is ah-SHEEL.
