Meaning: Its source is alke bia, a Greek name meaning "Violent force."

Languages: This boy's name is used in Greek.

Nickname For: Alkibiades

Narrative: This was the name of a famous soldier and political figure of Ancient Athens. In his youth, he was a friend and fellow-soldier with Socrates, who was very attached to him. However, in the course of his career he rose to high position, fell from grace, changed and re-changed his allegiances -- and made each one of these transistions on more than one occasion. Ultimately assassinated by his enemies, he came to define the power, intellectual attainment and tragic arrogance of the Athenian society he dominated throughout his lifetime.