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Of uncertain origin. In Mycenaean GreekLinear B texts, the name 𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀄(a-ki-re-u)[1] (nominative) / 𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀸(a-ki-re-we)[2] (dative) is attested and generally taken to be the same name.[3]
Since ancient times and in the present day, some have speculated that the name is connected to ἄχος(ákhos, “distress; grief”) and λαός(laós, “people”), as the grief Achilles causes people is a central theme of the Iliad.[4][5][6]
^ Leonard Palmer (1963) The Interpretation of Mycenaean Greek Texts, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 79
^ Gregory Nagy (2015 March 19 (last accessed)) “The Name of Achilles: Questions of Etymology and “Folk-Etymology””, in Homer’s Text and Language, The Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University