The name grew more popular, becoming common soon after the seventh century BC and was also turned into the female form  (Achilleía), attested in Attica in the fourth century BC (IG II² 1617) and, in the form Achillia, on a stele in Halicarnassus as the name of a female gladiator fighting an "Amazon".
ðə nˈeɪm ɡɹˈuː mˈoːɹ pˈɑːpjʊlɚ, bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ kˈɑːmən sˈuːn ˈæftɚ ðə sˈɛvənθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi bˌiːsˈiː ænd wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ tˈɜːnd ˌɪntʊ ðə fˈiːmeɪl fˈɔːɹm ɐtʃˈɪleɪə, ɐtˈɛstᵻd ɪn ˈæɾɪkə ɪnðə fˈoːɹθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi bˌiːsˈiː ˌaɪdʒˈiː ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː tˈuː wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn ænd, ɪnðə fˈɔːɹm ɐtʃˈɪliə, ˌɔn ɐ stˈiːl ɪn hˈælɪkˌɑːɹnəʃəs æz ðə nˈeɪm əvə fˈiːmeɪl ɡlˈædɪˌeɪɾɚ fˈaɪɾɪŋ æn "ˈæmɐzˌɑːn".