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Latin Names

Latin names reach English by two separate routes that produce different results: directly, through the church and the Roman calendar of saints, and indirectly, through French, Spanish and Italian, which wore the endings down first. The same Latin root can therefore appear twice on this site in forms that no longer look related.

Languages behind these names Latin via French uncertain via Italian Etruscan Old French

Rankings for

116 names, most popular first in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

Fabian Fabian means bean grower, and the general who carried it gave English a word for winning by refusing to fight — Fabian tactics, and the Fabian Society that named itself after his patience.
Latin #468 in US
Cassian Cassian is a boy's name of Latin origin, from the Roman family name Cassius.
Latin #479 in US
Lawrence Lawrence is a boy's name meaning from Laurentum, an ancient Italian town linked to the laurel.
Latin #518 in US
Cassius Peaked in 2021 · 13,200 births since 1880
Latin #584 in US
Camilo Peaked in 2022 · 10,110 births since 1909
Latin #585 in US
Vicente Peaked in 2025 · 23,667 births since 1882
Latin #589 in US
Maximilian Maximilian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest."
Latin #590 in US
Dominick Dominick means of the Lord, and it was given to children born on a Sunday — dies dominica is the Lord's day, and the name records the day of birth rather than a hope for the child.
Latin #624 in US
Amias Peaked in 2025 · 3,347 births since 2000
Latin #642 in US
Dexter Dexter is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "right-handed" or "skilful."
Latin #692 in US
Ander Peaked in 2023 · 4,854 births since 1908
Latin #729 in US
Junior Junior is a boy's name from the Latin for younger, used first as a suffix marking a son who shares his father's name and only later as a name in its own right.
Latin #752 in US
Magnus Magnus is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "great," which became a Scandinavian royal name through a misunderstanding about Charlemagne's Latin title.
Latin #764 in US
Tony Tony is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, whose meaning has never been established.
Latin #783 in US
Benedict Peaked in 2025 · 15,406 births since 1882
Latin #815 in US
Rex Rex means king, and it is the plain Latin nominative — which makes it the pair to Regis, the genitive meaning of the king.
Latin #859 in US
Dominik Peaked in 2012 · 17,031 births since 1916
Latin #985 in US
Aurelius Peaked in 2025 · 1,958 births since 1913
Latin #993 in US
Maurice Maurice is a boy's name from a Latin word meaning a Moor, originally describing someone from Roman North Africa. Our data marks it reviving, and it peaked in 1920 — a century-long gap of the same kind we see in Walter and Frances.
Latin #1,019 in US
Kaius Peaked in 2025 · 2,618 births since 2005
Latin #1,029 in US
Mariano Peaked in 2022 · 11,768 births since 1896
Latin #1,086 in US
Larry Larry is a boy's name, the short form of Lawrence, from a Roman name meaning of Laurentum.
Latin #1,090 in US
Lucius Peaked in 2025 · 11,014 births since 1880
Latin #1,129 in US
Viktor Peaked in 2018 · 7,310 births since 1953
Latin #1,237 in US
Emil Peaked in 1917 · 36,469 births since 1880
Latin #1,271 in US
Markus Peaked in 1994 · 18,939 births since 1915
Latin #1,337 in US
Anton Peaked in 1915 · 32,989 births since 1880
Latin #1,389 in US
Virgil Virgil is misspelled and always has been — the poet's name was Vergilius, and medieval scribes changed the e to an i by association with virgo, which is how a Roman family name acquired a meaning it never had.
Latin #1,412 in US
Maxim Peaked in 2012 · 18,437 births since 1923
Latin #1,521 in US
Terrence Terrence descends from a Roman playwright who was born enslaved in North Africa — Terence was freed by his owner, wrote six comedies that survive complete, and shaped Latin prose style for centuries.
Latin #1,585 in US
Chester Chester is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "fortress" or "walled camp."
Latin #1,597 in US
Octavius Peaked in 1991 · 3,799 births since 1911
Latin #2,064 in US
Sylvester Sylvester means of the woods, and a pope carried it into the calendar — Sylvester I died on 31 December, which is why New Year's Eve is still called Silvester across much of Europe.
Latin #2,211 in US
Maksim Peaked in 2011 · 4,338 births since 1993
Latin #2,461 in US
Florian Florian means flowering, from the Latin word for a flower, and England and Wales ranks it 875th — within six places of France at 869th, which is the closest cross-market pairing anywhere in this group.
Latin #2,488 in US
Terence Terence has no known meaning, and its most famous bearer was a slave — the playwright Terence was North African, brought to Rome, freed, and became one of the two Latin comic dramatists whose work survives.
Latin #2,763 in US
Caio Peaked in 2023 · 1,364 births since 1990
Latin #3,367 in US
Nox Peaked in 2023 · 358 births since 2010
Latin #3,395 in US
Gaius Peaked in 2014 · 606 births since 1920
Latin #3,603 in US
Acacius Peaked in 2025 · 34 births since 2015
Latin #3,944 in US
Rufus Rufus means red-haired, and it named a king by his complexion — William II of England was called Rufus for his ruddy face, and he died with an arrow in him in the New Forest.
Latin #3,998 in US
Castor Peaked in 2016 · 414 births since 1998
Latin #4,850 in US
Athanasius Peaked in 2023 · 259 births since 2001
Latin #5,177 in US
Horace Horace has no reliable meaning — the Roman family name Horatius resists derivation, and France ranks it 2765th against the United States at 6218th, so the poet's name is now used more readily in French than in English.
Latin #6,218 in US
Albin Peaked in 2012 · 10,501 births since 1900
Latin #6,336 in US
Aelius Peaked in 2025 · 28 births since 2021
Latin #7,147 in US
Olly Peaked in 2012 · 5,765 births since 1999
Latin #7,286 in US
Thaddaeus Peaked in 2005 · 1,048 births since 1924
Latin #7,712 in US

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