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Polybius m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polybios. This name was borne by a Greek historian from the 2nd century BC.

Polycarpus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polykarpos.

Polychronius m Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polychronios. This name was borne by several bishops and saints from the Byzantine Empire.

Polyclitus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polykleitos.

Polydorus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polydoros. A notable real-life bearer of this name was king Polydorus of Sparta, who lived in the 7th century BC.... [more]

Polyeuctus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polyeuktos.

Polygnotus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Πολύγνωτος (Polygnotos) meaning "well-known, renowned", composed of πολύς (polys) "much, many" and γνωτός (gnotos) "known" (older and more correct form of γνωστός (gnostos))... [more]

Polymnius m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized masculine form of Polymnia.

Polystratus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polystratos. This name was borne by an eponymous archon of Athens, who lived in the 3rd century BC.

Polytimus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polytimos.

Polyxenus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polyxenos. In Greek mythology, this was the name of one of the suitors of Helen of Troy.

Polyzalus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polyzalos. This was the name of a tyrant of Gela in Sicily, who lived in the 5th century BC.

Polyzelus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polyzelos. Known bearers of this name include an eponymous archon of Athens (4th century BC) and a Greek comic playwright (flourished around 400 BC).

Pontianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Pontius.

Poppaeus m Ancient Roman
Roman gens name of uncertain origin. It may be related to Latin populus "people".

Porcarius m History (Ecclesiastical)
Saint Porcarius (died c. 732) was a Benedictine abbot who governed the Abbey of Lérins off the coast of the French Riviera.

Porcarius m Ancient Roman, Late Roman
Means "swineherd" in Latin from porcus "pig". Used by a few saints.

Porcianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Porcius.

Porphyrius m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Late Roman
Latinized form of Porphyrios (see Porfirio). This name was borne by a Latin poet from the 4th century AD.

Portianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Portius. Also note that there are instances where this name is a misspelling of Porcianus... [more]

Portius m Ancient Roman
Derived from Latin portus "port, harbour". Also note that there are instances where this name is a variant of Porcius.

Portunus m Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin porta, meaning "gate, door" or portus, meaning "harbor". This was the name of a Roman god of keys, doors, livestock and ports. Its Greek counterpart was Palaemon.

Porus m Indian (Rare, ?)

Poseidorus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Poseidoros.

Posidippus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Poseidippos. This name was borne by two Greek poets from the 3rd century BC, namely Posidippus of Pella and Posidippus of Cassandreia.

Posidonius m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Poseidonios. This name was borne by a Stoic philosopher from the 1st century BC.

Posthumus m Medieval English
Used as a second or third name to indicate the child of a deceased parent. ex. Thomas Posthumus son of Thomas. ... [more]

Potamus m Romani (Latinized)
Possibly a Romani form of Potamon.

Potentianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Potentius. This name is not to be confused with the similar-looking name Pontianus.... [more]

Potentinus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Potens and/or Potentius.... [more]

Potentius m Late Roman
Either derived from the Latin noun potentia meaning "power, might, force" or from the Latin adjective potens meaning "able, strong, powerful, potent" (see Potens).... [more]

Pothinus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Potheinos. ... [more]

Potitius m Ancient Roman
Roman nomen gentile of which the etymological origin is most likely the same as that of the Roman cognomen Potitus.

Potitus m Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was most likely derived from Latin potitus, which is the perfect participle of the verb potior meaning "to acquire, to obtain". Also compare the Latin adjective potior, which is the comparative of the adjective potis meaning "able, capable" (also see Potens)... [more]

Praejectus m Late Roman
Derived from Latin praejacio ("to throw"). This is the name of a saint (625-676).

Praetextatus m Late Roman
Derived from Latin praetextus "fringed, bordered, edged", which is ultimately derived from the Latin verb praetexere "to weave, to border, to fringe". The modern English word pretext derives from the same root... [more]

Pragmatius m Greek (Latinized), Late Roman
Derived from Greek πράγματος (pragmatos) "to gather evidence", which itself is ultimately derived from Greek πρᾶγμα (pragma) "deed, action". Also compare Greek πράσσειν (prassein) meaning "to do"... [more]

Prasutagus m Old Celtic (Latinized, Rare)
Latinized form of a Celtic name borne by the king of the Iceni tribe and husband of the warrior-queen Boudicca.

Praxibulus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Praxiboulos. This name was borne by an eponymous archon of Athens, who lived in the 4th century BC.

Prejectus m Late Roman
Variant of Praejectus.

Prenkus m German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German form of Franziskus.

Priamus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Priamos (see Priam).

Priarius m Germanic
Priarius was a king of the Alemmanic Lentienses sub-tribe in the 4th century. He was killed in 378, in the Battle of Argentovaria against the Western Roman Empire.

Primanus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Primus.

Primianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Primus (see also Primanus). A bearer of this name was Marcus Ulpius Primianus, a Roman prefect from the 2nd century AD... [more]

Principius m History (Ecclesiastical)
From Latin prī̆ncipium "beginning, origin, commencement", derived from Latin prī̆nceps "first, chief, distinguished". This was the name of a 5th-century Bishop of Soissons and a brother of St... [more]

Priscianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Priscus (see Prisca).

Priscillianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Priscillus.

Priscillus m Ancient Roman
Masculine form of Priscilla.

Privatus m Late Roman
Derived from Latin privatus "personal, individual, private, peculiar, separate". This was the name of a saint from Roman Gaul, who lived in the 3rd or 4th century AD.

Probus m Ancient Roman
Roman family name (cognomen), derived from Latin probus, which means "good, virtuous, able, decent". One Roman emperor bore this name. There also were several saints of this name, the most famous of whom was martyred in 304 AD together with Andronicus and Tarachus.

Processus m Ancient Roman (?), Late Roman (?)
Means "a going forward, advance, progress" in Latin. According to Christian legend Saint Processus was the name of a Roman soldier who guarded the apostles Peter and Paul when they were imprisoned at the Mamertine Prison in Rome, then converted to Christianity and was martyred.

Proclus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinized form of Proklos. Proclus of Constantinople (c. 390 – 24 July 446) was the archbishop of Constantinople from 434 until his death. His contributions to the theology of the developing cult of the Virgin Mary place him among the early and foremost Marian theologians... [more]

Procopius m Late Greek (Latinized), Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinized form of Prokopios. This name was borne by several Byzantines, Romans and saints.

Proculus m Ancient Roman, Late Roman
Three theories exist on the origin of the name: it could come from procul ("far"), with the addition of the suffix -us, thus "whose father is distant"; from procus ("wooer, suiter"; also means "prince" in Old Latin); or as a diminutive form of Proca, borne by a king of Alba Longa... [more]

Prodicus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Prodikos. A notable bearer of this name was the Greek philosopher Prodicus of Ceos (5th century BC).

Prohaeresius m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Prohairesios. This was the name of a 4th-century Armenian Christian teacher and rhetorician.

Projectus m Late Roman
Variant of Praejectus.

Prolochus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Prolochos. In Greek mythology, this is the name of one of the Lapiths, a tribe from Thessaly.

Promachus m Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek masculine name meaning "who leads in battle" or "champion".

Promeus m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek πρόμος (promos) meaning "foremost, foremost man". Also compare Greek προμυέω (promueō) meaning "to initiate beforehand" and Prometheus, which are both etymologically related... [more]

Propertius m Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was probably derived from Latin propero "to make haste, to be quick". Sextus Aurelius Propertius, better known as Propertius, was a 1st-century BC Roman poet. He was a contemporary of Virgil and Ovid.

Protasius m Late Greek (Latinized), Dutch (Rare)
Latinized form of Protasios. This name was borne by a Christian martyr from the 2nd century AD.

Protesilaus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Πρωτεσίλαος (Protesilaos), derived from πρῶτος (protos) meaning "first", ἕσις (hesis) meaning "sending forth; strive, desire" (itself from hiemi),‎ and λαός (laos) meaning "people, folk".

Prothadius m Medieval French (Latinized)
Latinized form of Prothade. This name was borne by a 7th-century saint, who was bishop of the city of Besançon in eastern France and died in 624 AD.

Prothous m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek πρό (pro) meaning "before, forth, forward" and θοός (thoós) meaning "quick, swift".

Proxenus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Proxenos. A known bearer of this name was Proxenus of Atarneus (4th century BC), the guardian and brother-in-law of Aristotle.

Proximus m Ancient Roman
Used by ape tyrant Proximus Caesar in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024).

Prudencijus m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Prudentius.

Prymneus m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek πρυμνεύς (prymneus) meaning "steersman", which is ultimately derived from Greek πρύμνα (prymna) meaning "stern, poop". Also compare Greek πρυμνός (prymnos) meaning "hindmost, undermost, end-most"... [more]

Prymus m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Primus.

Pryskus m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Priscus.

Psammetichus m Ancient Egyptian (Latinized)
Latinized form of Psamtik, borrowed from Greek Psammetikhos.

Pseudolus m Theatre, Ancient Roman
Pseudolus is the eponymous character in 'Pseudolus', a play by the ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus.

Pseudonymous m Literature
From the English word pseudonymous, meaning “writing or written under a false name”. It is used as a pseudonym by American author Pseudonymous Bosch.

Pterelaus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Pterelaos.

Ptolemäus m German
German form of Ptolemaios via Ptolemaeus.

Publianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Publius.

Pudentianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Pudentius.

Pudentius m Late Roman
Derived from the Latin adverb pudentius, which is the comparative form of pudenter meaning "modestly, bashfully" as well as "chastely". It is ultimately derived from the Latin adjective pudens meaning "shameful" as well as "bashful" and "chaste" (see Pudens).

Pupillus m Ancient Roman
Derived from Latin pupillus "orphan, minor, little boy", which is a diminutive of Latin pupus "boy." Lucius Orbilius Pupillus was a grammarian from the 1st century BC.

Pylaeus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Πύλαιος (Pylaios), which is derived from Greek πύλη (pyle) meaning "gate, entrance". In Greek mythology, Pylaeus was an ally of king Priam in the Trojan War.

Pylus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Pylos. In Greek mythology, this is the name of a son of the god Ares, whom he had with Demonice.

Pyramus m Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology, Romani (Archaic)
From the Greek Πύραμος (Pyramos), taken from the name of the river Pyramos and derived from Greek πῦρ (pyr) "fire" or πυρός (pyros) "wheat"... [more]

Pyreneus m Greek Mythology
Masculine form of Pyrene. In Greek mythology, Pyreneus was a king of Thrace.

Pythocritus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Pythokritos. This name was borne by two eponymous archons of Athens, the earliest of which lived in the 5th century BC.

Pythodelus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Pythodelos.

Pythodorus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Pythodoros. This name was borne by two eponymous archons of Athens, the earliest of which lived in the 5th century BC.

Pythodotus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Pythodotos. This name was borne by an eponymous archon of Athens, who lived in the 4th century BC.

Pythostratus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Pythostratos. A known bearer of this name was the Olympic victor Pythostratus of Ephesus, who won the stadion race at the 103rd Olympiad in 368 BC.

Qabus m Arabic (Rare)
Means "handsome" in Arabic.

Qadrecius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Qaraquş m Azerbaijani
Means "black bird" in Azerbaijani.

Quaddrus m Obscure

Quadragesimus m History
Means "fortieth" in Latin, from quadraginta "forty". The number 40 has many biblical references, including the 40 days Jesus fasted in the wilderness before beginning his ministry, and the 40 hours he lay in the tomb before the resurrection... [more]

Quadratus m Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical)
Cognomen from the Roman Republic and Roman Empire derived from Latin quadratus meaning "square, squared" as well as "proportionate; regular, well made; vigorous". This name was borne by several saints, such as Quadratus the Apologist of Athens.

Quandarius m African American (Rare)
Combination of Quan and Darius.

Quantarius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Quandarius.

Quantavious m African American

Quartinus m Late Roman
Diminutive of Quartus. This name was borne by a Roman usurper from the 3rd century AD.

Quartus m Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Roman cognomen which was derived from the Latin numeral quartus meaning "fourth".

Quavious m African American (Modern, Rare)
Short form of names ending in quavious, such as Marquavious, Jaquavious, Laquavious or Daquavious... [more]

Quddus m Arabic
Means "holy, sacred" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition, القدوس (al-Quddus) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Quietus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Latin quietus meaning "quiet, at rest, peaceful, tranquil". This name was borne by Roman general Lusius Quietus (2nd century AD) and Roman usurper Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus (3rd century AD).

Quindarious m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Quindarius.

Quindarius m African American (Rare)
Combination of Quin and Darius.

Quinidius m History (Ecclesiastical)
Catholic saint, hermit and bishop. He was originally a hermit in the region of Aix in Provence, France, becoming bishop of Vaison in that region.

Quintarius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Quindarius.

Quintasius m History (Ecclesiastical)
Catholic saint.

Quintavious m African American (Modern, Rare)
Invented name, probably based on the element quan and Octavius.

Quintavius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Quintavious.

Quinterious m African American (Rare)
Variant of Quinterrius.

Quinterius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Quinterrius.

Quinterrius m African American (Rare)
Variant of Quintarius.

Quintianus m Ancient Roman, History
From the Roman cognomen Quintianus (originally written as Quinctianus), which was derived from the Roman nomen gentile Quintius. This was the name of the father and a nephew of the Roman general Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus (2nd century AD), as well as of several Roman Catholic saints.

Quintinianus m Late Roman
From the rare Roman agnomen Quintinianus (also found spelled as Quinctinianus), which was derived from the Roman cognomen Quintinus (which was originally spelled as Quinctinus).... [more]

Quintravious m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Quintavious.

Quintravius m American (Modern, Rare)

Quiriacus m Late Roman, History
Variant of Cyriacus. This was the name of several saints including the three-year-old son of Saint Julitta, a noble widow of Tarsus... [more]

Quiriakus m German
Germanised spelling of Quiriacus.

Quiricus m Ancient Roman
Older Roman form of Cyriacus.

Quirillus m History
Perhaps a form of Cyrillus. It was borne by an obscure saint, one of a group of 35 martyrs executed in northwestern Africa.

Quirinius m Biblical
Roman cognomen of unknown meaning (not to be confused with Quirinus). Publius Sulpicius Quirinius was a Roman governor of Syria when Jesus was born.

Quodvultdeus m History (Ecclesiastical)
Means "what God wants" in Latin. This was the name of a 5th-century saint from North Africa who was martyred in the Valerianus persecutions. He was a spiritual student and friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Ququş m Azerbaijani
Possibly from the Azerbaijani qu quşu meaing "swan".

Qvintinus m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Quintinus.

Qvintus m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Quintus.

Rabanus m Medieval German (Latinized)
Latinisation of Hraban.

Radagaisus m Gothic
Radagaisus (died 23 August 406) was a Gothic king who led an invasion of Roman Italy in late 405 and the first half of 406. A committed Pagan, Radagaisus evidently planned to sacrifice the Senators of the Christian Roman Empire to the gods and to burn Rome to the ground... [more]

Radus m Montenegrin (Archaic)
Recorded in Montenegro in the early 1600s.

Raginerus m Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Raginher.

Raimundus m Germanic (Latinized), Dutch, German
Latinized form of Raimund.

Rainerius m History (Ecclesiastical, Latinized)
Latinized form of Rayner.

Rakkaus m & f Finnish (Rare)
Means "love" in Finnish.

Ralphonus m Obscure (Rare)
An elaboration on Ralph.

Ramus m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ramus.

Ranulphus m English (Latinized, Rare, Archaic)
Latinized form of Ranulph.

Rasinus m Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Rasin.

Rasius m Lithuanian (Rare)
Masculine form of Rasa.

Rasus m Indonesian (Rare, ?)

Ratherius m Germanic (Latinized), History
Latinized form of Rather. Ratherius was a 10th-century teacher, writer and bishop.

Ravous m Provençal
Provençal form of Raoul.

Raymundus m Indonesian
Indonesian form of Raymond.

Raynerius m History (Ecclesiastical, Latinized)
Latinized form of Rayner.

Razarious m English (African, Rare), African American (Rare)

Razmus m Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Rasmus.

Rebus m Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)

Redemptus m & f English (Puritan, Latinized)
Variant of Redeemed.

Reemus m Finnish (Modern, Rare)
A Finnish variant of Remus.

Reginaldus m Germanic (Latinized)
Latinised form of Reginald.

Regnerus m Medieval Dutch (Latinized)
Later form of Raginerus, mostly used in medieval times.

Reinerus m Dutch (Latinized)
Latinized form of Reinier.

Reinierus m Dutch (Latinized)
Latinized form of Reinier, but not a proper latinization when one takes into account the spelling rules of the Latin language (and therefore, understandably, Reinierus is the least common form out of all the possible latinizations for Reinier)... [more]

Rėjus m Lithuanian

Relictus m English (Rare, Archaic), Obscure
From the Latin word meaning "abandoned, forsaken, relinquished". This was given to various foundling children presumed orphans.

Remaclus m Frankish (Latinized)
This name is best known for being the name of the 7th-century Frankish saint Remaclus, who was born in Aquitaine (located in what is nowadays the southwest of France). His name is a corruption of Remagilus or Rimagilus, which are both latinizations of his original Germanic name, which must have been either Ramigil, Remigil or Rimigil.... [more]

Remicus m Dutch (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Originally a corruption of Remigus, which is a variant of Remigius (see Rémy).

Remigijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Remigius (see Rémy).

Remigus m Dutch (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Variant of Remigius (see Rémy).

Remistus m Gothic
Remistus was a general of the Western Roman Empire and commander-in-chief of the army under Emperor Avitus.

Rémus m French (Rare), Roman Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Remus.

Renerus m Medieval Dutch (Latinized)
Shorter form of Regnerus.

Reparatus m Late Roman
Derived from Latin reparatus meaning "recovered, retrieved; renewed, restored", as it is the perfect passive participle of the verb reparo "to recover, to retrieve; to restore, to repair, to renew".

Resignatus m Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical)
Derived from Latin resignatus meaning "unsealed, opened" as well as "resigned".... [more]

Respitius m German (Bessarabian)

Restitutus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Latin restitutus meaning "replaced, restored" as well as "revived", itself ultimately derived from the Latin verb restituo meaning "to replace, to restore" and "to revive".... [more]

Restutus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which first started out as a contraction of the cognomen Restitutus.

Resus m Welsh (Latinized)
Latinized form of Rhys

Retus m Romansh
Variant of Reto.

Reverianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Reverius. This was the name of a saint from the 3rd century, who had left his native Italy for missionary work in Roman Gaul, but was eventually martyred.

Reverius m Late Roman
Derived from Latin revereor "to respect, to honour, to fear".

Revocatus m Late Roman, Dutch (Archaic)
Derived from Latin revocatus meaning "recalled, called back", which in turn is derived from the Latin verb revoco meaning "to recall, to call back" as well as "to revive". Also compare the English word revocable, which is etymologically related.... [more]

Rhadamanthus m Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown, probably of pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek ῥᾴδιος (rhaidios) "easy" and μανθάνω (manthanô) "to learn, come to know". In Greek mythology, Rhadamanthus or Rhadamanthys was a son of Zeus and Europa... [more]

Rhetorius m Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Rhetorios. A bearer of this name was the classical astrologer Rhetorius of Egypt, who lived in the 6th and early 7th century AD.

Rhipsolaus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Rhipsolaos. A known bearer of this name was the Olympic victor Rhipsolaus of Laconia, who won the stadion race at the 39th Olympiad in 624 BC.

Rhodopianus m Late Roman
From the Roman cognomen Rhodopianus meaning "from Rhodope". Rhodope was the name of a late Roman and early Byzantine province as well as of a mountain range. In both cases, the name is ultimately of Thracian origin... [more]

Rhoecus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology
Probably derived from Greek ῥοικός (rhoikos) meaning "crooked, bent" or "bow-legged". This was the name of a Samian sculptor of the 6th century BCE, as well as the name of a centaur who was killed by Atalanta after he attempted to assault her in Greek mythology.

Richardus m Germanic (Latinized), Medieval, Dutch
Latinized form of Richard. It was used across Europe (especially England and France) during the Middle Ages, as at the time Latin was the standard language for official records (especially parish registers).... [more]

Richarius m Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Richar.

Ricus m Afrikaans
Short form of names ending in -ricus, such as Ulricus or Henricus.

Ricuvinus m Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ricwin.

Righteous m Romani (Archaic)

Rigobertus m Germanic (Latinized)

Rimus m English

Rivodius m History (Latinized)
Latinized form of Rivod.

Robigus m Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin robigo meaning "red blight, wheat rust", referring to a red fungus that could infest crops. This was the name of a minor god in Roman mythology, summoned for protection against agricultural diseases such as mold, mildew and rust... [more]

Robinus m Dutch
Latinized form of Robin.

Robustianus m Ancient Roman, Late Roman
derive from the patronymic of the Roman cognomen robustus meaning "oak, oaken, (figuratively) robust, strong, vigorous, resistant, son of Robustus, a descendant of Robustus".

Rocus m Dutch
Variant form of Rochus. A known Dutch bearer of this name was the composer and conductor Rocus van Yperen (1914-1994).

Rodericus m Dutch
Latinized form of Roderick.

Rodolphus m Literature, English (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Latinized form of Rudolf. This was used for a character (the husband of Bellatrix Lestrange) in the 'Harry Potter' series.

Rofinus m Indonesian
Indonesian form of Rufinus.

Rogatianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Rogatus. This name was borne by a Roman senator who, under the influence of the philosopher Plotinus (3rd century AD), resigned from his job and abandoned all of his wealth in order to live a simple lifestyle as a philosopher.... [more]

Rogatinus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Rogatus.

Rogatius m Late Roman
Derivative of Rogatus.... [more]

Rogelius m Late Roman
Probably an earlier form of Hrodger (see Roger).

Rogellus m Medieval Latin
Variant of Rogelius.

Rojus m Lithuanian
This name can be the Lithuanian form of Roy as well as be an independent, authentic Lithuanian name. In the case of the latter, the name is derived from the Lithuanian noun rojus meaning "heaven, paradise".

Rókus m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Rochus.

Romanianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from either Romanus or Romanius.... [more]

Romanicus m Ancient Roman
Originated from the Despotate of Obscuria, led by Despot Romanicus.

Romanius m Late Roman
Roman nomen gentile which was derived from the Roman cognomen Romanus.... [more]

Romaricus m Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Latinized form of Romaric.

Romäus m Medieval German
German form of Romaeus (see Romeo).

Romedius m Ancient (Latinized)
The origins and meaning of this name are disputed.... [more]

Romulanus m Ancient Roman
Roman form of Romulan.

Romuś m Polish
Diminutive of Roman.

Rosalius m Late Roman (Rare)
Masculine form of Rosalia.

Roscillus m History
Roscillus was a chief of the Allobroges, who had served Julius Caesar with great fidelity in the Gallic Wars, and was treated by him with great distinction.

Roscius m Ancient Roman
From a Roman nomen gentile, which was derived from Latin ros "dew" via roscidus "dewy, wet". This name was borne by several ancient Romans, one of them being an ancient Roman actor named Quintus Roscius Gallus.

Rosianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Rosius. A bearer of this name was Rosianus Geminus, who lived in the first century AD.

Rosius m Ancient Roman
Derived from Latin rosa "rose", though a connection with Latin ros "dew" may also be possible (see Roscius)... [more]

Rubellius m Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from the Latin adjective rubellus meaning "reddish".

Rubeus m Literature, Medieval Italian (Latinized)
From Latin rubeus meaning "red, reddish". Rubeus Hagrid is a half-wizard, half-giant character in J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series; considering Rowling has likened the character to the Green Man, she may have based his name on the Latin word rubeus "of the bramble-bush, made of brambles", from rubus "bramble-bush".

Rudeus m Popular Culture
The main protagonist of Rifujin na Magonote's novel series 'Mushoku Tensei''.

Rudolfus m Dutch
Variant spelling of Rudolphus.

Rudolphus m Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Latinized form of Rudolf.

Ruffinus m History (Ecclesiastical)
Wulfhade and Ruffinus were martyrs of England. Little is known about them with any certainty, although according to tradition they were two princes of Mercia who were baptized by St. Chad and were swiftly executed by their pagan father... [more]

Ruffus m English
Variant of Rufus.

Rufinianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Rufinius.

Rufinius m Late Roman
Derived from Rufinus. This was, among others, the name of a Roman consul from the 3rd century AD.

Rufius m Late Roman
Deriving from the Latin element rūfus ("red, reddish").

Rufous m English
Variant of Rufus and from the English word rufous.

Rúfus m Slovak
Slovak form of Rufus.

Rullianus m Ancient Roman
From the Roman agnomen or cognomen Rullianus, which was derived from the nomen gentile Rullius.... [more]

Rullius m Ancient Roman
From the obscure Roman nomen gentile Rullius, which was ultimately derived from the cognomen Rullus.

Rullus m Ancient Roman
From the Roman cognomen Rullus, which was derived from Latin rullus meaning "rustic" as well as "boorish, uncultured" and (in some cases) "beggar".... [more]

Rupertus m Germanic (Latinized), Dutch, German
Latinized form of Rupert.

Rupilius m Ancient Roman
From a Roman nomen gentile, which was probably derived from Latin rupes "rock, cliff". This name was borne by a Roman statesman from the 2nd century BC.

Rus m Slavic
Meaning, "Ruthenian/Russian man."

Rus m & f English, Ukrainian
A short form of Russell Ruslan or Ruslana

Russus m Ancient Roman
From the fairly obscure Roman cognomen Russus, which was derived from the Latin adjective russus meaning "red".... [more]

Rusticianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Rusticus. A bearer of this name was Man(i)lius Rusticianus, a praetorian prefect of Roman Emperor Maximian (4th century AD)... [more]

Rutgerus m Germanic (Latinized), Dutch (Rare)
Latinized form of Rutger.

Rutilius m Ancient Roman
From the Roman nomen Rutilius, which is derived from Latin rutilus "red." This name was borne by a Roman poet from the 5th century AD.

Sabbatius m Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical), Early Jewish
Latinized form of Sabbatios. This is the name of several saints, including Saint Sabbatius of Solovki (15th century AD). This was also one of the middle names of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great (6th century AD).

Sabinianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Sabinus (see Sabina). This name was borne by several Romans, such as the Roman usurper Sabinianus (3rd century AD) and Flavius Sabinianus, a consul of the Eastern Roman Empire from the 6th century AD.

Sabus m Mythology
Sabus is a character in the mythology of the Sabines of Italy, the son of the god Sancus (called by some Jupiter Fidius). According to Cato, writing in his work Origines, the Sabines took their name from his.

Sackeus m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Zacchaeus.

Sagittarius m Astronomy
Means "archer" in Latin. It is the name of one of the constellations of the zodiac, commonly represented as a centaur drawing a bow, derived from its representation in Greek mythology.

Sakkeus m Finnish, Norwegian
Finnish and Norwegian form of Zacchaeus.

Sallustianus m Late Roman
Extended form of Sallustius.

Sallustius m Ancient Roman
Possibly derived from (or otherwise etymologically related to) Latin sallere "to salt, to preserve with salt" or from Latin saliō "to leap, to jump, to spring". There have been several bearers of this name throughout history, such as Gaius Sallustius Crispus, a Roman historian from the 1st century BC.

Salmoneus m Greek Mythology
A king from Greek mythology, who, during the Trojan war, pretended to be Zeus.

Salutius m Late Roman (Rare), Early Jewish
this name was found in the Jewish catacombs of Rome, it appears to be used almost exclusively by Roman Jews except for one well-recorded case... [more]

Salvianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Salvius.

Salvijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Salvius.

Salvinus m Late Roman
Diminutive of Salvius. This was the name of a Frankish saint from the 5th century AD.

Samuelus m Literature
This was the name of one of the characters in The Cats of Ulthar by H. P. Lovecraft.

Samus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Samos. This was borne by a Macedonian lyric and epigrammatic poet of the late 3rd century BC.

Sanctinus m Late Roman
Diminutive of Sanctius, as is evidenced by the suffix -inus. This was the name of a French saint from the 4th century AD.

Sanctus m English, African, Late Roman
Variant of Sanctius.

Sancus m Roman Mythology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-, meaning "to sanctify". This was the name of the god of trust, honesty and oaths in Roman mythology.

Sandalius m Medieval Spanish (Latinized)
The name of a 4th century martyr from Cordoba. The name is also recorded as Sandulf, a Germanic name formed from the name elements SAND "truth" and WOLF "wolf".

Sandrocottus m Sanskrit (Latinized)
Latinized form of Sandrokottos, itself a hellenized form of Sanskrit Chandragupta, as well as the German form.

Sangarius m Greek Mythology
Sangarius is a Phrygian river-god of Greek mythology. He is described as the son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecuba... [more]

Santus m Quechua
Quechua form of Santos.

Sanvitus m Corsican
Variant of Sanvitu.

Sarbarus m Middle Persian (Latinized)
Latinized form of Shahrbaraz, derived from Greek Σαρβάρος (See Sarvaros).

Sardanapalus m Ancient Greek, Literature
The name is probably an ancient Greek corruption of Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian emperor-king of the Assyrian Empire.... [more]

Satorious m Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Variation of Sartorius, which is a transferred use of the surname Sartorius.... [more]

Satournous m Roman Mythology (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Saturnus (see Saturn).

Saturus m Ancient Roman
Saturus in Latin means: "about to sow", "about to plant", "satisfied".

Satyrus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Satyros.

Savinus m Ancient Roman
Variant of Sabinus.

Səyavuş m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Siavash.

Scamandronymus m Ancient Greek (Latinized, Rare)
Latinized form of Skamandronymous. This was the earliest and most commonly attested name of Sappho's father, who died when she was six.

Scaurianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Scaurus. A bearer of this name was Decimus Terentius Scaurianus, a Roman governor of Dacia from the 2nd century AD.

Scaurus m Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from the Latin adjective scaurus meaning "with swollen ankles, club-footed." The word is ultimately derived from Greek σκαῦρος (skauros) meaning "lame", which is etymologically related to Sanskrit khora "lame"... [more]

Scefius m Anglo-Saxon Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Sceafa.

Schedius m Greek Mythology
Derived from σχεδόν (skhedón) meaning "nearby" or "nearly, almost", and δίος (dîos) meaning "heavenly, divine".

Schoeneus m Greek Mythology
The name of a number of figures in Greek mythology, meaning "rushy".

Schoineus m Greek Mythology
The name of several individuals in Greek mythology.

Scholasticus m Late Roman
Masculine form of Scholastica. This name was borne by an 8th-century exarch of Ravenna.

Scottus m Gaulish
Masculine form of Scotta.

Scotus m Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown. This was the Roman name for the Greek figure Erebus.

Scribonianus m Late Roman, History
This Roman cognomen is an extended form of Scribonius. A known bearer of this name was Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, a Roman usurper from the 1st century AD.

Scribonius m Ancient Roman
Roman nomen gentile, which is derived from Scribonus.

Scribonus m Ancient Roman
Possibly derived from Latin scribere "to write", perhaps even in combination with Latin bonus "good, well", thus meaning "to write well." This was the name of Scribonus Largus, a Roman physician from the 1st century AD.

Scylaceus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Σκυλακεύς (Skylakeus), which is a more elaborate form of Scylax. In Greek mythology, Scylaceus was a Lycian comrade-in-arms of Sarpedon and Glaucus... [more]

Scylurus m Scythian

Scythianus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinized form of Skythianos. This was the name of an Alexandrian religious teacher who was allegedly the first Alexandrian to visit India.

Seamus m English
Anglicised form of Séamus.

Seantavius m African American (Rare)
Combination of Sean and Tavius.

Sebaldus m German (Latinized, Rare, Archaic)
Latinized form of Sebald.

Sebastinus m Late Roman, Dutch
Variant of Sebastianus.

Sebedeus m Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Zebedaios.

Sebeus m Obscure
Etymology unknown, perhaps related to Eusebius.

Seculus m Montenegrin (Archaic)
Recorded in Montenegro in the early 1600s.

Secundianus m Ancient Roman, History (Ecclesiastical)
Roman cognomen which was derived from Secundus.... [more]

Secundulus m Late Roman
Diminutive of Secundus, as it contains the Latin masculine diminutive suffix -ulus.... [more]

Sedinius m Norwegian (Rare)

Sedulius m Ancient Roman
Derived from Latin sedulus "zealous, diligent, industrious". This name was borne by Coelius Sedulius, a Christian poet of the first half of the 5th century.

Sedulius m Irish (Latinized)
Latinization of Siadhal. This name was borne by Sedulius Scottus (sometimes called Sedulius the Younger, to distinguish him from Coelius Sedulius; fl... [more]

Sefarinus m Dutch
Variant of Sepharinus.

Sejanus m Ancient Roman
Lucius Aelius Sejanus (20 BC – 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus, was a Roman soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.

Sëkstus m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Sixtus via Polish Sykstus.

Sekstus m Polish
Polish form of Sextus.

Selestinus m German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Cölestinus.

Sellius m German (East Prussian, Rare)