Horatius

Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. /ho.ˈraː.ti.us/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin hora meaning "hour, time, season", though the name may actually be of Etruscan origin. A famous bearer was Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a Roman lyric poet of the 1st century BC who is better known as Horace in the English-speaking world.

Related Names

Feminine FormHoratia
Other Languages & CulturesHorace, Horatio (English) Horace (French) Orazio (Italian) Horácio (Portuguese) Horațiu (Romanian) Horacio (Spanish)

People think this name is

classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange complex serious
  1. Lewis, Charlton T. and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary, entry Horatius1, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3DHoratius1.

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