Titus - Meaning of Titus

What does Titus mean?

[ 2 syll. ti-tus, tit-us ] The baby boy name Titus is pronounced TAY-TahS (English) †. Titus' language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in English, French, German, and Romanian. The meaning of Titus is 'honored'. It is a biblical name derived from the word titulus which is of the meaning 'title of honor'. An old form of the name is Titus (Latin). The name was borne in the Bible by a companion of the apostle Paul, who became bishop of the first church in Crete, and also by the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39-81), who destroyed the city and Temple of Jerusalem. In literature, it appeared in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (1590-1594) as the name of a Roman general. The name was first adopted by English speakers in the 17th century. It was not popular in England, due to the association with Titus Oates (1649-1705), known for his failed conspiracy against Charles II.

Titus has 13 derivatives that are used in English and foreign languages. English derivatives of the name include Titan, Titas, Titianus, Titis, Tito (used in Italian, Portuguese, Slavic, and Spanish as well), Tytan, Tyto, Tytos, and Tyus.

Derivatives used in foreign languages include Tite (French), Titek (Polish), Titos (Greek), and Tytus (Polish).

See also the related forms, the Italian Tiziano and the Italian Tizio.

See also the related categories, emperor (king), romanian, title, english, latin, companion (brother), honor, apostle (teacher), biblical, church, jerusalem, roman, general (universal), french, german, and literature.

Titus is a rather popular baby boy name, and it is also regarded as rather trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1960s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2015, 0.064% of baby boys were named Titus. It was #281 in rank then. In 2018, it ranked at #312 with a usage of 0.056%, and it was the most popular out of all boy names in its family. Titus was thrice as popular as the next ranked name, Titan, in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Titus include Titusz, T.J., Taco, Tadashee, Tadej, Tadek, Tadzee, Tadzey, Tadzi, Tadzie, Taghey, Taghi, Taghie, Taghy, Tago, Tahi, Tahie, Taiki, Taishee, and Taishey.

† Pronunciation for Titus: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"



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