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 [ 2 syll. ti-tus, tit-us ] The boy name Titus is pronounced TAYTahS KEY. Titus' language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in English, French, German, and Romanian. The meaning of Titus is 'honored'. 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. Variant forms of the name include the French Tite, the Polish Titek, the Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slavic Tito, the Greek Titos, and the Polish Tytus. See also the related forms, the Italian Tiziano and the Italian Tizio. Titus is a rather popular baby boy name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1960s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2008, 0.029% of baby boys were named Titus. It was #443 in rank then. Out of all boy names in its family, Titus was the most frequently used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Titus include the Dutch Taco, the Slavic Tadej, the Polish Tadek, the Spanish Tago, the Japanese Takao, the Greek Takis, the Dutch Tako, the Breton and French Tanguy, the German Tasso, the Czech Tedik, the Polish Teos, the German Thaddaus, the German Thaddäus, the Russian Thaddej, the Spanish Ticho, the Hebrew Tiki, the Russian Tisha, the Russian Tishka, the Polish Titek, and the Greek Titos. KEY: Pronunciation for Titus: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
