Taurus - Meaning of Taurus

What does Taurus mean?

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Taurus

[ 2 syll. tau-rus, ta-ur-us ] The baby boy name Taurus is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced as TAOR-ahS †. Taurus is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from Latin origins. The name is of the meaning bull. The name Taura (English) is the female form of Taurus.

Taurean, Taurin, Taurino, Taurinus, Tauris, Tauro, and Toro are variants of Taurus.

See also the related category bull.

Taurus is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1976 with 0.007% of baby boys being given the name Taurus. Its ranking then was #782. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is today of infrequent use. Among all boy names in its group, Taurus was nonetheless the most popular in 2018. Taurus has in the past century been predominantly given to baby boys.

Baby names that sound like Taurus include Tarac, Tarack, Tarak, Tareak, Tareaq, Tareq, Tarick, Tarik, Tariq, Tarique, Tarshish, Tarsio, Tarso, Taryq, Taryque, Tauris, Tedorik, Tedric, Tedrick, and Tedros.

† Pronunciation for Taurus: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"