Boy · Latin
Flavius
Say it: FLAY-vee-us
Meaning
Roman family name from flavus 'golden, yellow-haired'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Family name of the Flavian emperors that became almost a title in the late Empire; Flávio and Flavio are common in modern Brazil and Italy.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 76 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1912, about 1 in 86,000 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Flavio |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Flavio |
| Portuguese | Flávio |
| Romanian | Flaviu |
| French | Flavien |
Famous bearers
- Flavius Josephus, Jewish-Roman historian
- Flavius Aetius, Roman general
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.