Boy · Latin
Horace
Say it: HOR-iss
Meaning
English form of Horatius, the Roman poet's family name, of unknown origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Common in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 54,267 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 555 boys
- 18 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Latin | Horatius |
|---|---|
| French | Horace |
Famous bearers
- Horace Walpole, English writer
- Horace Greeley, American editor
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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