Boy · Latin
Pompey
Say it: POM-pee
Meaning
From the Roman family name Pompeius, of uncertain, possibly Oscan, origin.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Among the most common classical names given to enslaved men in 18th-century America and the Caribbean.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 6 babies given this name since 1941
- At its height in 1941, about 1 in 204,700 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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