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Septimus
Say it: SEP-tih-mus
Meaning
Latin for 'seventh'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rare in Rome itself, it was given in Georgian and Victorian England to a seventh son or seventh child; not to be confused with the family name Septimius borne by Emperor Septimius Severus.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
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Where this comes from
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- Parish baptism registers
- Well-known works of literature
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
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.