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Tiberius
Say it: ty-BEER-ee-us
Meaning
Taken from Tiberis, the river Tiber at Rome.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Roman praenomen associated especially with the Claudian family; rare after antiquity.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,007 babies given this name since 1992
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 17,100 boys
- 63 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Tiberio |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Tiberio |
| French | Tibère |
Famous bearers
- Tiberius, second Roman emperor
- Tiberius Gracchus, Roman reformer
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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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.