Boy · Gaulish
Vercingetorix
Say it: wer-king-GET-oh-riks
Meaning
Gaulish ver- 'over, super', cingeto- 'warriors' and -rix 'king': 'great king of warriors'. Some scholars think it was a title rather than a birth name.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
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
Used by
Famous bearers
- Vercingetorix, Arvernian leader against Caesar in 52 BC
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
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