Decimus Forename

1,100,117th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Decimus Forename Definition:

A male name. Latin decimus ‘tenth. This, with Septimus, is the commonest of the numeral christian names. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says; ‘Decimus and Decima are now and then to be found among us in unusually large families of one sex’, but they were also used in mixed Victorian families for tenth children.

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Decimus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti
100%
511:210,3329,504
Malaysia
100%
81:3,806,24294,684
United States
100%
51:72,507,395403,747
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Russia
100%
11:144,233,704184,271
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348

Decimus (2,024) may also be a surname.

Decimus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Latin decimus ‘tenth. This, with Septimus, is the commonest of the numeral christian names. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says; ‘Decimus and Decima are now and then to be found among us in unusually large families of one sex’, but they were also used in mixed Victorian families for tenth children.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

DECIUS. The latter is a contraction of Latin decimus, ‘the tenth,’ probably applied originally to a tenth son, and applied to a notable Roman clan (the gens Decia). ‘Decimus and Decima are now and then to be found among us in unusually large families,’ Yonge.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Derived from the Roman name, or its root decimus, the tenth, i. e. the tenth in order of birth.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Latin (masculine) - the number ten.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Decimus Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekimus8611/
Desimus866/
Decemus861/
Discimus802/
Detsimus801/
Dhesimus801/
Desimu779/
Detchimou751/
Disimus7111/
Dikimus716/
Disymus714/
Deshimu713/
Desaimu713/
Dekemus712/
Desemus712/
Digimus711/
Dicemus711/
Diximus711/
Desimau711/
Desimgu711/
Discimou671/
Daisymus671/
Disimaus671/
Dickcemus631/
Desaimujh631/
Desemu621/
Dessimoz535/
Dessemou531/
Daizimou531/

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