Septimus Forename

166,896th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,043 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Grenada

Septimus Forename Definition:

A male name. Latin ‘seventh’, often given to a seventh child in the 19th C, occasionally used without any numerical significance.

Septimus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica-1,1831:2,437532
Papua New Guinea
100%
2291:35,6003,522
England
100%
1201:463,35810,122
United States
100%
1101:3,295,79146,799
South Africa
100%
941:580,13526,446
Indonesia-631:4,094,661171,955
Grenada
100%
631:1,716364
Haiti
100%
431:249,46410,581
Sierra Leone-361:196,907408
Liberia
100%
261:169,6956,327
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
221:61,8835,136
Brazil
100%
131:16,479,704171,823
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Malaysia
100%
51:6,089,988140,568
Nigeria
100%
51:35,512,872242,191
Saint Lucia
100%
51:35,5633,018
Scotland
100%
41:1,337,59211,885
Canada-31:11,044,45776,719
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
31:37,1933,592
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Russia
100%
11:144,233,704184,271
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606

Septimus (539) may also be a surname.

Septimus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Latin ‘seventh’, often given to a seventh child in the 19th C, occasionally used without any numerical significance.

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

Latin, ‘the seventh (boy)’, as the obsolete Septima is ‘the seventh girl’; but the name, when, as rarely, it is still bestowed, now shows, in general, a fine disregard for numerical accuracy.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Latin name signifying ‘the seventh’ —that is, seventh in order of birth.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Latin (masculine) - the number seven.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Septimus Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Septimeus9413/
Septhimus942/
Septimous941/
Septimu934/
Septtimous895/
Septymus886/
Septimos884/
Septemus884/
Saptimus882/
Sebtimus881/
Septemos751/

Septimus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Septimus in the Russian language
Септимусseptimus-

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