Latin Baby Names
Names of Latin origin — Roman family names, early saints' names, and Latin words parents turned into names. Latin sits underneath French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese naming, so this is one of the biggest groups in the data.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lion | 2,583#138 | Up 58 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Probably laurel; Lauretta and Loreto connections | 485#606 | Up 337 rank positions in five years | 1938 | ||
Rose | 441#653 | Down 22 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
Greatest; also a short form of Maxwell | 2,025#180 | Down 33 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Probably nourishing; soul; young woman in Hebrew | 689#449 | Up 111 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Dew of the sea; also Rose and Mary combined | 1,222#251 | Up 191 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Lovable | 1,522#201 | Up 227 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
North African or Moorish, through Maurus | 220#1,020 | Down 176 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Sanskrit illusion or magic; Hebrew water; Greek good mother via Maia | 3,712#62 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Ancient, old, through Prisca | 555#544 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 1942 | ||
Greatest via the Max family; also connected with Maxwell | 597#497 | Up 245 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Admirable; worthy of admiration | 437#656 | Down 113 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Lion, through Leon | 723#429 | Up 55 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | 997#306 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
Blind, through Caecilius | 2,506#108 | Up 39 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Blind; also used in honor of the Cecil family | 119#1,486 | Up 161 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Roman; associated with Rome | 6,162#42 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Victory of the people, through Nicholas | 2,053#177 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Angel; messenger from the Greek root | 551#546 | Down 110 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Dawn | 7,065#15 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
From Hadria, through Adrian | 836#366 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
French form of Claudius, possibly linked with Latin “lame” | 40#3,043 | Down 276 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Moon | 6,076#27 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Birthday; traditionally Christmas Day | 2,028#144 | Down 59 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Roman family name; deeper meaning uncertain | 759#424 | Down 89 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Rose | 1,797#171 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 1938 | ||
Lucky; fortunate; happy | 2,064#175 | Up 50 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Strong; healthy | 1,835#162 | Down 12 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Latinate form of Lillian, associated with Lily or Elizabeth | 3,118#78 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Blessed | 6,268#40 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Form of Terentius; meaning unknown | 107#1,600 | Down 467 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
From the Roman family name Vergilius; meaning unknown | 129#1,417 | Up 370 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Flower | 483#607 | Up 318 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
From the Roman family name Terentius; meaning unknown | 109#1,570 | Down 607 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Traditionally associated with rival | 4,677#45 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Exalted or venerable | 3,958#81 | Up 74 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Of the Julius family; deeper meaning uncertain | 1,203#256 | Down 67 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Lovable; also interpreted as Anna and beautiful | 891#343 | Down 123 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Of the Lord | 448#622 | Down 176 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Lily flower; also a familiar form of Elisabeth | 1,218#252 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Heavenly or of the sky | 1,662#188 | Up 164 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Feminine form of Marcellus; deeper meaning uncertain | 272#948 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Strong, vigorous, or healthy | 5,354#35 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Good mother in the Maia family; emerald in Burmese | 697#444 | Down 201 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Blind | 569#529 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
King | 281#859 | Down 176 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Light | 3,012#83 | Up 77 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Probably heaven; blind when used as a short form of Cecilia | 351#774 | Up 16 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
New | 4,657#46 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
God is gracious | 309#871 | Down 226 rank positions in five years | 1984 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Latin. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.