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BOYS’ NAMES

Instructions: Click on any Latin name, to hear how it sounds, or type a name of your own into the typing-blank, and press pronounce. Purple names were originally Greek.

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On a MAC: Command plus + / –

← If you know (from your own outside knowledge) that a name has a long-vowel, then use CTRL-C (copy) & CTRL-V (paste) to copy 1-or-more of these vowels with macrons (little lines over the vowels), into the typing-blank: āēīōūȳ ĀĒĪŌŪȲ
Alternatively, type these macron-vowels by using the CTRL key (and add Shift, for capitalization).

(The ↗ accented syllable is capitalized.)

Achilleus (Greek hero)

Acanthus (thorn)

Adeodātus (given by God)

Adriānus (Hadrian)

Aegidius (goatish)

Aeli(ān)us (sun)

Agrippa (an emperor)

Alexandrus

Appius

Arsēnius (manly)

Ascanius (son of Aeneas)

Antōnius (Anthony)

Atticus (Greek)

Aulus (palatial)

Aurēlius (golden)

Brūtus (heavy)

Caecilius (blind)

Cāiētānus

Callixtus/Callistus (handsomest)

Camillus (a youth in a temple)

Cassius (empty/cinnamon)

Cato (wise)

Celer (fast)

Claudius (lame)

Cleisthenēs (glorious strength)

Clēmens (merciful)

Climacus (ladder)

Cleop(h)as

Constans (steadfast)

Cornēlius (horn-ish)

Crispus (curly)

Dēmētrius – of Demeter

Domitiānus (civilized, tamed)

Drūsus (oaken, strong)

Eleutherius (liberator)

Elianus (sun)

Ennius

Euphēmius (well-spoken)

Eusebius (pious)

Eutropius (verstaile)

Eutychius (fortunate)(

Evaristus (well pleasing)

Fabi(ān)us (bean grower)

Fabricius (craftsman)

Faust(īn)us (lucky)

Fēlīx (lucky)

Festus (festive)

Flāvi(ān)us (yellow)

Flōrentius (blossoming)

Fulgentius (shining)

Fulvius (yellow)

Galbinus

Galēnus (calm)

Gāius

Georgius (farmer)

Gerontius (old)

Gracilis (thin)

Gratianus

Grēgorius (watchful)

Hadriānus (emperor Hadrian)

Hercules

Hērodotus (an historian)

Honōrius (honor)

Horātius (good eyesight)

Ignātius (unknowing) (John)

Irēnēus (peaceful)

Ītalus (of Italy)

Iacōbus (James)

Iāsōn (Jason / to heal)

Iōsēphus (Joseph)

Iūlius (Julius)

Iust(īn)us (just)

Laurēns (of the Laurel tree)

Laelius (an orchid flower)

Līvius (envious/blue)

Lūcius (light)

Marc(ell)us

Marius (male, of Mars)

Martiālis

Maurus (dark-skinned, Moorish)

Maxentius (greatest)

Maximiānus (greatest)

Maximus (greatest)

Modestus (modest)

Neoptolemus (new war)

Nicēphorus (victory-bringer)

Nerva (an emperor)

Octāvi(ān)us (eighth)

Ovidius (sheep-ly)

Pamphilus (friend of all)

Paschalis (passover)

Patricius (patrician / Patrick)

Paulus (Paul)

Pelagius (of the sea)

Petrōnius (yoke)

Plinius (author Pliny)

Pompēius (showy)

Pompilius (showy)

Priscus (ancient)

Prūdentius (Prudent)

Quintus (fifth)

Rēgulus (a rule)

Rūfus (red)

Sabīnus (Sabine)

Secundus (second)

Septimus (seventh)

Sīdōnius (of Sidon)

Silvānus (of the forest)

Sōphronius (self-controlled)

Sōstrātus (safe army)

Stephanus (crown)

Tacitus (silent)

Tarquinius

Terentius

Tertius (third)

Tiberius

Titus

Tychō (hitting the mark)

Ūlysses

Urbānus (city-dweller)

Urs(īn)us (bear-like)

Valentīnus (healthy)

Valerius (healthy)

Victor (conquerer)

Vītālis (lively)

Xanthus (blond)

Zōsimus (survivor)

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