SEPTIMUS  

Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "the seventh son"

Even if you don't anticipate son number 7, you might be bold enough to consider this relic of Dickens and Virginia Woolf novels. Certainly preferable to sixth-son name Sextus.

Septimus is being discussed in our message boards:

• Need middle names for all on this list
• what if you had 20 kids?
• This is Child #7 what about Seven?????
• Family Of 15--Lots of Multiples Big Family Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Septimus:

• VALENTINE NAMES: Names that link to love
• BABY NAMES FROM BOOKS: 20 Lost Literary Boys' Names
• AUTUMN NAMES
• HARRY POTTER NAMES: Beyond Harry & Hermione
• VALENTINE NAMES FROM ANGEL TO VENUS