TITUS  

Gender: M
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "to honor"

Popularity in 2008: #443

Slightly forbidding Roman, New Testament, and Shakespearean name brought back to contemporary life by the TV series Titus 2000. Could possibly be swept along by the antiquity trend.

Variations:
Titas, Titis, Tyus

International Variations:
Tite (French) Titos (Greek) Tiziano (Italian) Tytus, Titek (Polish) Tito (Spanish)

Titus is being discussed in our message boards:

• Build a Celeb Name TOGETHER
• New: AA, BB, CC, DD....Boy/Girl Sibling Sets
• Help needed with names please!
• WDYT my top 3 boy names?
• A brother or sister for little Jack or Olivia

Read Nameberry blog posts about Titus:

• MIDDLE NAMES: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN NAMES: Early Classical Choices
• BOYS' NAMES: A New Generation
• Q BABY NAMES HAVE A HIGH 'Q' QUOTIENT
• BABY NAME TRENDS: Heading Up