VIRGIL  

Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "staff bearer"

The name of the greatest Roman poet and an early Irish saint, Virgil is rarely heard nowadays, but it retains a certain likable southern twang.

Variations:
Vergil, Verge, Virgial, Vergitio, Virge

International Variations:
Virgile (French) Virgilio (Spanish)

Virgil is being discussed in our message boards:

• My first try at a name game
• "Virtue" names for boys?
• Looking for a word or virtue boy name
• NEW Baby Name Game!!!! (Be Warned: Ridiculous # Of Kids!!!!)
• Compromise and pass it on!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Virgil:

• 70'S BABY NAMES: Beyond Tiffany & Todd
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN NAMES: Early Classical Choices
• LITERARY SIB SETS--AS IN AMY, BETH, MEG & JO
• MARDI GRAS NAMES: Baby Names from the Bayou