Flavius

Latin

"yellow, blond"

Flavius Origin and Meaning

The name Flavius is a boy's name meaning "yellow, blond".

Flavius is an ancient Roman family name associated with a dynasty of emperors. It has an appealingly flavorful first syllable, and is the name of a stylist in the Hunger Games series.

Earlier fictional characters include the Flavius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Flavius Maximus in a "Star Trek" episode, and a Flavius in the Pandora novel in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles.

In the Roman Empire, Flavius was granted en masse to any citizens who didn't have a family name, making it a very common, and sometimes default, name: the Roman John Doe.

With the renewed interest in ancient Roman names, Flavius might find some fans.

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Famous People Named Flavius

• Flavius Valerius Severus Western Roman Emperor
• Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus full name of Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
• Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Augustus full name of Justinian I, Byzantine emperor
• Flavius Aetius Roman general
• Flavius Vladimir Stoican Romanian footballer
• Flavius Mithridates Italian Jewish humanist scholar
• Flavius Mallius Theodorus Roman consul
• Flavius Afranius Syagrius Roman politician and administrator
• Titus Flavius Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu) 1st century Romano,Jewish scholar

The name Flavius in Pop Culture

• Flavius Hunger Games character