Virgil

Latin

"staff bearer"

Virgil Rank in US Top 1000

# 867 in the US

Virgil Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 554 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Virgil

• 554 Nameberry 2025
• 542 Unique 2024

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Famous People Named Virgil

• Virgil (born Publius Vergilius Maro) Roman epic poet
• Virgil Walter Earp U.S. Marshal; brother of Wyatt and Morgan Earp
• Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom American astronaut
• Virgil Hamlin Goode U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• Virgil Charles Frye American actor; father of actress Soleil Moon Frye
• Virgil Leo Green American football player
• Virgil Thomson American composer
• Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks American baseball player
• Virgil Keel Fox American organist
• Virgil Walter Ross American animator and cartoonist
• Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. birth name of Dusty Rhodes, American pro wrestler
• Virgil ring name of Michael Jones), American pro wrestler
• Virgil van Dijk Dutch professional footballer

The name Virgil in Pop Culture

• Virgil Tibbs main character in film and TV series "In the Heat of the Night"
• Virgil character on TV's "Homeland"
• Virgil Fox character in TV movie "Minutemen"
• Virgil Caine main character in the song ''The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down'' by The Band
• Virgil Grissom Tracy character in animated series "Thunderbirds"
• Virgil AI character on TV's "Crash Zone"
• Virgil Malloy character in film “Ocean’s Eleven”
• Virgil orangutan character in film "Battle for the Planet of the Apes"
• Virgil character on TV's "Xena: Warrior Princess"
• Virgil Sollozzo character in book/film "The Godfather"
• Virgil character in film "True Romance"
• Virgil Hawkins aka Static Shock character in DC Comics
• Virgil character in Thomas Sanders' YouTube series "Sanders Sides", representing his anxiety

International Variations of the name Virgil

• Virgilio Spanish
• Virgile French