Magnus

Scandinavian from Latin

"greatest"

Magnus Origin and Meaning

Variation of Manus

Magnus Rank in US Top 1000

# 749 in the US

Magnus Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 263 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Magnus

• 749 US 2024
• 263 Nameberry 2025
• 387 Future 2028
• 359 England 2024
• 133 scotland 2024
• 194 Germany 2016
• 21 Norway 2024
• 27 Denmark 2024
• 33 Iceland 2014

20 Names Similar to Magnus

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Magnus.

• Ambrose
• Augustus
• Alistair
• Remus
• Cedric
• Dorian
• Alastair
• Casper
• Ignatius
• Percival
• Florian
• Lazarus
• Lucius
• Raphael
• Cyrus
• Caspar
• Thaddeus
• Lysander
• Fabian
• Constantine

Famous People Named Magnus

• Magnus Johnson American politician
• Magnus the Good King of Norway and Denmark
• Magnus II King of Norway
• Magnus Barefoot King of Norway
• Magnus IV VI, Kings of Norway
• Magnus I IV, Kings of Sweden
• Magnus Brostrup Landstad Norwegian poet
• (Sven) Magnus Øen Carlsen Norwegian chess champion
• Magnus Hirschfeld German physician
• Magnus Scheving Icelandic actor and TV producer
• Magnús Ver Magnússon Icelandic strongman
• Magnus Norman Swedish tennis player
• Magnus ring name of Nicholas "Nick" Aldis, English pro wrestler
• Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie Swedish statesman and general
• Magnus Hubert Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes English composer
• Magnus Paajarvi Swedish hockey player
• Pompey Magnus aka Pompey the Great Roman consul and general
• Ore Magnus Lawson aka Lil' O American rapper
• Magnus Wollter son of actor Sven Wollter
• Magnus Jackson Diehl son of actor John Diehl and singer Julie Christensen
• Magnus Paulin Ferrell (b. 2004) son of actor Will Ferrell
• Magnus Hart Swanson Eisler (b. 2007) son of actress Kristy Swanson and skater Lloyd Eisler
• Magnus Mitchell Handelman (b. 2012) son of actress Elizabeth Banks
• Magnus Hamilton Miller (b. 2012) son of singer Jennifer Nettles

The name Magnus in Pop Culture

• Magnus "Maggie" character in 2005 movie "Hitch"
• Magnus Bane warlock in Cassandra Clare's shadowhunters chronicles
• Magnus Martinsson character in the Wallander series
• Magnus character in the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, Lestat's creator
• "Magnus Powermouse " children's book by Dick King,Smith.
• Dr. Magnus Honey Miss Honey's father and Agatha Trunchbull's brother,in,law in book/movie "Matilda"
• Dr. Helen Magnus character in TV show "Sanctuary" (played by Amanda Tapping)
• Magnus one of the dragon elders in game "Spyro the Dragon"
• Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard book series
• Magnus the Rogue character in the game "Minecraft Story Mode"
• Magnus Pórsson character in the Netflix Original, "Sense8"
• Magnus Christensen character in Danish TV drama "Borgen"
• Magnus Burnsides character in the podcast "The Adventure Zone"
• Jonah Magnus character in the podcast "The Magnus Archives"

International Variations of the name Magnus

• Mánas Scottish Gaelic
• Magnuss Scottish Gaelic
• Mauno Finnish
• Manus Irish
• Maghnus Irish Gaelic
• Måns Swedish
• Mogens Danish