Baby Name Meanings · Nature, Place and Word Names
By Pamela Redmond · Updated October 2026
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English word name
"number nine"
While Nine doesn't have the on-trend sounds or the spiritual significance that Seven does, its long monosyllable gives it potential as an unexpected middle name. Given to seven babies in a recent…
Brazilian Portuguese, from Latin
"eighth"
Otávio is a form of Octavius used commonly in Brazil. Its handsome sound and lovely nicknames make it a very appealing choice, just as elegant but less stately than the Latin original.
Bulgarian and Romanian
"first"
An almost unknown member of the cool two-syllable, n-ending group of boy names.
Latin
"five"
Roman statesman and Caesar rival whose name, like other classical choices, was occasionally used for enslaved people. The Pompeo version could rise again.
Roman
"fifth"
This Roman name is featured in the New Testament as that of the governor of Judea.
Will assure your daughter she's numero uno.
The revival of long-dormant Roman names would put this back in the lexicon if it wasn't so connected to a telecommunications network.
Greek
The name of an early Greek god of the sea, after whom a moon of Neptune is named.
"essence"
Sounds like a fictional rank of royalty.
Japanese
"sixth son"
"third son"
An interesting international possibility for a third son.
"second"
This ancient Roman name was sometimes used to show a woman's birth order in her family. It has been used very rarely in modern times, but if you love clunky, ponderous, so-out-they're-in names it…
An ancient Roman number name that is rarely if ever used in modern times.
Spanish
"second born"
After your first little Primo, you could always call the next Segundo -- though that's like naming them number one and number two.
"seventh"
Name for a seventh child, back when people had them.
"the seventh son"
Septimus is one of the more dashing of the birth-order Latin number names that were revived by the Victorians. So even if you don't anticipate son number 7, you might be bold enough to consider this…
"fourth son"
Norse
"stone of victory"
Nope, not a misspelling of Sexton or a number name. This Old Norse name is actually a name denoting victory and in the Swedish Top 100..
French feminine variation of Sixtus
"sixth-born"
While Sixtine is a name with ancient roots that's popular in modern-day France, it's hard to imagine it gaining hold in English-speaking lands, given its similarity to the number sixteen and its…
Latin from Greek
"sixth born"
The name of several popes and saints, Sixtus is certainly unusual but would have trouble making it in the modern world outside the Vatican. Even worse is its brother Sextus. Try making it through…
