Horatio
2025 SSA
About Horatio
Like Horace, Horatio is a variation on the Latin Horatius, but its Shakespearean and optimistic Horatio Alger pedigree makes it an attractive up-and-comer, especially with its cool final o. A modern reference is the charismatic TV character Horatio Caine played by David Caruso in CSI: Miami.
Horatio was the given name of Lord Nelson, one of the most dashing of British heroes, the naval commander who led the British fleet to destroy the French at Trafalgar, and it also belonged to Hamlet's loyal friend. Another literary namesake is Captain Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist of a long-running series of naval novels penned by C. S. Forester, played on screen by Gregory Peck.
Pronounced huh-RAY-shuh.
As of October 2026, Horatio ranked #11171 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #474 in 1880.
Popularity & trends
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Horatio on lists
Famous Horatios
- Horatio Alger
American novelist
- Horatio Nelson
1st Viscount Nelson, British naval hero
- Horatio Lloyd Gates
general in the American Revolution
- Horatio Seymour
U.S. governor of New York
- Horatio Sanz
American actor and comedian who plays on Saturday Night Live
- (Horatio) Herbert Kitchener
1st Earl Kitchener, British field marshal and WWI secretary of war
- Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson
American man who was first to drive across the entire United States in an automobile
- Horatio Gouverneur Wright
American Civil War general
- Horatio Spafford
Songwriter, It Is Well With My Soul
Horatio in pop culture
- Horatio Hornblower
main character in the "Hornblower" saga by C.S. Forester
- Horatio
character in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" ("In my mind's eye, Horatio.")
- Horatio Caine
main character of the TV show "CSI: Miami"
- Horatio Turbot
character on animated series "Paw Patrol"
- Horatio Magellan Crunch
full name of Cap'n Crunch, breakfast cereal mascot
Variations & nicknames
- HoracioSpanish