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Titus

Meaning — A Latin praenomen of uncertain origin — possibly Etruscan — used throughout the Roman Republic and Empire. Some scholars connect it to the Latin titulus ("title of honour") or to the Sabine titus ("pigeon"), though neither derivation is certain. The name was borne by the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus and by a companion of Saint Paul mentioned in the New Testament Epistle to Titus.·Latin origin·Male·TY-tus

Titus Titus is a name of Roman power and tragic grandeur — it belongs to characters who are larger than life, burdened by history, and often destroyed by their own severity or the cruelty of the world around them. In fantasy and gothic fiction the name conveys an ancient, decaying nobility; in historical fiction it grounds a character in the martial culture of Rome. It is never a gentle name.

Best genres for Titus

Historical FictionFantasyLiterary FictionMythologyAdventure

Famous characters named Titus

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare

A celebrated Roman general whose brutal cycle of revenge and counter-revenge drives one of Shakespeare's bloodiest and most relentlessly dark tragedies.

Titus Groan

Gormenghast Mervyn Peake

The 77th Earl of Groan who rebels against the stifling ritual traditions of his vast, decaying castle in Peake's singular gothic fantasy.


Variations & nicknames

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