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Names like Titus

Titus is a two-syllable Latin name that ends in -us. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.

The same sound

Two syllables, ending the same way as Titus.

Tyrus Latin · Latinized name of the ancient city of Tyre
Marcus Latin · Roman name probably related to Mars; its deeper origin is uncertain
Justus Latin · just, fair
Lucius Latin · light

The same roots

Also Latin names, from the tradition Titus comes from.

Sylas Latin · phonetic respelling of Silas, of the forest
Dominic Latin · "belonging to the Lord," from Dominicus, once given to boys born on Sunday, the Lord's day; carried by the medieval saint who founded the Dominicans and long favored in Catholic families. Dom is the sturdy short form
Lucas Latin · man from Lucania (a region of southern Italy); Greek Loukas is a shortened form of Loukanos, "from Lucania"; the "light" link is a secondary folk association (via Lucania's own possible root), not the established meaning
Rufus Latin · red-haired

The same feel

Also biblical and classic names.

Thomas Aramaic · twin
Davi Portuguese · "beloved," the Brazilian Portuguese form of David, from the Hebrew Dawid; the shepherd-king's name in the spelling Brazil made its own, one of the country's most given boy names of the 2010s and 2020s
Adam Hebrew · man, from the Hebrew word for earth; the first man in the Abrahamic tradition, identical in spelling and pronunciation in Arabic and English, a textbook crossover pick
Evan Welsh · "Yahweh is gracious," as the Welsh form of John, worn smooth through Ieuan and Ifan; centuries of use in Wales, then an easy crossover into the American mainstream. All the heritage of John with none of its ubiquity

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Titus, on a similar curve.

Cyrus Persian · possibly "sun" or "throne"; famously borne by Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire
Marcellus Latin · diminutive of Marcus, linked to Mars, the god of war
Cassius Latin · Roman family name, traditionally linked to Latin cassus, 'empty, vain'
Aries Latin · ram; zodiac constellation name
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