Boy names ending in -us

I love a lot of boy names that end in -us. I’ve got [name_m]Septimus[/name_m], [name_m]Decimus[/name_m], [name_m]Sirius[/name_m], Amandus and [name_m]Acacius[/name_m]. Which -us boy names do you like?

[name_m]Remus[/name_m] is my favourite boy’s name :slight_smile: I also love [name_m]Severus[/name_m] and like [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m], [name_m]Marius[/name_m], [name_m]Marcus[/name_m] & [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]. If you’re looking for the sound ‘us’ more than the spelling then you could use [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] or [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]

[name_m]Claudius[/name_m] and [name_m]Justus[/name_m] are the first two that come to mind for me, though I’m not a huge fan of [name_m]Justus[/name_m]. There’s also the usual [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] and [name_m]Magnus[/name_m].

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Oh man, our boy list was rife with -us names because my husband is obsessed with Ancient [name_m]Rome[/name_m]. The following were on our long (very long) list (some of these are on the normal side, some … are not):
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Titus[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximus[/name_m] (this made it down to the hospital list and was very nearly our son’s name)
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Quintus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gaius[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]

And also from Ancient [name_m]Rome[/name_m]-ish on our list were Caephas, [name_m]Hadrian[/name_m], and Trajan (all of which made it down to the short list), as well as [name_f]Titian[/name_f], [name_m]Conan[/name_m], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], and [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m].

I’m fondest of:

Totally love:
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Mattathias[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]

Like:
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Tiberius[/name_m] (as a MN)

Here are my favorite -us names:

[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Demetrius[/name_m]
[name_m]Icarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]

Of these [name_m]Linus[/name_m] is definitely my favorite.

oh I love [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m]!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite is [name_m]Marius[/name_m] (family name)

I also like:
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_m]Matteus[/name_m]

[name_f]My[/name_f] absolute favourite is [name_m]Artemus[/name_m]! It’s my 4th favourite boys name. I also love:

[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]

And have these on my list too:
[name_m]Icarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Daedalus[/name_m]
Athanasius
[name_m]Thelonius[/name_m]
[name_m]Timaeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Xanthus[/name_m]

[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] would be my favorite name that ends with -us.

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are:

[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m]

[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcellus[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite -s names:

[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Septimus[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Gaius[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lukas[/name_m] (although, ironically, I’m not fond of [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] at all. I think I love that [name_m]German[/name_m]/Eastern European “K”!)

And I also like [name_m]Julius[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucius[/name_m], but [name_m]Lucius[/name_m] feels sinister to me, for some reason, even though [name_m]Lucian[/name_m] and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] and [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] don’t. And I like [name_m]Julian[/name_m], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], and [name_f]Juliana[/name_f], and even [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] (and its variants, like [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] and [name_f]Julietta[/name_f]) better than [name_m]Julius[/name_m].

Good luck!