Many Berries love boys names that end in “s” (myself included) and yet may be tired of seeing the same old [name]Roman[/name] names like [name]Augustus[/name] and [name]Atticus[/name] on this site. So here is a list from “The Catholic [name]Baby[/name] Name Book” of more obscure “s”-ending names that may intrigue. I’m not going to include all the names in the book because it would take forever and some of them are so cumbersome that I don’t think they would be usable in modern times. Not all of them are “unique” by Nameberry terms but I find these ones the most interesting. I can’t help but think that many of the names are a reminder of the influence of Greek and Latin on the English language.
Abadios
Abdas
Abercius
Abilius
Abundius
[name]Acacius[/name]
Acharius
Achillas
[name]Achilleus[/name]
Acius
Adalgis
Adelphius/Adelphus
Adeodatus
Aetherius
Agabus
Agapitus
Agapius
Agathangelus
Agnellus
Aldericus
Alipius
Allerius
Almachius
Almirus
[name]Aloysius[/name]
Alphaeus
Alverius
Amandus
Amaranthus
Amasius
Amatus
[name]Amedeus[/name]
Amicus
Anarcharius
[name]Ananias[/name]
Anastasius
Anatolius
Andochius
[name]Andreas[/name]
Andronicus
Angelus
[name]Angus[/name]
Ansovinus
Ansurius
Anterus
Anthimus
Antiochus
Antipas
Anysius
Apelles
Apollonius
Apuleius
Arcadius
Archippus
Ardanus
Aredius
Argymirus
Aristides
Armogastes
Arsacius
[name]Arsenius[/name]
[name]Artemas[/name]
Artemius
Asclas
Asicius
Aspasius
Astericus
Asterius
Athanasius
Attalas
Auctus
Augulus
[name]Aurelius[/name]
Ausonius
Auxanus
Auxentius
Auxibius
Aventanus
Avitus
Babylas
Baldomerus
Barbatus
[name]Barnabas[/name]
Barsimaeus
Basilides
Basiliscus
Bathus
Baudelius
Beatus
Berengisius
Beronicus
Betharius
Blitharius
Bobinus
Boetharius
Bonfilius
Bonitus
Brictus
Caecilius
Caesarius
Caesidius
Calimerius
Calixtus
Calliopus
Callistus
Calocerus
Calogerus
Camillus
Candidus
Cantius
Caprasius
Carpus
Carterius
[name]Cassius[/name]
Castorius
Castulus
Castus
Celsus
Charalampias
Cheledonius
Chrysanthus
Chrysolius
Clarus
Cleonicus
Cleophas
Clerus
[name]Cletus[/name]
Clicerius
Concordius
Constantius
Contentius
[name]Cornelius[/name]
[name]Cosmas[/name]
Crescens
Crescentius
[name]Crispus[/name]
Cyriacus
[name]Cyrus[/name]
Dabius
[name]Dalmatius[/name]
[name]Damasus[/name]
[name]Darius[/name]
Datius/Dacius
Dativus
Davinus
Delphinus
[name]Demetrius[/name]
Deodatus
Deogratius
[name]Desideratus[/name]
[name]Desiderius[/name]
Devinicus
Diaconus
Didacus
Didymus
Diomedes
[name]Dionysius[/name]
Dismas
Dominicus
Domitius
Domnus
Donatus
Dorotheus
Dulcidius
Ebontius
Ecclesius
Edistius
Elaphius
Elerius
Eleutherius
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Eligius[/name]
Eliphius
Elpidius
Emeritus
Emerius
Emilas
Englatius
Ennodius
Epiphanius
[name]Erasmus[/name]
[name]Erastus[/name]
Eucharius
Eucherius
Eudoxius
Eulampius
Eulogius
Eumenes
Euphrasius
Euphronius
Eusebius
Eusterius
Eustratius
Euthymius
Eutychius
Evaristus
Evellius
Evermarus
Evodius
Evortius
Exuperius
[name]Fabius[/name]
[name]Faustus[/name]
[name]Fergus[/name]
Ferrutius
[name]Fidelis[/name]
Firminus
[name]Flavius[/name]
Flocellus
Florentius
Fortunatus
Frodulphus
Fulgentius
[name]Gaius[/name]
Gaucherius
Gaudentius
Gelasius
Genesius
[name]Germanicus[/name]
[name]Giles[/name]
Glycerius
Helladius
Heraclas
Heradius
Hermas
Hermias
Hermylus
Hilarius
Hippolytus
[name]Honoratus[/name]
[name]Honorius[/name]
Hormisdas
Hypatius
[name]Ignatius[/name]
Ildephonsus
Illidius
Illuminatus
Irenaeus
[name]Isaias[/name]
Isaurus
Joannicus
[name]Jonas[/name]
Jonatus
Jorandus
Jucundus
[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Justus[/name]
Juventius
Laetantius
Laetus
Landericus
[name]Laurus[/name]
[name]Lazarus[/name]
[name]Leonides[/name]
Leontius
[name]Liberatus[/name]
Liberius
Licerius
Licinius
[name]Linus[/name]
Livinus
[name]Louis[/name]
Lucerius
Lucidius
[name]Lucius[/name]
Macanisius
Macarius
Maginus
[name]Magnus[/name]
Majolus
Majoricus
Malchus
Mamertius
[name]Marcellus[/name]
[name]Marcus[/name]
[name]Marius[/name]
Maroveus
Maruthas
Maternus
[name]Mathias[/name]/[name]Matthias[/name]
Maurilius
Maurus
Mawes
Maxentius
[name]Maximus[/name]
Melanius
Melas
Meletius
Mellitus
Memmius
Memorius
Menas
Merulus
Methodius
Meuris
Minias
Mirocles
Mitrius
[name]Moses[/name]
Mucius
Narnus
Nasseus
Natalis
[name]Nazarius[/name]
[name]Nectarius[/name]
Nemesius
Nennus
[name]Nereus[/name]
Nerses
[name]Nicasius[/name]
Nicetas
[name]Nicodemus[/name]
[name]Nicomedes[/name]
Nilus
Novatus
Obitius
[name]Oceanus[/name]
[name]Octavius[/name]
Ollegarius
Olympiades
Olympius
Onesimus
Optatus
Ordonius
Orentius
[name]Orestes[/name]
[name]Palladius[/name]
Pamphilus
Pancras
Parmenas
[name]Parthenius[/name]
Paschasius
Patapius
Paterius
Paternus
Patiens
Patroclus
Paulinus
Pausis
[name]Pelagius[/name]
Peregrinus
Perpetuus
Petronius
Philetus
Phocas
[name]Pius[/name]
Pompeius
Pontius
Porphyrius
Praejectus
Procopius
Provinus
Prudentius
Pudens
Quintius
[name]Quintus[/name]
Quiriacus
[name]Quirinus[/name]
Ramirus
Rasyphus
Ravennus
Redemptus
Regulus
Remaclus
Remedius
Remigius
[name]Renatus[/name]
Renovatus
Restitutus
Rheticus
[name]Romanus[/name]
[name]Romulus[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
Rusticus
Sabas
Sabinus
Salvius
Sandratus
Sarbelius
Satyrus
Secundus
Seleucius
Sequanus
[name]Serenus[/name]
[name]Sergius[/name]
Servatus
Servulus
[name]Severus[/name]
Sidonius
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Silvanus[/name]/[name]Sylvanus[/name]
Simplicius
Siricius
[name]Sixtus[/name]
[name]Stanislaus[/name]
Symmachus
Tarasius
Tarsicius
Taurinus
Thalassius
Tharacus
Theodosius
Theodotus
Theodulus
Theonas
Theophanes
[name]Theophilus[/name]
Theotimus
[name]Thomas[/name]/[name]Tomas[/name]
Thraseas
[name]Tiberius[/name]
Tiburtius
Tigides
Tigrius
Tipasius
[name]Titus[/name]
Torquatus
Triverius
Trophimus
Turibius
Tychicus
Tyrannus
Ursicinus
Ursicius
[name]Ursinus[/name]
[name]Ursus[/name]
Valens
[name]Valerius[/name]
Varus
Vasius
Venerandus
Venerius
Veranus
Veremundus
Verulus
Verus
Venturius
Victoricus
Victricius
Vigilius
Villicus
[name]Vilmos[/name]
[name]Vincentius[/name]
Virgilius
[name]Vitalis[/name]
[name]Vitus[/name]
Viventius
Volusian
Votus
Vulgis
Warinus
[name]Wenceslaus[/name]
[name]Zacchaeus[/name]
Zambdas
[name]Zenobius[/name]
[name]Zephyrinus[/name]
Zeticus
Zoilus
Zosimas
Zosimus
Zoticus
Zozimus
