Given name & surname
Altus
“to be elevated”
Altus is a variant of Alta. One Latin interpretation is “to be elevated.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Altus is a variant of Alta. One Latin interpretation is “to be elevated.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Altus is a variant of Alta. An origin associated with Alta is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Altus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 82 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Altus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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