Given name

Ancus

Ancus is a masculine given name from Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ancus comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Ancus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ancus’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Ancus has a related form in ANCO. In English usage, Ancus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ANCO. In English usage, Ancus has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Анк.

Walk Ancus’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Ancus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Ancus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Abakas

Abakas is a surname, possibly from German, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Antune

Antune is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Dalmatian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Aggeusz

“festive”

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Latin

Alèxis

Alèxis is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Occitan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Antanas

Antanas is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Alfeusz

Alfeusz is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Ageu

Ageu is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Antón

Antón is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish and Galician.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ancus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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