Given name & surname
Flavius
“having yellow hair”
Flavius is a variant of Flavian. One Latin interpretation is “having yellow hair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Flavius is a variant of Flavian. One Latin interpretation is “having yellow hair.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Flavius is a variant of Flavian. An origin associated with Flavian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Flavius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 76 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 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 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Flavius’s family of names
Flavius has a feminine form in Flavia. Flavius has a related form in Flavian. In French usage, Flavius has a feminine form in Flavie.
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Around the world
Flavius has relatives in 8 languages.
9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Flavioborrowing · Spanish
- Flaviafeminine form · English
- Fláviuszequivalent
- ⲫⲗⲁⲩⲃⲓⲟⲥborrowing · Coptic
- ⲫⲗⲁⲟⲩⲓⲟⲥborrowing · Coptic
- ΦλάβιοςGreek
- FlávioPortuguese
- FlawiuszPolish
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Flavius
- Flavius DomideRomanian footballer (1946–2025)
- Flavius DaniliucAustrian association football playerborn 2001
- Flavius KocziRomanian gymnastborn 1987
- Flavius PaulusVisigoth king700–673
- Flavius StoicanRomanian footballer (born 1976)
- Eugeniusearly 3rd-century Roman tribunus and usurper from Antioch300–303
- Flavius Rusticus Helpidiusfifth-century poet450–550
- Flavius MithridatesItalian translator1445–1489
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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