Given name
Fulgentius
“a shining man”
Fulgentius is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a shining man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a shining man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
Fulgentius’s family of names
Fulgentius has a related form in Fulgencio. In Latin usage, Fulgentius has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Fulgencjusz. Fulgentius has a related form in Fulgenteo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fulgentius
- Fulgentius of Ruspe6th-century Bishop of Ruspe468–533
- Fulgentius of CartagenaSpanish bishop and saint566–632
- Fulgentius Ferrandus6th century African Church theologian450–546
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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