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Magnús

Magnús is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Icelandic and Old Norse.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Magnús comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin magnus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Magnús’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Magnús has a diminutive in Maggi. In Icelandic usage, Magnús shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Magnus. In Old Norse usage, Magnús has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Magnus.

Walk Magnús’s family in the name graph

MagnúsMaggiMagnusMagnoMogensMaunoMånsMànus

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

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Around the world

Magnús has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

3 related names in 6 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 6

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

People named Magnús

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Hebrew

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No U.S. birth series

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Latin

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Markys

Markys is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Manx.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Mariü̍s

Mariü̍s is a masculine given name from Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Màrius

Màrius is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Catalan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Mārtiņš

“of or like Mars”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Malchos

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

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Manlius

Manlius is a surname. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

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