Given name & surname

Scotus

“the Scotii”

Scotus is a surname from Latin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Scotus goes back to Latin Scotus, meaning “the Scotii.”

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Where it comes from

Scotus comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Scotus (“the Scotii”).

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Scotus’s family of names

In English usage, Scotus as a surname has a related form in Scottus.

Walk Scotus’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

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Latin

Sykstus

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Celtic

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Latin

Mozus

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Latin

Serbus

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Latin

Ancus

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Latin

Shkumbin

Shkumbin is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Albanian.

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Latin

Spartakus

Spartakus is a given name from Latin. It is used in Icelandic.

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Latin

Kattelus

Kattelus is a surname from Latin. It is used in Finnish.

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Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Scotus