Given name
Tacitus
“a well-known historian”
Tacitus is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a well-known historian.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a well-known historian.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
Tacitus’s family of names
Tacitus has a feminine form in Tacita. Tacitus has a related form in Tacitas. Tacitus has a related form in Tacites.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
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