Given name & surname
Taurus
“the bull; the second sign of the zodiac”
Taurus is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “the bull; the second sign of the zodiac.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “the bull; the second sign of the zodiac.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taurus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,075
- 1,991 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 126 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,141 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,141 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 112 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,444 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.
Taurus’s family of names
Taurus has a feminine form in Taura. Taurus has a related form in Taurean. Taurus has a related form in Taurino.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Taurus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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