Caius
Where Caius comes from
Caius hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1630Caius Gabriel Cibber bornBritish artist
- 1885Caius Welcker bornDutch footballer
- 1994First appearance#8,800 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 2025Peak, #927254 babies named Caius — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Caius · pope of the Catholic Church from 283 to 296, died 296
- Caius Welcker · Dutch footballer, 1885–1939
- Caius Gabriel Cibber · British artist, 1630–1700
- Caius Iacob · Romanian politician and mathematician, 1912–1992
- Caius of Korea · Korean Catholic layman, Japanese Martyr, 1571–1624
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.