Horace

Where Horace comes from

From Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of obscure origin, possibly from Etruscan. Doublet of Horatio.
— Wiktionary's entry for Horace
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Horace through the years
  1. 1717
    Horace Walpole born
    English writer and politician
  2. 1811
    Horace Greeley born
    American politician and publisher
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #79 among boys with 199 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #910.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Horace Walpole · English writer and politician, 1717–1797
  • Horace Greeley · American politician and publisher, 1811–1872
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure · Genevan scientist, 1740–1799
  • Horace Vernet · French painter, 1789–1863
  • Horace Silver · American jazz pianist and composer, 1928–2014

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.