Ovid

Where Ovid comes from

From Latin Ovidius, name of a Roman gens.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ovid
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1873
    Ovid Densusianu born
    Romanian writer
  2. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #787
    8 babies named Ovid — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1921
    Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu born
    Romanian philologist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin of mainly historic use.
Namesakes
  • Ovid Densusianu · Romanian writer, 1873–1938
  • Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu · Romanian philologist, 1921–2000
  • Ovid Butler · American politician and newspaper publisher, 1801–1881
  • Ovid Jackson · Canadian politician, born 1939
  • Ovid Nicholson · Major League Baseball outfielder, 1888–1968

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.