Gaius
Gaius is a boy name of Latin origin, meaning To rejoice.
What Gaius means
To rejoice.
Gaius sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Gaius comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Gaius is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Gaius?
Gaius sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Gaius
We group Gaius under Joy and the long-established classics — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Gaius
These share Gaius's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Beatrix — Voyager; bringer of joy.
- Winston — From the joyful town.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Julian — Youthful; devoted to Jupiter.
- Roman — Citizen of Rome; strong.
- Augustine — Great and venerable.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Benedict — Blessed.
- Cassian — Of Cassius; an old Roman name.
- Cassius — Hollow; (later) clever.
- Crispin — Curly-haired.
- Fabian — Bean grower.
More Latin names
- Francis — Free one; Frenchman.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
- Frances — Free one; from France.
- Honor — Honesty and high respect.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Horatio — Keeper of the hours.
- Flora — Flower; goddess of spring.
- Ignatius — Fiery.
- Flavia — Golden; fair-haired.
- Julia — Youthful.