Horatio

Horatio is a boy name of Latin origin, meaning Keeper of the hours.

What Horatio means

Keeper of the hours.

Horatio sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.

Where Horatio 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.

Horatio is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.

How popular is Horatio?

You will not find Horatio in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

The character of Horatio

Horatio sits in our the long-established classics group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.

Themes: Classic

Names like Horatio

These share Horatio's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• 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.
• Francis — Free one; Frenchman.
• Gaius — To rejoice.

More Latin names

• Honor — Honesty and high respect.
• Ignatius — Fiery.
• Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
• Julia — Youthful.
• Gaius — To rejoice.
• Julian — Youthful; devoted to Jupiter.
• Francis — Free one; Frenchman.
• Julius — Youthful; downy-bearded.
• Frances — Free one; from France.
• June — Young; sacred to the goddess Juno.