The baby name Pompilius is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced pom-PIL-ee-us (common English: /pɒmˈpɪliəs/; Classical Latin approx. /pomˈpɪli.us/).
Pompilius is Roman in Origin.
The baby name Pompilius is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced pom-PIL-ee-us (common English: /pɒmˈpɪliəs/; Classical Latin approx. /pomˈpɪli.us/).
Pompilius is Roman in Origin.
Pompilius is a Latin gentilician name of Sabine-Oscan stock, formed from the Italic praenomen Pompo plus the patronymic suffix -ilius. Pompo is the Oscan counterpart of Latin Quintus, “fifth,” so Pompilius means “descendant of Pompo,” by extension “of the fifth.”
Best known from Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome, the name also designated the Roman gens Pompilia. It persisted as a learned and ecclesiastical given name, especially in Italy and the Iberian world, yielding variants such as Italian/Spanish Pompilio, Portuguese Pompílio, and Romanian Pompiliu; the feminine is Pompilia. A notable bearer is Saint Pompilio Maria Pirrotti (1710–1766). The Latinized form Pompilius remains rare today and is sometimes used ceremonially. Not to be confused with Pompeius/Pompey (Italian Pompeo, French Pompée), which is a separate Roman name.
Pompilius is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.
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