Septimus as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Septimus

What is the meaning of the name Septimus ?

The baby name Septimus is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈsɛp.tɪ.məs/ (SEP-ti-mus).

Septimus is Latin in Origin.

From Latin septimus, “seventh,” this ancient Roman praenomen marked a seventh-born child or one arriving in September, the seventh month of the early Roman calendar. It is related to the family name Septimius (as in Emperor Septimius Severus). The feminine is Septima; cross-linguistic variants include Italian Settimio/Settimia, French Septime, Spanish and Portuguese Séptimo/Sétima (rare as given names), and Romanian Septimiu/Septimia. Diminutives in English sometimes appear as Sep, Sepp, or Tim.

Use in the English-speaking world peaked in the 18th–19th centuries among classicizing families and clergy, and the name is well represented in literature: Septimus Harding (Trollope), Septimus Warren Smith (Woolf), and Reverend Septimus Crisparkle (Dickens). Today it remains uncommon, lending a scholarly, antique tone, with occasional boosts from fantasy and YA fiction (e.g., Septimus Heap). Meaning centers on birth order and, by extension, folkloric luck tied to a seventh son.

⚙ Septimus is seldom given. We have only 32 recorded uses of it on record, from 13 countries.