Horace

Where Horace comes from

From Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of obscure origin, possibly from Etruscan. Doublet of Horatio.
— Wiktionary's entry for Horace
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1717
    Horace Walpole born
    English writer and politician
  2. 1811
    Horace Greeley born
    American politician and publisher
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #79 among boys with 199 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #910.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Horace Walpole · English writer and politician, 1717–1797
  • Horace Greeley · American politician and publisher, 1811–1872
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure · Genevan scientist, 1740–1799
  • Horace Vernet · French painter, 1789–1863
  • Horace Silver · American jazz pianist and composer, 1928–2014

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.