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Number Names

Number names have been used since ancient times — think Roman names like Quintus and Octavia — and are still being re-invented in modern times. Number names can show a child's birth order, or a meaningful number for the family. Read on for names with a numerical meaning (including "last"), and a few false friends that sound like they *should* be number names, like Quinn and Sixten.

Omega

Meaning: last

Origin:Greek
8697
Origin:English word name
6663
Trillion

Meaning: third power of a million

Origin:English word name
7800
Origin:English word name
18437
Sixtus

Meaning: sixth born

Origin:Latin from Greek
3424
Canute

Meaning: knot

Origin:Scandinavian
4572
Quintessa

Meaning: essence

Origin:Latin
2618
Nanami

Meaning: seven seas

Origin:Japanese
12266
Anele

Meaning: enough, sufficient, adequate; last born

Origin:Zulu
12311
Anele

Meaning: enough, sufficient, adequate; last born

Origin:Zulu
6636
Soner

Meaning: last man

Origin:Turkish
13919
Knud Knud is commonly used as a masculine name. T...
Origin:German
14716
Saburo

Meaning: third son

Origin:Japanese
15069
Irune

Meaning: trinity

Origin:Basque
16627
Proteus

Meaning: first

Origin:Greek
18740
Twenty

Meaning: number twenty

Origin:English word name
0
Secundus

Meaning: second

Origin:Latin
0
Secunda

Meaning: second

Origin:Latin
0
Segundo

Meaning: second born

Origin:Spanish
7279
Pompey

Meaning: five

Origin:Latin
7745