Septimus

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proper noun

A male given name from Latin.

OriginLatin Septimus →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Latin.

    London has swallowed up many millions of young men called Smith ; thought nothing of fantastic Christian names like Septimus with which their parents have thought to distinguish them .

    1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, Collector's Library, published 2003, →ISBN, page 95

Origin

  1. LatinSeptimus
  2. EnglishSeptimus

Borrowed from Latin Septimus, from septimus (“seventh”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Septimus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Septimus

MLA

“Septimus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Septimus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Septimus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Septimus.

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