Meanings
plural Tiberiuses
- A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use; a specific person so named.
- An Ancient Roman praenomen; a specific person so named.
- historicalThe second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 C.E..
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 3:1
Origin
- LatinTiberius
- EnglishTiberius
From Latin Tiberius, literally 'Of the Tiber', from Tiberis, the river Tiber. Also note Faliscan equivalent *Tiferios. The name is mistaken by some to be of Etruscan origin but note the borrowed variants, Thefarie (from Faliscan) and Teperi (from Latin).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Ancient Greek Τιβέριος
- Τιβέριος (Tibérios)given name
Arabic تيبيريوس
- تيبيريوسgiven name
Basque Tiberio
- Tiberiogiven name
Bulgarian Тибе́рий
- Тибе́рий (Tibérij)given name
Catalan Tiberi
- Tiberigiven name
Czech Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Danish Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Dutch Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Esperanto Tiberio
- Tiberiogiven name
Estonian Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
French Tibère
- Tibèregiven name
German Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Greek Τιβέριος
- Τιβέριος (Tivérios)given name
Hebrew טיבריוס
- טיבריוסgiven name
Hungarian Tibor, Tiberius
- Tiborgiven name
- Tiberiusgiven name
Indonesian Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Irish Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Italian Tiberio
- Tiberiogiven name
Korean 티베리우스
- 티베리우스 (Tiberiuseu)given name
Latin Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Latvian Tiberijs
- Tiberijsgiven name
Lithuanian Tiberijus
- Tiberijusgiven name
Norwegian Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Persian تیبریوس
- تیبریوسgiven name
Polish Tyberiusz
- Tyberiuszgiven name
Portuguese Tibério
- Tibériogiven name
Romanian Tiberiu
- Tiberiugiven name
Russian Тибе́рий
- Тибе́рий (Tibérij)given name
Slovak Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Spanish Tiberio
- Tiberiogiven name
Swahili Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Turkish Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Ukrainian Тибе́рій
- Тибе́рій (Tybérij)given name
Urdu تیبیریس
- تیبیریس (teberes)given name
Vietnamese Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Welsh Tiberius
- Tiberiusgiven name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Tiberius
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Tiberius. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiberius
“Tiberius.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiberius. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tiberius,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiberius.
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