Flavius

Latin
"yellow, blond"

Flavius Origin and Meaning

The name Flavius is a boy's name meaning "yellow, blond".

Flavius is an ancient Roman family name associated with a dynasty of emperors. It has an appealingly flavorful first syllable, and is the name of a stylist in the Hunger Games series.

Earlier fictional characters include the Flavius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Flavius Maximus in a "Star Trek" episode, and a Flavius in the Pandora novel in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles.

In the Roman Empire, Flavius was granted en masse to any citizens who didn't have a family name, making it a very common, and sometimes default, name: the Roman John Doe.

With the renewed interest in ancient Roman names, Flavius might find some fans.

Famous People Named Flavius

  • Flavius Valerius Severus
    Western Roman Emperor
  • Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus
    full name of Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
  • Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Augustus
    full name of Justinian I, Byzantine emperor
  • Flavius Aetius
    Roman general
  • Flavius Vladimir Stoican
    Romanian footballer
  • Flavius Mithridates
    Italian Jewish humanist scholar
  • Flavius Mallius Theodorus
    Roman consul
  • Flavius Afranius Syagrius
    Roman politician and administrator
  • Titus Flavius Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu)
    1st century Romano,Jewish scholar

Flavius in Pop Culture

  • Flavius
    Hunger Games character