Postumus: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Postumus – Meaning: last-born; a child born after the father's death – Origin: Latin – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: POS-too-mus


Postumus is a Latin boy's name meaning “last-born; a child born after the father's death”. It appears in our list of 175+ Latin Baby Boy Names Rooted in Ancient Rome.

Meaning & Origin of Postumus

Meaning: Last-born; a child born after the father's death.

Origin: Latin.

How to Pronounce Postumus

Phonetic: POS-too-mus

Popularity of Postumus

Postumus doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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