Titus (name)
Titus is a Sabine-Roman male given name.
Origin and meaning
The origin and meaning of the name are unknown.
variants
name day
- January 26th Titus , first bishop of Crete
- June 22nd Titus Flavius Clemens , martyr in Rome
- July 27th Titus Brandsma , martyr in Dachau
Well-known namesake
Ancient people
- Titus Tatius , Sabine King from the legendary early days of Rome
- Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus (4th century BC), a Roman patrician and consul
- Titus Quinctius Flamininus (~ 230–174 BC), a Roman politician and general
- Titus Pomponius Atticus (~ 110–32 BC), a Roman knight
- Titus Labienus (~ 100–45 BC), important officer in Caesar's army
- Titus Livius (about 59 BC – 17 AD), a Roman historian
- Titus Flavius Vespasianus (9–79), a Roman emperor (Vespasian for short)
- Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39–81), a Roman emperor (Titus for short), son of the aforementioned
- Titus Petronius (14–66), a Roman author, wrote the satirical novel Satyricon
- Titus Flavius Domitianus (51–96), a Roman emperor (Domitian for short)
- Titus (Byzantium) Bishop of Byzantium until 272
- Titus Lucretius Carus (~ 97–55 BC), a Roman poet and philosopher
- Lucius Iulius Titus Statilius Severus , Roman suffect consul 155
- Titus Prifernius Paetus Rosianus Geminus , Roman politician
- Titus Prifernius Paetus Settidianus Firmus , Roman suffect consul 96
- Aulus Pomponius Augurinus Titus Prifernius Paetus , Roman officer (imperial period)
- Gaius Valerius Titus , Roman centurion
First name
- Titus Brandsma O.Carm. (1881–1942), Dutch-Frisian philosopher and theologian
- Titus Dittmann (* 1948), a manufacturer of skateboards and skateboard clothing
- Titus Dugović († 1456), Hungarian-Serbian soldier
- Titus de Favre (late 17th century; † 1745), German architect of Walloon origin
- Titus Heydenreich (1936–2013), German Romanist, Italianist and Hispanist
- Titus Hollweg (* 1975), Austrian-German director
- Titus Maria Horten (1882–1936), German Dominican and Catholic priest
- Titus Hosmer (1736–1780), American lawyer, judge and politician
- Titus Ivory (born 1977), American basketball player
- Titus von Lanz (1897–1967), German anatomist
- Titus Lerner (* 1954), German painter and sculptor
- Titus Makin Jr. (* 1989), American actor and dancer
- Titus von Margwelaschwili (1891–1946), Georgian philosopher and journalist
- Titus Kipjumba Mbishei (* 1990), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Titus Müller (* 1977), German author
- Titus Oates (1649–1705), English clergyman and inventor of the papist conspiracy
- Titus Ozon (1927-1996), a Romanian football player
- Titus G. Pandi (* 1960), Hungarian photographer
- Titus Reinarz (* 1948), German sculptor
- Titus van Rijn (1641–1668), Dutch art dealer
- Titus Rotich (* 1983), Kenyan biathlete and former athlete
- Titus Schröder (1686–1726), German clergyman and theologian
- Titus Taeschner (1905–1997), German architect
- Titus Tobler (1806–1877), Swiss doctor and Palestine researcher
- Titus Ullrich (1813–1891 in Berlin), German art and literary critic and writer
- Titus Vollmer (* 1969), German musician and film composer
- Titus Welliver (born 1961), an American actor
- Tytus Woyciechowski (1808–1879), Polish political activist, farmer and art patron
Surname
- Alan Titus (* 1945), American baritone
- Christopher Titus (* 1964), American actor and stand-up comedian
- Constance Titus (1873-1967), American rower
- Dina Titus (* 1950), American politician
- Eve Titus (1922–2002), American children's author
- Gérard Titus-Carmel (* 1942), French painter, poet, illustrator and engraver
- Mark Titus (* 1987), American basketball player and blogger
- Nikolaus Titus (1808–1874; also Nicolaus Titus), Bamberg lawyer and politician
- Obadiah Titus (1789-1854), American politician
- Olga Titus (* 1977), Swiss artist
- Robert C. Titus (1839–1918), American lawyer and politician
Fictional people
- Titus Andronicus the title character in a play by William Shakespeare
- Titus Feuerfuchs , the title character of the burlesque opera in two acts by Heinrich Sutermeister
- Titus Groan, main character in Mervyn Peakes Gormenghast Trilogy
- Titus Andronicus Jonas , the uncle of Justus Jonas, the first detective of the three question marks . Used goods dealer.