Horace

Meaning

Horace comes from the Roman family name Horatius, a Latin name long linked with the legendary Horatii. In the excerpted source, the name is connected with the idea of honor, though the note also says that this is not certain and may be a sound-based guess; the poet Horace carried it as an adoptive name. In English, the name later re-entered use through literary prestige, especially after Corneille and Orazio/Horatio forms influenced its revival.

Origin

Fun fact

The name got a literary boost in England after Corneille’s play Les Horaces and the influence of the form Horatio.