Tacitus

[SeanChailleach]

I love this, pronounced the Classical Latin way with the hard c.
Is it one of those names that's really common in a country we don't hear much from?

Tacitus means silent. Don’t like it at all. There was also a famous historian called Tacitus.
People in the UK won’t know how to pronounce it.
There are much nicer Latin names:
Octavius
Marcus
Aurelius

It is said to mean silent but the historian was not merely famous, he is regarded as the greatest Roman historian, and an orator, so the "silent" is a bit ironic there.

What do you think people would use as a nickname, and do you like it?

I like unusual names, so why not! Aurelius is gorgeous too.

Taciturn

No I don’t like that one.
Sorry.

I really like it... However it could be pretty hard to carry off, it probably depends a lot on where you live/where the child will have to go to school.

In Italian tacere is a verb and means keep quiet. In Italy people will still think of that. Might not matter if you don’t plan to go there much.

Did you get it from red dead??

I don’t like it at all but it depends on your social circle. If your child was privately educated it might be easier for him than if he was going to a local comprehensive where his name would immediately make him stand out as different.

My job is closely related to music and it just reminds me of the term Tacet. Which, as other have said, means quiet. The actual Italian/Latin literal meaning when using the verb is ‘shut up’. It’s a bit stronger than just ‘be quiet, please’. In music it’s not a loved term as it literally means you should put your instrument down for X bars and not play a note

I think it’s hard to pull off and I don’t really see it as a name.

@Teakind

I don’t like it at all but it depends on your social circle. If your child was privately educated it might be easier for him than if he was going to a local comprehensive where his name would immediately make him stand out as different.

Agreed, if someone at my school had that name they would probably have been nicknamed "Tacky" or similar and would probably have had a kicking or two. Obviously not nice but kids can be horrible.

Prefer Titus.

I don't like it at all. Would depend on what social circles you mix in how it would be received.

When I say it, it sounds like Cactus.

Awful. Don't saddle your child with it.

Don't like it at all. Even though I know what it means, it still sounds a bit like a condition or disease. You have Tinnitus, your mate has Tacitus.

So you would pronounce it Tack-ih-tus?

Yes sorry as a latin scholars I'd interpret it as shut up in some circumstances. Even for a naturally quiet child, you shouldn't saddle them with that

Scholar*

It's a bit too strongly linked to taciturn I think and doesn't have an especially nice sound to me. I do secretly enjoy other strongly Roman names though - Aurelius, Augustus, Octavius, Cassius, Gaius, Lucius etc (or perhaps Marcus, Rufus or Magnus for the less brave).

So pronounced Tackitus? Dreadful!

Would get shortened to Tacky. No, sorry.

Jacob... Is that you?! ;)

In all seriousness ... No, taciturn. Nit a positive connotation and they would be Tak or Taki.

Awful - Tacitus is too well-known, it sounds incredibly pretentious. Like calling your child Pliny the Younger, or Marcus Brutus.

Go with something where you haven’t clearly named your child after a specific person: Lucius, Julius, Felix, Marcus etc.

Tacitus’ middle name was Cornelius, if you like that (his first name was Publius, which you should definitely not inflict on a child).

Thought it was pronounced tass-i-tus? Only know it from the historian so, no other knowledge of the name meaning. Not sure about it as a name in all honesty.