Caius
Variation of Gaius, Latin
"rejoice"
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Updated Wed Feb 19 2025
Caius Origin and Meaning
The name Caius is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "rejoice".
Caius is classical and serious but also has a simple, joyful quality. There was a third century pope named Caius, as well as an early Christian writer, several Shakespearean characters, and a Twilight vampire. We would pronounce the name to rhyme with eye-us though at Cambridge University in England, where it's the name of a college, it's pronounced keys.
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Famous People Named Caius
- Saint Caius3rd century Bishop of Milan
- CaiusPresbyter of Rome, Christian writer
- Caius Gabriel CibberDanish sculptor
- Blessed Caius of KoreaCatholic missionary
- Caius WelckerDutch footballer
- John CaiusEnglish physician and cofounder of Cambridge's Gonville and Caius College
- Pope Caius3rd century Bishop of Rome
- Caius Kane Denman (b. 2018)son of American film and television actor David Denman and Swedish,American actress Mercedes Mason
Caius in Pop Culture
- Caiusname taken by the Earl of Kent in Shakespeare's "King Lear"
- Caiusmain character in Shakespeare's "Coriolanus"
- Caiusin the book "The Skystone" by Jack Whyte
- Caiuscharacter in the Twilight series
- Caius Balladantagonist in the video game "Final Fantasy XIII,2"
- Gonville & Caius CollegeUniversity of Cambridge
- Caiuscharacter in the book "The Valiant" by Lesley Livingston