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Name info: About the name Pontus in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | Scandinavian |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
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Group info: About Pontus, the group of names with the same origin as Pontus | Language of origin: | Latin |
Info about origin: | from a Roman family name probably derived from Pontus, the name of a Roman province in Asia Minor |
| the name of province itself probably derives from Greek pontos (sea) |
| know from Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor (with Pontius as the family name; his given name is unknown) |
Words: | pontos = the sea Old Greek |
Topics: | New Testament, Roman family name |
Variants' top ranks: | 35:Pontus Sweden 1998 |
Old/original forms: | Pontius Latin |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Pontus | Series | Graph | Rankings |
Sweden | Graph | 2008 94, 2007 76, 2006 68, 2005 66, 2004 50, 2003 46, 2002 41, 2001 40, 2000 41, 1999 38, 1998 35 |
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