# Numbered Names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 18, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476 "2001-09-18T22:06:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![roryaxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@roryaxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roryaxis)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/1 "2001-09-18T22:06:03Z")

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Okay, so some of the Romans weren’t too creative with their childrens’ names. Octavian being the eights and Trices being the third, does anyone know what names come from other numbers? Dixon for ten? Just curious. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/2 "2001-09-18T22:20:56Z")

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Quentin = fifth

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/3 "2001-09-18T22:22:28Z")

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Primus?

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/4 "2001-09-18T22:46:43Z")

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Augustus & Septimus.

[sub]I’m at sixes and sevens.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/5 "2001-09-18T22:50:09Z")

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A guy I went to high school with went by “Trey”, since he was George William the Third. I thought that was neat.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/6 "2001-09-19T01:55:20Z")

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[http://loorpubs.spiritpages.net/numbering\_children.htm](http://loorpubs.spiritpages.net/numbering_children.htm)

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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/7 "2001-09-19T02:14:20Z")

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I’m not 100% sure, but I think “Seven of Nine” came from the number 7 and the number 9.

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/8 "2001-09-19T02:22:06Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Nostradamus \*  
> \*\*Augustus & Septimus.
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> [sub]I’m at sixes and sevens.[/sub] \*\*

I could be wrong but shouldn’t that be _Sextus_ & Septimus?

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-names/82476/9 "2001-09-19T02:41:34Z")

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I’m suitably embarrassed.

I was tired. And because August was the sixth month of the Roman Calendar I was also confused. It’s named after the Emperor isn’t it?

I can never answer a question about Roman numbers again.

Thank you, **MonkeyMensch**. 🙂