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AVITUS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Roman

From a Roman family name which meant "ancestral" in Latin. This was the name of an emperor who briefly reigned over the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. It was also the name of several saints, including a 6th-century bishop of Vienne.
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