Horatio

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Gender Masculine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. hə-RAY-shee-o, hə-RAY-sho

Meaning & History

Variant of Horatius. Shakespeare used it for a character in his tragedy Hamlet (1600). It was borne by the British admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), famous for his defeat of Napoleon's forces in the Battle of Trafalgar, in which he was himself killed. Since his time the name has been occasionally used in his honour.