Horatio
hoh-RAY-shee-oh
Latin
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Timekeeper; Man of the hour
- Origin
- Latin
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Horatio does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Timekeeper; Man of the hour", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Horatio.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1880s (0.004% of births), currently steady
- Spiritual meaning
- Horatio trusts God's timing — everything beautiful in its time, seasons in the Father's power, the man of the hour who waits upon divine appointment.
- Verses on this meaning
- Ecclesiastes 3:11
"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."
- Acts 1:7
"And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power."
- Ecclesiastes 3:11