To rejoice
Derived from the Latin 'gaudere', the name was one of the most common praenomina in Ancient Rome. It is famously associated with Julius Caesar and several early Christian figures mentioned in the New Testament.
Less common today
Gaius isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,821 in 2014.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Roman general and statesman
Roman author and naturalist known as Pliny the Elder
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Roman senator and a leading instigator of the plot to kill Caesar
