Formosus

surname · Latin · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Formosus is a surname. It is written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: pope.

Meaning & origin◐

pope

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

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Notable people with this name●

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Formosus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
VA Vatican CityHoly See — List of Roman Pontiffs (papal regnal + secular names)—1#55

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Formosus mean?
Recorded meaning: pope
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Formosus”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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