Caius
[ˈkaɪəs]Meaning
Latin archaic spelling of the praenomen Gaius
Background Story
Caius is an archaic Latin spelling of the praenomen Gaius. In early Latin the letter C stood for both /g/ and /k/, so Gaius and Gnaeus were written Caius and Cnaius, and those spellings continued in inscriptions after the letter G was introduced and C was confined to the /k/ sound. In English, Caius is a latinized spelling of the last name of John Keys of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Variations
Cai, Kayus, Gaius
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