Meaning and Origin
What does the name Aquarius mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Aquarius
User Submitted Origins
Latin
67%
Roman
25%
African
8%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from New York, U.S. says the name Aquarius means "Splashes of powerful waves".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun A*qua"ri*us
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.A constellation south of Pegasus.
Etymology: L. aquarius, adj., relating to water, and n., a water-carrier, fr. aqua. See Aqua
Other Dictionary Sources
- The eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18
- A zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Capricornus and Pisces
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius
Wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin aquārius (“water carrier”), from aqua (“water”) + -arius. See also aquarium.
- (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac, supposedly shaped like a water carrier.
- (astrology) The zodiac sign for the water carrier, ruled by Uranus covering January 20 - February 18 (tropical astrology) or February 15 - March 14 (sidereal astrology).
- Someone with an Aquarius star sign
Aquarius was also found in the following language(s): Portuguese