Name meaning & stats
Magnus
Magnus means “great” (Latin origin). 5,802 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.
What it means
“great”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
5,802 US babies were named Magnus between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Magnus (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)