# Festus

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #62,893

## Definitions
1. A city in Missouri.
2. A male given name from Latin, originally a Roman cognomen.

## Etymology
From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/festus