Nepos is a Latin word originally meaning “grandson” or “descendant", that evolved with time to signify "nephew". The word gives rise to the term nepotism.
It may also may refer to:
- Cornelius Nepos, the Roman biographer
- Julius Nepos, sometimes considered the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Britannia under Hadrian
- Nepos (Roman governor), during the reign of the emperor Trajan
- The apocryphal Book of Nepos, written by an Egyptian bishop of the same name
- Nepos, a village in Feldru Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania
- Saint Nepos, a martyr and companion of the African Saint Quirinus]]