The ancient Romans were a powerful civilization who had many different customs and traditions. One of these was naming their children. The names they chose had deep meanings which are still important today in modern culture, even though the empire no longer exists! In this article we will go over some of the most popular Roman names, as well as their meanings and how you can use them for your own child!
Aurelia: Golden, or of gold. Symbolizes wealth and prosperity.
Julia: A feminine form of Julius; it means downy bearded one in Latin. Means that the bearer has a youthful appearance with white hair on his chin (or her chin).
Nero: Dark skinned person, which also meant black haired at first but eventually came to mean blue eyed as well because they had dark eyes too from their darker skin tone! It is derived from “nera” meaning brown in Latin.
In ancient Rome it was very important for your name to have a deep meaning Behind these names, there are many adventures from which some still get their nicknames. Even if they aren’t popular in America, they’ve shone all over the world throughout history and will continue to do so for a long
Julia: A feminine form of Julius; it means downy bearded one in Latin. Means that the bearer has a youthful appearance with white hair on his chin (or her chin).
Nero: Dark skinned person, which also meant black haired at first but eventually came to mean blue eyed as well because they had dark eyes too from their darker skin tone! It is derived from “nera” meaning brown in Latin.
In ancient Rome it was very important for your name to have a deep meaning Behind these names, there are many adventures from which some still get their Americans may not know these words that are used in different parts of the world, but they’re surprisingly common!
Julia: A feminine form of Julius; it means downy bearded one in Latin. Means that the bearer has a youthful appearance with white hair on his chin (or her chin).
Nero: Dark skinned person, which also meant black haired at first but eventually came to mean blue eyed as well because they had dark eyes too from their darker skin tone! It is derived from “nera” meaning brown in Latin.
In ancient Rome it was very important for your name to have a deep meaning Behind these names, there are many adventures from which some still get their Americans may not know these words that are used in different parts of the Illnesses can seem like they’re something we all face at one point or another, but some are much rarer than others.
Here are some of the rarest.
Ius: Refers to a downy bearded one in Latin, Iius means that the bearer has a youthful appearance with white hair on his chin (or her chin).
Nero: Dark skinned person which also meant black haired at first but eventually came to mean blue eyed as well because they had dark eyes too from their darker skin tone! It is derived from “nera” meaning brown in Latin.
In ancient Rome it was very important for your name to have a deep meaning Behind these names, there are many adventures from which some still get their Americans may not know these words that are used in different parts of the world.
Ancient Roman Names:
- Achaea
- Agrippa
- Amor
- Aquila
- Denarius
- Glaucia
- Iovita
- Solidus
- Annalis
- Barba
- Bestia
- Caesar
- Cinna
- Costa
- Curio
- Dives
- Galeo
- Merula
- Natta
- Nero
- Nerva
- Ralla
- Stolo
- Trio
- Angerona (an-geh-roh-nah)
- Aurora
- Bellona
- Cardea
- Ceres (keh-res)
- Concordia
- Fauna
- Felicitas
- Flora
- Juno
- Juturna
- Juventas
- Lucina
- Minerva
- Nona
- Pax
- Pomona
- Rhea
- Venus
- Vesta
- Aeliana
- Alba
- Antonia
- Augustina
- Caelia
- Drusa
- Fabricia
- Faustina
- Floriana
- Gratiana
- Hadriana
- Hortensia
- Laelia
- Liviana
- Lucia
- Maxima
- Octavia
- Prisca
- Sabina
- Vita – Life
- Camilla
- Diana
- Julia
- Luna
- Maia
- Marcia
- Paula
- Tatiana
- Valentina
- Victoria
- Virginia
- Aelia
- Agrippina
- Aurelia
- Cornelia
- Fulvia
- Livia
- Lucilla
- Theodora
- Ulpia
- Conan
- Johan
- Logan
- Nolan
- Rakan
- Rayan
- Raymond
- Roan
- Robin
- Romeo
- Rogan
- Rohan
- Roma
- Ronan
- Roshawn
- Roven
- Rowan
- Consus
- Cupid
- Evander
- Faunus
- Italus
- Janus
- Jupiter
- Mars
- Mercury
- Neptune
- Numitor
- Remus
- Romulus
- Saturn
- Silvanus
- Summanus
- Vulcan
- Aelius
- Aetius
- Albus
- Appius
- Aurelius
- Blandus
- Brutus
- Caelius
- Cato
- Celsus
- Cornelius
- Crispus
- Decimus
- Drusus
- Fabius
- Faustus
- Festus
- Germanus
- Manius
- Nonus
- Octavius
- Pontius
- Quintus
- Regulus
- Rufus
- Seneca
- Vitus
- Felix
- Julian
- Julius
- Luca
- Marcus
- Maximus
- Silas
- Vincent
- Allectus
- Augustus
- Avitus
- Carus
- Claudius
- Clodius
- Domitian
- Gaius
- Galba
- Gratian
- Gordian
- Hadrian
- Jovian
- Lucius
- Marius
- Otho
- Pertinax
- Quintillus
- Severus
- Tiberius
- Titus
- Trajan
- Valerian
- Vespasian
- Vitellius
- Zeno
- Amor
- Anastatius
- Apollonius
- Aries
- Atticus
- Augustus
- Aurelius
- Basilius
- Brutus
- Cadmus
- Caesar
- Caius
- Camillus
- Cassius
- Cato
- Cecilius
- Cepheus
- Cephus
- Cirrus
- Claudius
- Clementius
- Cornelius
- Costa
- Crispus
- Cronus
- Cyprian
- Cyprus
- Cyrus
- Darius
- Decimus
- Dolphus
- Dominic
- Emilianus
- Erasmus
- Evander
- Felix
- Gemini
- Hercules
- Janus
- Julius
- Jupiter
- Justus
- Linus
- Lucius
- Marcellinus
- Marcus
- Marius
- Mars
- Maximus
- Mercury
- Neptune
- Nero
- Octavius
- Paulinus
- Philo
- Pluto
- Pollux
- Quintus
- Roman
- Romulus
- Rufus
- Saturnus
- Seneca
- Septimus
- Sirius
- Thaddeus
- Tiberius
- Titus
- Ulysses
- Urban
- Vulcan
- Aetius
- Albinus
- Albus
- Amabilia
- Ambrosia
- Antonia
- Antoninus
- Antonius
- Antwan
- Aquila
- Aquilinus
- Aquilla
- Arsenios
- Atilius
- August
- Augustina
- Augustinus
- Aurelia
- Aurelius
- Austen
- Auston
- Beatrice
- Bibiana
- Blasius
- Caecilius
- Caelestinus
- Caelia
- ABELARDUS
- ABRAHAMUS
- ACACIUS
- ACCIUS
- ACHAICUS
- ACHILL
- ACHILLES
- ACHILLEUS
- ACRISIUS
- ACTAEONown dogs
- ACTEON
- ADALRICUS
- ADELFONSUS
- ADELPHUS
- ADEODATUS
- ADOLFUS
- ADOLPHUS
- ADRASTUS
- ADRIANUS
- ÆGIDIUS
- ÆLIA
- ÆLIANUS
- ÆMILIANUS
- ÆMILIUS
- AENEAS
- ÆOLUSwinds.
- ÆSCHYLUS
- ÆSON
- ÆSOP
- ÆTHER
- ÆTIUS
- AGAPETUS
- AGAPITUS
- AGAPIUS
- AGATHANGELUS
- AGRIPPA
- AHASUERUS
- AIGIDIUS
- AIOLUS:
- AJAX
- ALAIR
- ALARICUS
- ALBANUS
- ALBERIC
- ALBERICUS
- ALBERTUS
- ALBINUS
- ALBUS
- ALCAEUS
- ALCANDER
- ALCIMUS
- ALCINDER
- ALERIO
- ALEXANDRUS
- VALERIUS
- VARINIUS
- VARIUS
- VELIUS
- VENCESLAUS
- VERGILIUS
- VERISSIMUS
- VERUS
- VESPER
- VESPERUS
- VIATOR
- VICTOR
- VICTORINUS
- VICTORIUS
- VIGGO
- VINCENTIUS
- VINICIUS
- VIRGILIUS
- VIRGINIUS
- VITALIS
- VITUS
- VIVIANUS
- VORTIGERNUS
- VULCAN
- WENCESLAS
- WENCESLAUS
- WIDO
- WILHELMUS
- XANTHUS
- ZACCHAEUS
- ZENO
- ZEPHYRINUS
- ZEPHYRUS
- ZOROASTER
- ZOROASTRES
- ZOSIMUS
- ZOTICUS
- Smith
- Johnson
- Williams
- Brown
- Jones
- Miller
- Davis
- Garcia
- Rodriguez
- Wilson
- Martinez
- Anderson
- Taylor
- Thomas
- Hernandez
- Moore
- Martin
- Jackson
- Thompson
- White
- Lopez
- Lee
- Gonzalez
- Harris
- Clark
- Lewis
- Robinson
- Walker
- Perez
- Hall
- Hunter
- Cloud
- Jaguar
- Wolf
- Tiger
- Ninga
- Knight
- Scorpion
- Rider
- Puma
- Lizard
- Eagle
- Cobra
- Fighter
- Snake
- Unicorn
- Horse
- Dancer
- Pony
- King
- Mercury
- Jet
- Ghost
- Fox
- Angel
- Dragon
- Lightning
- Monkey
- Ocean
- Sky
- Wind
- Steel
- Spider
- Star
- Spy
- Adara
- Adena
- Adi
- Adira
- Ahavah
- Alitzah
- Aliyah
- Amma
- Arela
- Astera
- Betulah
- Chashmona
- Chazona
- Chulda
- Delilah
- Devasha
- Efah
- Galiah
- Gerushah
- Gevirah
- Gina
- Jemima
- Karmil
- Kelila
- Kessem
- Kitra
- Leah
- Leilah
- Lilth .
- Naamah
- Neviah
- Sarai (Seh-ray?)
- Shira
- Tzila
- Tzili
- Zarah
- Zemira/Zemorah
- Zerlinda
- Zila ~ Shadow.
- Agathe.
- Agna
- Alberta
- Alfreda
- Amalia
- Anastasia
- Angelika
- Anselma
- Asta
- Astrid .
- Aveza
- Bathilda
- Birgit
- Burnhilde
- Carla
- Carmen
- Chloris
- Constanze
- Cordula
- Corona
- Dagmar
- Debra
- Diederike
- Domino
- Ebba
- Effemy
- Elisa
- Erika
- Ernesta
- Ethel
- Eugenie
- Felicie
- Flora
- Geraldine
- Gerda
- Gerta
- Gisella
- Gustava
- Hallie
- Harriet
- Helga
- Hilda
- Huette
- Idona
- Ingrid
- Isolde
- Jennifer
- Korinna
- Laura
- Leonarda
- Lilian
- Lorelei (lohr-e-lye)
- Lurette
- Martina
- Mina
- Nitsa
- Nixie
- Serilda
- Siegfrida
- Sigrid
- Swanhilda
- Tresa
- Ulrike
- Ursula
- Veleda
- Verena
- Alecto
- Alida
- Audentia
- Cecilia
- Dissonantia
- Eryn
- Estelle
- Furia
- Jinkx
- Lachesis
- Lamia
- Lena
- Levana
- Luna
- Lunangela/Lunangelia
- Luscinia
- Necromantia
- Nerissa
- Noxaura
- Nymphamarina
- Parodia
- Perdita
- Pricilla
- Scylla
- Sheila
- Silva
- Solita
- Stiria
- Tempesta
- Tisiphone
- Trista
- Umbra
- Viverra
- Veronica
- Vesta
- Asta
- Atropos .
- Clotho .
- Cynthia
- Desdemona
- Echo
- Elissa
- Galatea
- Ivy
- Letha
- Lotus
- Megaera
- Melantha\
- Melia
- Melina
- Melinda
- Nerine
- Nerissa
- Nona
- Nyx
- Parca
- Pearl
- Rhea
- Selena
- Vanessa
- Venilia
- Zora
- Adélaïde
- Adrienne
- Adora
- Aida
- Alette
- Alexandra
- Amarante
- Aurore
- Belle
- Blanche
- Camille
- Céleste
- Cendrine
- Charlotte
- Denise
- Désirée
- Edith
- Esmée
- Evangeline
- Faye
- Gemma
- Hélène
- Honoria
- Irènèe
- Isabelle
- Jacqueline
- Justine
- Kalliroe
- Leala (leh-la)
- Léonie
- Liliane
- Marguerite
- Marthe
- Mirabelle
- Muriel
- Myra
- Nadia
- Odette
- Ophelie
- Rébecca
- Renée
- Rochelle
- Séraphine
- Shantay
- Sybille
- Valérie
- Yvetter.
- Zuria
- Achala
- Adhika
- Adhita
- Aisha
- Ajalaa
- Ajeya
- Akhila
- Amala
- Amarjaa
- Amee
- Amisha
- Amita
- Anala
- Anganaa
- Anima
- Anita
- Anuka
- Anupa
- Apsara
- Arvindaa
- Asha
- Ashni .
- Aziza
- Azra
- Bahaar
- Bakul
- Bano
- Beeja
- Bibi
- Chahna
- Chaitali
- Chameli
- Chandaa
- Chandrakanta
- Chandrima
- Charita
- Charumati
- Damayanti
- Dayaa
- Devaki
- Deval
- Devi
- Devika
- Dhavala
- Divya
- Dularee
- Durga
- Ela ~
- Eshana
- Evina
- Gita
- Gitanjali
- Gyanda
- Habiba
- Haima
- Halima
- Hamida
- Hanita
- Hansa
- Harsha
- Hasika
- Hasina
- Himani
- Ilesha
- Indira
- Indranee
- Indu
- Isha
- Ishana
- Jaamini
- Jalajaa
- Jalini
- Jamila
- Janikaa
- Jany
- Jaya
- Jena
- Jinnat
- Jivanta
- Kaamile
- Kaanan
- Kaasu
- Kailash
- Kala
- Kali
- Kalita
- Kalpana
- Kamala
- Kamila
- Kanta .
- Kanti
- Kanya
- Karma
- Karuna
- Kasturba
- Kerani
- Kimaya
- Kiri
- Komal
- Kusuma
- Lajni
- Laksha
- Lalita
- Lata
- Madhavi
- Mahima
- Manjika
- Maya
- Meena
- Mehal
- Mohana
- Mona
- Monika
- Nadira
- Nalini
- Naresha
- Nasrin
- Nayana .
- Neeraja
- Neha
- Nimesha
- Niranjana
- Nisha
- Noor
- Ojasvee
- Padmasundara
- Padmavati
- Panna
- Parvani
- Radha
- Rajani
- Rajnandini
- Ramaa
- Rana
- Rani
- Ranjana
- Rashida
- Rati
- Ravija
- Riju
- Rita
- Roschan
- Saba
- Sachi
- Safia
- Salila
- Sandyha
- Sanjana
- Saroja
- Satyarupa
- Savita
- Sesha
- Shahina
- Shanta
- Sharada
- Shashibala
- Sheela
- Shikha
- Shirin
- Shona
- Shyama
- Tamanna
- Tamas
- Tara
- Tarika
- Toshala
- Varsha
- Veera .
- Ai ~ Love.
- Aiko
- Akina
- Ayame
- Ayameko
- Etsu
- Etsuko
- Gin
- Hamako
- Hana.
- Hanako
- Haruko
- Hisa
- Hoshi
- Hoshiko
- Ishi
- Jin
- Kagami
- Kai
- Katsu
- Kazuko
- Kei
- Kim
- Kinu
- Kinoko
- Kishiko
- Kohana
- Koneko
- Kotori
- Mai
- Michiko
- Mika
- Miko
- Mitsu
- Miyo
- Miyuki
- Mizuko
- Narikp
- Nezumi
- Ran
- Rei
- Ren
- Sachi
- Sachiko
- Sakura
- Shina
- Tamako
- Tami ~
- Tamiko
- Tanaka
- Tori
- Tukiko
- Umiko
- Uta
- Yoshe
- Yoshi
- Yuki
- Yukiko
- Yuri
- Agnessa
- Albina
- Alina
- Amaliya
- Anastasiya
- Angelina
- Anna
- Diana
- Dora
- Duscha
- Ekaterina
- Elvira
- Evelina
- Filikitata
- Kisa
- Klementina
- Larisa
- Liliya
- Luiza
- Marina
- Mariya
- Marta
- Matriona
- Melaniya
- Nika
- Sasha
- Shanna
- Sofiya
- Sonya
- Stesha
- Svetlana (sveht-lah-nah)
- Tania/Tanya
- Vera
- Veronica/Veronika
- Violetta
- Vita ~ Life.
- Addolorata
- Althaea
- Amara
- Aurelia
- Aurora
- Benedetta
- Bionda
- Bona
- Brigida
- Calida
- Calligena
- Callisto
- Camilla
- Cara
- Catarina
- Celina
- Chiara
- Clytie
- Constantina
- Cosima
- Drusilla
- Edvige
- Elena
- Elettra
- Eliana
- Evangelina
- Fiammetta
- Fidelia
- Filomena
- Fiorella
- Florentina
- Fortuna
- Ginevra
- Gioconda
- Lucia
- Regina
- Rosabella
- Ruth
- Serena
- Sirena
- Tessa
- Valentina
- Viviana
- Abbey/Abaigeal ~
- Affrica
- Aghna/Agnes
- Aideen
- Ailbhe
- Ailís
- Aimilíona/Amelia/Amelina
- Aingeal/Angela
- Aisling/Aislinn/Ashling
- Alastrina
- Alice
- Alma
- Amanda
- Anita
- Anna/Anne/Annette/Annie
- Aoibh
- Augusteen
- Aveline
- Avril
- Barbara
- Barran
- Beatha
- Bébhinn/Bevin
- Berneen
- Beth
- Bidelia/Bidina
- Blath
- Brenda
- Caitríona .
- Caoilfhionn/Catherine/Cathleen/Coelfinnia
- Cecila
- Chevonne
- Ciannait
- Ciara
- Clare
- Colette
- Cordelia
- Damhnait/Devnet/Dymphna/Downett
- Dawn
- Deborah
- Deirdre
- Dervila/Dervla
- Doireann/Dorinnia/Dorren
- Donelle/Donla
- Doreen
- Éabha
- Éadaoin/Étáin
- Ealga
- Eavan
- Edana
- Eileanór/Elaine/Elan/Eleanor
- Eileen
- Eimhear/Emer
- Eimile
- Eireen
- Elisa/Eliza/Elizabeth
- Eva/Eve/Eveleen
- Faoiltiarna
- Fina/Fíona
- Flora
- Gemma
- Gloria
- Grace
- Grania
- Helen
- Ina
- Irene
- Isabel
- Iseult
- Joan/Joanna
- Julia/Julie/Juliet
- Karen/Kate/Kathy/Katie/Kay
- Keelin
- Kerry
- Laura
- Lelia/Lile/Lily
- Letitia
- Lucy
- Máda
- Maggie/Margaret
- Maille/Máire/Máiriá/Maria/Maureen
- Mandy
- Márta
- Martina
- Maude
- Maura
- Michelle
- Moina/Monat/Muadhnait
- Móirín/Mór/Moreen
- Morrin
- Mugain
- Muirgheal/Muriel
- Myrna
- Nessa
- Niamh
- Nicola
- Noirin/Nora/Noreen/Norlene
- Odharnait/Ornat
- Ohnicio
- Orla/Orlaith
- Pádraigín/Patricia
- Peg/Peggy
- Rathnait
- Regina/Riona
- Renny
- Róis/Róisín/Rosaleen/Rose
- Ruth
- Sabia/Sabina/Sadhbh/Saidhbhín/Sive
- Sally/Sarah
- Sandra ~
- Saraid
- Sheila/Sisile
- Siany/Slania/Slanie
- Sophia
- Sorcha
- Susan/Susanna
- Teresa
- Tigris
- Treise
- Unity
- Valerie
- Vevila
- Vevina
- Vivian/Vivienne
- Yvonna
- Zaira
- Sato
- Suzuki
- Takahashi
- Tanaka
- Watanabe
- Ito
- Yamamoto
- Nakamura
- Kobayashi
- Kato
- Yoshida
- Yamada
- Sasaki
- Yamaguchi
- Saito
- Matsumoto
- Inoue
- Kimura
- Hayashi
- Shimizu
- Yamazaki
- Mori
- Abe
- Ikeda
- Hashimoto
- Yamashita
- Ishikawa
- Nakajima
- Maeda
- Fujita
- Ogawa
- Goto
- Okada
- Hasegawa
- Murakami
- Kondo
- Ishii
- Saito (different kanji)
- Sakamoto
- Endo
- Aoki
- Fujii
- Nishimura
- Fukuda
- Ota
- Miura
- Fujiwara
- Okamoto
- Matsuda
- Nakagawa
- Nakano
- Harada
- Ono
- Tamura
- Takeuchi
- Kaneko
- Wada
- Nakayama
- Ishida
- Ueda
- Morita
- Hara
- Shibata
- Sakai
- Kudo
- Yokoyama
- Miyazaki
- Miyamoto
- Uchida
- Takagi
- Ando
- Taniguchi
- Ohno
- Maruyama
- Imai
- Takada
- Fujimoto
- Takeda
- Murata
- Ueno
- Sugiyama
- Masuda
- Sugawara
- Hirano
- Kojima
- Otsuka
- Chiba
- Kubo
- Matsui
- Iwasaki
- Sakurai
- Kinoshita
- Noguchi
- Matsuo
- Nomura
- Kikuchi
- Sano
- Onishi
- Sugimoto
- Arai
- Prifti
- Shehu
- Dervishi
- Bektashi
- Begu
- Gjoni or Gjonaj
- Leka or Lekaj
- Gjoni or Gjonaj
- Murati
- Mehmeti
- Hysi
- Gjika/Gjoka
- Marku
- Kola/Kolla/Nikolla
- Hasani
- Kristi/Kristo
- Luka
- Brahimi
- Sinani
- Thanasi
- Halili
- Abazi
- Dibra
- Laci
- Shkodra
- Prishtina
- Delvina
- Koroveshi
- Permeti