Roman Names
These names were used in ancient Rome and many parts of the Roman Empire. See also about Roman names.
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347Loukios is a Greek form of Lucius, a Roman praenomen derived from Latin lux meaning "light." Used in both early Roman and Greek Biblical contexts, this name appears in the New Testament. Biblical tradition primarily uses...
Lucanus is a Latin masculine given name, serving as a direct Latinized form of Lucan. The name Lucan itself derives from the Roman cognomen Lucanus, which originated from the city of Luca in Tuscany (modern Lucca). The m...
Lucia is a feminine given name derived from the Latin word lux meaning "light". It is the feminine form of the Roman masculine praenomen Lucius, which shares the same root. The name has been widely used throughout Christ...
Luciana is a feminine given name of Roman origin, a variation of the masculine name Lucius. Specifically, it is the feminine form of Lucianus, a Roman family name derived from the praenomen Lucius, which in turn comes fr...
Lucianus is a Roman family name that was derived from the Roman praenomen Lucius, itself from Latin lux "light". The name is best known from its Greek form Λουκιανός (Loukianos), as borne by Lucianus of Samosata, a 2nd-c...
Lucilia is a feminine given name of Roman origin, derived from the Latin Lucilius, a Roman family name ultimately traced to Lucius, meaning "light" (from Latin lux). As a female counterpart, Lucilia shares this radiant s...
Lucilius is a Roman family name (nomen) derived from the given name Lucius, which comes from Latin lux meaning "light." Historically, a nomen identified a person's clan (gens), and the Lucilius name belonged to the plebe...
Lucilla is a Latin diminutive of Lucia, derived from the Roman clan name Lucius, meaning "light." The name was used in ancient Rome and later adopted in Italian and other Romance languages. It carries connotations of ill...
Lucius is a masculine given name of Roman origin, derived from the Latin lux meaning "light." It was one of the most common praenomina (personal names) in ancient Rome, typically abbreviated as "L." The name may also tra...
Lucretia is a feminine given name derived from the Roman family name Lucretius, which itself may come from Latin lucrum meaning "profit, wealth." The name is inextricably linked to the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia...
Lucretius is a masculine given name originating from the Roman family name Lucretius, itself a masculine form of Lucretia. The name's meaning is ultimately linked to Latin lucrum, signifying "profit" or "wealth," reflect...
Lupus is a Roman masculine name derived directly from the Latin word for "wolf." This ancient name carries the symbolism of the wolf as a creature of strength, cunning, and ferocity, traits admired in Roman culture. As t...
Macrina is a feminine given name of Roman and Spanish usage, derived as a feminine form of Macrinus. The masculine base Macrinus was a Roman cognomen originating from a diminutive of Latin macer meaning "thin, meagre." T...
Macrinus is a Roman cognomen, derived from a diminutive form of the Latin adjective macer meaning "thin, meagre". It was originally a nickname describing a person of slender build. The name is best known as that of a 3rd...
Manius is an ancient Roman praenomen, or given name, uncommon in historical records. Its etymology is uncertain, but it is possibly derived from Latin manus meaning "good." Alternative theories connect it to mane ("morni...
Manlius is a Roman family name (nomen), possibly derived from the Latin mane meaning "morning." The name is central to the ancient patrician Manlia gens, one of the oldest and noblest houses in Rome, whose members held t...
Marcella is a feminine given name of Roman origin. It is the feminine form of Marcellus, a Roman family name that itself is a diminutive of Marcus. The root Mars, the Roman god of war, gives the name a strong, martial as...
Marcellina is a feminine given name of Latin origin, used in both Italian and Roman contexts. It is the feminine form of Marcellinus, a Roman family name that was itself derived from Marcellus. Etymology and History The...
Marcellinus is a Roman family name, derived as a diminutive of Marcellus, itself a diminutive of the common Roman praenomen Marcus. The ultimate root is Mars, the Roman god of war, so the name carries an underlying assoc...
Marcellus is a Roman family name that was originally a diminutive of Marcus, a common Roman praenomen derived from the name of the Roman god Mars. The name Marcellus thus carries the meaning of "little warrior" or "dedic...
Marcia is a feminine given name of Roman origin, representing the female form of the ancient Roman family name Marcius. The name is derived from Latin, meaning "dedicated to Mars" (the Roman god of war), as it ultimately...
Marciana is a feminine given name with roots in Roman antiquity, several parallels across Southern European languages, and a rare vestige of early Christian history. Ultimately derived from the Roman praenomen Marcus – m...
Marcianus is a Roman family name derived from the praenomen Marcus. As a Latin nomen (gentile name), it originally signified belonging to the gens Marcia, an ancient patrician clan. The name is best known for its associa...
Marcius is a Roman family name derived from the praenomen Marcus. The name ultimately stems from Mars, the Roman god of war, making Marcius a patronymic or clan name that literally means "belonging to Marcus" or "of Mars...
Marcus is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman origin, classified as a praenomen, or personal name, that was common among Roman citizens. Its etymology is closely tied to the Roman god Mars, the deity of war, though s...
Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Marianus, a Roman family name derived from Marius, which itself originates from the Latin mas, maris meaning "male" or from the name of the Roman god...
Etymology and OriginMarianus is a Roman family name derived from the Roman name Marius. Marius itself is thought to originate either from Mars, the Roman god of war, or from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male". The...
Marina is a feminine given name widely used across many cultures. It is the feminine form of the Latin name Marinus, which itself derives either from the Roman family name Marius or directly from the Latin word marinus m...
Marinus is a male given name of Roman origin, deriving from the Latin word marinus meaning "of the sea" or "marine." It may also be related to the Roman family name Marius, which itself is thought to derive from the war...
Marius is a historic male given name with Roman origins, used across various European cultures and languages in the modern era. It originated as a Roman family name belonging to the gens Maria, a plebeian family of the R...
Markos is a Greek, Greek biblical, and Roman masculine name that serves as a direct transliteration and usage variant of Latin Marcus, the original form from which the name Mark is derived. In the Greek context, Markos (...
Martialis is the original Latin form of Martial. This name was a Roman cognomen derived from the name of the god Mars, the Roman god of war. The etymology of Mars may be connected to the Latin word mas meaning 'male' (ge...
Etymology and Historical RootsMartina is the feminine form of Martin, derived from the Roman name Martinus, itself a derivative of Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god Mars. As a female counterpart, Mar...
Etymology and Origin Martinus is the original Latin form of the widely known name Martin. It is derived from the Roman name Martinus, itself a late derivation of the name of the Roman god Mars. As the god of war, Mars wa...
Maxentius is a Latin name, the Latin form of Maxence.The name is primarily associated with the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius (c. 283 – 28 October 312), who ruled from 306 until his death. He was the la...
Maxima is a feminine name of Roman origin, derived as the feminine form of the Latin name Maximus. The name ultimately comes from the Latin word maximus, meaning "greatest." In Roman naming traditions, Maximus was origin...
Maximianus is a Roman cognomen that was derived from the name Maximus. As a name, it reflects the semantics of 'greatness' that characterize Maximus, ultimately from Latin maximus meaning 'greatest'. The suffix '-ianus'...
Maximiliana is a feminine name of Roman origin, serving as the direct feminine form of the Roman name Maximilianus. The name itself derives from the Latin root maximus, meaning 'greatest.' Unlike the more widely used mod...
Maximilianus is the Roman (Latin) form of the name Maximilian. It originated as a Roman cognomen (family name) or epithet, ultimately derived from Maximus (meaning "greatest"). The formation likely occurred via the inter...
Maximina is a feminine given name of Spanish and Ancient Roman origin, ultimately derived from the Latin maximus, meaning "greatest." It is the feminine form of Maximinus, a Roman cognomen that itself derives from the fa...
Maximinus was a Roman cognomen derived from the name Maximus, itself from Latin maximus meaning "greatest." The suffix -īnus indicates belonging or relation, so Maximinus effectively means "of or belonging to Maximus" or...
Maximus is a Roman family name (cognomen) derived from Latin maximus meaning "greatest". It links to Max and is the source of many European forms such as Maxim, Maksim, Maxime, and cousins like the feminine Maxima. The n...
Naevius is a Latin masculine name derived from the Roman nomen (family name) Naevius, itself a substantivized form of the adjective naevius meaning 'that has a mole on his body,' from Latin naevus 'birthmark, mole' plus...
Nero 1 is a Roman cognomen, which was probably of Sabine origin meaning "strong, vigorous". It was used by a prominent branch of the gens Claudia starting from the 3rd century BC. It was borne most famously by a Roman em...
Etymology Nerva is a Roman cognomen derived from Latin nervus meaning "strength". It was used as a family name within the Cocceia gens before becoming a personal name through its most famous bearer, the Emperor Nerva. Hi...
Nona is a feminine name with two distinct origins. First, it is the feminine form of the rare Roman praenomen Nonus, meaning “ninth” in Latin. Second, Nona saw use in 19th-century England, where it was derived directly f...
Etymology and OriginNonus is a Latin praenomen, or given name, meaning "ninth" in Latin. It belongs to a class of Roman praenomina derived from ordinal numbers, such as Quintus (fifth), Sextus (sixth), Septimus (seventh)...
Octavia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Octavius. Derived from the Latin word octavus, meaning 'eighth,' Octavia originated as a name for girls born eighth—or in some cases, as a feminine counterpart to the...
Octavianus is the Latin form of Octavian, derived from the Roman family name Octavianus, which itself comes from Octavius, ultimately based on octavus meaning "eighth." This name is intrinsically linked to one of the mos...
Octavius is a masculine given name of Roman origin, derived from the Latin octavus meaning "eighth." It originated as a Roman praenomen (given name) for the eighth child, but became more famous as a nomen gentile (family...
Otho is a Roman cognomen of uncertain etymology, best known as the name of a 1st-century Roman emperor who reigned for only three months during the tumultuous Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD). Although its meaning is ob...
Ovidia is a feminine given name used in Romanian, Spanish, and other Romance-language cultures. It is the feminine form of the Roman family name Ovidius, and more directly, a counterpart of the masculine names Ovidiu (Ro...
Ovidius is the ancient Latin form of the name Ovid, originally a Roman family name (nomen gentilicium). It is best known as the nomen of the celebrated Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso, born on 20 March 43 BC and died AD...
Paula is a feminine given name used across numerous European languages, including but not limited to Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian...
Paulina is a feminine given name used in English, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Romanian. It is the feminine form of the Latin name Paulino, itself derived from the Roman family name Paulinus, whi...
Paulinus is a ancient Roman name, serving as the original Latin form of Paulino. Derived from the Latin Paulus (meaning 'small' or 'humble'), Paulinus was particularly popular as a cognomen within Roman families, as reco...
Paulus is a Latin given name, directly derived from the Roman family name Paulus, meaning "small" or "humble". It is the original Latin form of the widely used name Paul. In ancient Roman naming conventions, Paulus funct...
EtymologyPertinax is a Roman cognomen derived from the Latin adjective pertinax, meaning "persistent, stubborn." The name reflects a characteristic admired in Roman society, often associated with tenacity in military or...
Petronia is a feminine form of the Roman family name Petronius, which may derive from Latin petro, petronis meaning "yokel". The name reflects ancient Roman naming traditions, where nomina (family names) were commonly ad...
Petronius (first name) is a Roman family name (cognomen) possibly derived from Latin petro, petronis meaning "yokel". The name is best known from the 1st-century AD Roman courtier and author Gaius Petronius Arbiter (some...