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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347Plinius is the original Latin form of the name Pliny, a Roman family name (nomen) of obscure but ancient origin. The name belongs to the gens Plinia, an Italic clan whose members included two of the most celebrated figur...
Pompeia is a feminine given name of Roman origin, derived from the masculine Pompeius. The name is most famously associated with the Roman gens Pompeia, a prominent plebeian family of the late Republic and early Imperial...
Pompeius is the original Latin form of the Roman family name from which the modern English name Pompey derives. It belongs to a long-standing tradition of Roman nomenclature, where families passed down a cognomen and dis...
Pompilius is a Latin form of the Romanian name Pompiliu. The name's ultimate origin is tied to the Roman family name Pompeius (see Pompey), which may be derived from a Sabellic word meaning "five" or from the Oscan word...
Pomponia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Pomponius. This name traces its ultimate roots to the gens Pomponia, one of the oldest patrician families of Ancient Rome, claiming descent from Pomponius, the first...
Pomponius is a Roman family name (nomen) of uncertain meaning, possibly derived from Pompey or from the Sabellic word for "five." The name belongs to the Pomponia gens, a plebeian family that rose to prominence during th...
Pontianus is an ancient Roman name, the original Latin form of Pontian. It derives from the Roman cognomen Pontianus, which itself developed from the Roman family name Pontius. The name Pontianus thus traces its origins...
Pontius is a masculine given name derived from the Latin Pontius, the nomen of a prominent ancient Roman family. The gens Pontia had Samnite origins—an Italic people of south-central Italy—and the name likely comes from...
Porcia is a feminine given name of Roman origin, derived from the Porcius family name. The name is Latin, and it is closely associated with the plebeian gens Porcia (rarely written Portia), which rose to prominence in th...
Porcius is a Roman family name meaning "pig", derived from Latin porcus. It belongs to a class of gentilicia derived from animal names, like Asinius (from asinus, donkey) or Taurus (bull). The gens Porcia (also spelled P...
Postumus is a Latin name that originated as a Roman praenomen (given name). The meaning derives from the Latin word postumus, the superlative of posterus meaning "next" or "later," hence "last" or "last-born." In Roman t...
Etymology and Historical ContextPrisca is a feminine given name of Latin origin, derived from the Roman family name Priscus, meaning "ancient" or "old" in Latin. It is the feminine counterpart of Priscus, a cognomen used...
Priscilla is a female given name of Roman origin, ultimately derived from the Latin priscus, meaning 'ancient' or 'venerable'. It is a diminutive of the name Prisca. The name first appears in the New Testament, where it...
Etymology and Roots Priscus is a Roman masculine name derived from the Latin word priscus, meaning "ancient" or "venerable." It is a direct masculine form of Prisca (feminine), which itself originates from the Roman fami...
Etymology Publius is a Latin praenomen, or given name, derived from the Latin word populus meaning "public" or "the people." The name is closely related to the adjective pūblicus, also meaning "public." In ancient Rome,...
Quinctilianus is the original Latin form of the Roman name Quintilian. The name originates as a Roman cognomen, derived from the family name Quinctilius, which itself was based on the old spelling of the praenomen Quinct...
EtymologyQuinctilius is a Roman patronymic family name derived from the Quintus (originally spelled Quinctus), a Roman praenomen meaning “fifth.” The suffix -īlius indicates “belonging to the family of,” so Quinctilius o...
Quinctius is a Roman family name, which originated as a masculine given name but is primarily known as a nomen (gentile name) of the ancient Roman gens Quinctia. The name is derived from the praenomen Quintus, which orig...
Quinctus is a Roman praenomen, or given name, and represents the earlier spelling of the better-known name Quintus. In the early Roman Republic, the name was consistently written with the "Quinc-" prefix before the spell...
Quinta is a feminine name with deep roots in Roman history, serving as the feminine form of Quintus. Deriving from the Latin word quintus, meaning “fifth,” it belongs to a family of numerical names used in ancient Rome....
Quintilianus is a Latin cognomen, derived from the family name Quinctilius. It is a variant of Quinctilianus, which itself derives from Quinctilius, ultimately tracing back to the Roman praenomen Quintus (originally Quin...
Quintilius is a variant spelling of the Latin family name Quinctilius, which belonged to the ancient Roman patrician gens Quinctilia (also written Quintilia). The nomen is a patronymic surname derived from the common pra...
Quintillus is a Roman cognomen derived from the given name Quintus, which means "fifth" in Latin. The name Quintillus, as a diminutive or form meaning "little fifth," followed the common Latin practice of forming family...
Quintina is a feminine Roman name, derived as the feminine form of Quintinus, a Roman cognomen itself derived from Quintus. The root name Quintus is a Roman praenomen meaning "fifth" in Latin, originally spelled Quinctus...
EtymologyQuintinus is a Roman cognomen originating as a diminutive form of the Latin praenomen Quintus, meaning “fifth.” Derived from the Latin adjective quintus (“fifth”), itself from quinque (“five”), the name Quintus...
Quintius is a variant of the Roman family name Quinctius. This name ultimately derives from the Latin praenomen Quintus, meaning "fifth." Originally spelled Quinctus, the name was traditionally given to the fifth child o...
EtymologyQuintus is a Roman praenomen, or given name, derived from the Latin word meaning "fifth". Originally spelled Quinctus during the early Roman Republic, it was traditionally given to the fifth child or possibly a...
Regulus is a masculine given name with ancient Roman origins and enduring astronomical significance. In Latin, Regulus is a cognomen meaning "prince" or "little king," derived as a diminutive of rex ("king"). The name wa...
Romilius is a Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) derived from the mythological name Romulus. According to tradition, the Romilii claimed descent from Romulus, the legendary founder and first king of Rome, their name b...
Rufina is a feminine given name with roots in ancient Rome, derived as the feminine form of Rufinus, which itself comes from the Latin cognomen Rufus meaning "red-haired". The name is historically associated with early C...
Rufinus is a Roman cognomen, derived from the cognomen Rufus, meaning "red-haired" in Latin. The suffix -inus often indicates a diminutive or familial relationship, so Rufinus may have originally denoted "little Rufus" o...
Rufus is a masculine given name and cognomen of Roman origin, deriving from the Latin rufus meaning 'red-haired.' The name was used as a nickname in ancient Rome to describe individuals with red hair, a distinctive trait...
Rusticus is a Roman cognomen derived from Latin rusticus meaning "rural, rustic", a derivative of rus meaning "open land, countryside". This name was originally a surname or nickname referring to someone from the country...
Sabina is a feminine given name derived from the Roman cognomen Sabinus, which comes from Latin Sabinus meaning "a Sabine." The Sabines were an ancient Italic people who inhabited the Apennine mountains in central Italy...
Sabinus is a Latin masculine given name, the masculine form of Sabina. The root name Sabina derives from the Roman cognomen Sabinus, meaning "a Sabine" in Latin. The Sabines were an ancient Italic people who lived in the...
EtymologySallustius is the Latin form of the name Sallust, which derives from the Roman family name Sallustius. The etymology of Sallustius remains uncertain, though it is most famously associated with the historian Gaiu...
Salvius is an ancient Roman nomen gentile, a hereditary family name, originating from Latin salvus meaning "safe" and ultimately from the Oscan root 𐌔𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌉𐌔 (salaviis) combining the same sense of safety or well-being. T...
Saturnina is a feminine given name of Spanish and Ancient Roman origin, derived as the feminine form of Saturninus. Saturninus, in turn, is a Roman cognomen descended from the name of the Roman god Saturn, the god of agr...
Saturninus is a Roman cognomen derived from the name of the Roman god Saturnus (see Saturn). This name was historically used as a family name in ancient Rome and later adapted as a given name in Christian contexts. It be...
Scaevola is the cognomen of a prominent Roman family, best known as the Latin form of the Italian Scevola. The name derives from the Latin adjective scaevus, meaning "left-handed" or "left-sided". According to legend, th...
Scipio is a masculine given name of Roman origin, derived from the Latin scīpiō meaning "staff, walking stick". This word is of uncertain etymology but may be connected to Proto-Indo-European *skap-, making it cognate wi...
Secunda is a feminine given name of Roman origin. It is the feminine form of the Latin praenomen Secundus, which means "second" in Latin. This directly parallels the ordinal numbers used in Roman naming conventions for d...
Secundinus is a Roman family name derived from the praenomen Secundus, meaning "second" in Latin. The name was originally a cognomen, or third name, in ancient Rome, indicating a second-born child or someone associated w...
Secundus is a Latin praenomen, or given name, derived from the Latin word secundus meaning "second." It was originally used in ancient Rome to denote the second son or the second child in a family, following the naming c...
Seneca is a masculine given name and Italian surname of Roman origin. It derives from a Roman cognomen stemming from the Latin senectus, meaning "old". The name entered history through two prominent figures from Roman Hi...
Septima is the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Septimus, which meant "seventh" in Latin. As with its masculine counterpart, Septima was a name that reflected birth order, typically given to a seventh-born child (tho...
Septimius is a Roman family name that originated as a patronymic from the praenomen Septimus, which itself was derived from the Latin word for "seventh." In ancient Rome, the name started as a personal name (praenomen) m...
Septimus is a Roman praenomen, or given name, which meant "seventh" in Latin. It derives from the Latin ordinal septimus ("seventh"), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *septm̥mós, parallel to names like Quintu...
Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin, derived from the Latin family name Sergius. The name likely belongs to the patrician gens Sergia, one of the oldest Roman families, with roots in Alba Longa. Its etym...
Servius is a Roman praenomen, or given name, derived from Latin servo meaning "to preserve". The name likely originally referred to a preserved or saved child, possibly a reference to a child born after a threatened misc...
Severianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the Latin name Severus, which means "stern". The suffix -ianus indicates belonging or connection, so Severianus essentially means "belonging to Severus" or "of the Severus fami...
Severina is a feminine given name used in Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian cultures. It is the feminine form of Severinus, which itself derives from the Roman family name Severus, meaning "stern" in Latin. The name was...
Severinus is a Roman family name derived from Severus, meaning "stern" in Latin. The name was commonly used as a cognomen in ancient Rome and later became a personal name, particularly among early Christians. It is the m...
Severus is a Roman family name derived from the Latin word sevērus, meaning "stern" or "severe." It originated as a cognomen in ancient Rome, used to denote a person's temperament or characteristics. The name is most fam...
Sextilius was a Roman cognomen, or hereditary surname, belonging to the Sextilia gens, a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The name is a patronymic derivative of the praenomen Sextus, meaning "sixth" in Latin. Unlike many...
Sextus is an ancient Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "sixth" in Latin, and was traditionally given to the sixth child. As one of the numeral praenomina, it belongs to a group that includes names like Quintus ("fi...
Silvanus is a Roman cognomen meaning "of the woods", derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". In Roman mythology, Silvanus was the god of forests, fields, and wild places, often associated with the protection of...
Silvina is a feminine given name predominantly used in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries, as well as in Roman contexts. It is a feminine form of Silvinus, which itself derives from the Roman cognomen Silvanus, me...
Silvinus is a Roman cognomen that originated as a variant of Silvanus. Like Silvanus, it is derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest," evoking a connection to the woodlands. The name was borne by an 8th-century sai...
Spurius is a Roman praenomen, or given name, of uncertain meaning. It is thought to be of Etruscan origin, possibly related to the Latin word spurius meaning "of illegitimate birth" (from Etruscan srural "public"). In an...