Behind the Name: Late Roman Names

Late Roman names were used in the early Christian Roman Empire. They formed after Ancient Roman names.

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ADEODATUS m Late Roman
Latin name meaning "given by God"... [more]

AEGIDIUS m Late Roman
Original Latin form of GILES

AFRA (1) f Late Roman
Originally used by the Romans as a nickname for a woman from Africa... [more]

AMABILIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of AMABILIS

AMABILIS m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lovable"... [more]

AMADEUS m Late Roman
Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God"... [more]

AMANDA f English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]

AMANDUS m Late Roman
Derived from Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love"... [more]

AMANTIUS m Late Roman
Means "loving" in Latin... [more]

AMATA f Late Roman
Feminine form of AMATUS

AMATOR m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lover (of God)"... [more]

AMATUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "beloved"... [more]

ANATOLIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of ANATOLIUS... [more]

ANGELA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Macedonian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELUS m Late Roman
Latin form of ANGEL

AUREA f Late Roman
Latin form of ORIA

BAPTISTA m Late Roman
Latin form of BAPTISTE

BARBARA f English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Late Roman
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BEATA f Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed"... [more]

BEATRIX f English, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"... [more]

BEATUS m Late Roman
Masculine form of BEATA... [more]

BENEDICTA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Benedictus (see BENEDICT).

BENEDICTUS m Late Roman, Dutch
Original form of BENEDICT as well as the modern Dutch form.

BENIGNA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of BENIGNO

BENIGNUS m Late Roman
Late Latin form of BENIGNO

BIBIANA f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Possibly an early variant of VIVIANA... [more]

BONIFATIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of BONIFACE

CAELESTINUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name, a derivative of CAELESTIS... [more]

CAELESTIS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "of the sky, heavenly".

CAESARIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from CAESAR... [more]

CAIETANUS m Late Roman
Latin form of GAETANO

CALIXTUS m Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS, the spelling perhaps influenced by Latin calix "wine cup"... [more]

CALLISTUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from the Greek name Καλλιστος (Kallistos) "most beautiful"... [more]

CALLIXTUS m Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS, the spelling perhaps influenced by Latin calix "wine cup"... [more]

CALOGERUS m Late Roman
Latin form of CALOGERO

CANDIDA f Late Roman, English
Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning "white"... [more]

CHRISTIANA f English, Late Roman
Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIANUS m Late Roman
Latin form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTOPHORUS m Late Roman
Latin form of CHRISTOPHER

CLARA f Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]

CLARITIA f Late Roman
Possibly a derivative of CLARA

CLARUS m Late Roman
Masculine Latin form of CLARA... [more]

CLEMENS m German, Late Roman
Original Latin form of CLEMENT, as well as the German form.

CLEMENTIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Clemens or Clementius (see CLEMENT).

CLEMENTIUS m Late Roman
Derivative of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

CLIMACUS m Late Roman
Latin form of CLÍMACO

COLUMBA m & f Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "dove"... [more]

COLUMBANUS m Late Roman
This name can be viewed as a derivative of COLUMBA or a Latinized form of COLUMBAN, both derivations being approximately equivalent... [more]

CONSTANS m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "constant, steadfast"... [more]

CONSTANTIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Constantius, which was itself derived from CONSTANS.

CONSTANTINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTINUS m Late Roman
Latin form of CONSTANTINE

CONSTANTIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which was a derivative of CONSTANS.

CORBINIANUS m Late Roman
Latin form of KORBINIAN

CRESCENS m Late Roman, Biblical Latin
Latin name which was derived from crescere "to grow"... [more]

CRESCENTIA f German, Late Roman
Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CRESCENTIUS m Late Roman
Latin name which was a derivative of the name CRESCENS... [more]

CYRIACA f Late Roman
Feminine form of CYRIACUS

CYRIACUS m Late Roman
Latinized form of the Greek name Κυριακος (Kyriakos), which meant "of the lord" (derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord")... [more]

DELPHINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of the Latin name Delphinus, which meant "of Delphi"... [more]

DELPHINUS m Late Roman
Masculine form of DELPHINA... [more]

DEODATUS m Late Roman
Variant of ADEODATUS or DEUSDEDIT... [more]

DESIDERATA f Late Roman
Feminine form of DESIDERATUS

DESIDERATUS m Late Roman
Derived from Latin desideratum meaning "desired"... [more]

DESIDERIA f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of DESIDERIO... [more]

DESIDERIUS m Late Roman
Derived from Latin desiderium "longing, desire"... [more]

DEUSDEDIT m Late Roman
Latin name meaning "God has given"... [more]

DIONYSIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of DIONYSIUS

DOMINICA f English (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of DOMINIC

DOMINICUS m Dutch, Late Roman
Original form of DOMINIC, as well as the modern Dutch form.

DONATIANUS m Late Roman
Derivative of Donatus (see DONATO)... [more]

DONATUS m Late Roman
Latin form of DONATO

DOROTHEUS m Late Roman
Latinized form of DOROTHEOS

DURANS m Late Roman
Original Latin form of DURANTE

ELIGIA f Polish, Late Roman
Feminine form of ELIGIUS

ELIGIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from Latin eligere "to choose"... [more]

EMERENTIUS m Late Roman
Derived from Latin emereo meaning "to fully deserve".

EMYGDIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of EMIDIO

EPHESIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of EFISIO

FELICIA f English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]

FELICIANA f Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FELICIANUS m Late Roman
Original Latin form of FELICIANO

FELICITAS (1) f German, Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "good luck, fortune"... [more]

FELICIUS m Late Roman
Masculine form of FELICIA... [more]

FELINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of FELINUS

FELINUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "cat-like"... [more]

FERRUTIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of FERRUCCIO

FIDELIS m Late Roman
Original form of FIDEL

FIRMINUS m Late Roman
Latin form of FIRMIN

FLORENTIA f Late Roman
Original feminine form of FLORENCE

FLORENTINA f Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form FLORENTINUS

FLORENTINUS m Late Roman
Latin name which was a derivative of Florentius (see FLORENCE).

FLORENTIUS m Late Roman
Original masculine form of FLORENCE

FLORINA f Romanian, Spanish, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of FLORINUS

FLORINUS m Late Roman
Latin name which was a derivative of FLORUS... [more]

FORTUNATA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of FORTUNATO

FORTUNATUS m Late Roman
Latin form of FORTUNATO

FRANCISCA f Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANCISCUS m Late Roman, Dutch
Original form of FRANCIS

FRIGIDIANUS m Late Roman
Original Latin form of FREDIANO

FULGENTIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of FULGENCIO

GABINUS m Late Roman
Latin form of GABINO

GEREON m German, Late Roman
Possibly derived from Greek γερων (geron) meaning "old man"... [more]

GERONTIUS m Late Roman
From a Late Latin name perhaps deriving from Greek γερων (geron) "old man".

HONORATA f Late Roman, Polish
Feminine form of HONORATUS

HONORATUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "esteemed, distinguished"... [more]

HONORIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of HONORIUS

HONORINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of HONORINUS

HONORINUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which was a derivative of HONORIUS

HONORIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "honour"... [more]

IACOMUS m Late Roman
Late Latin form of JACOB

IERONIMUS m Late Roman
Medieval Latin form of JEROME

IGNATIUS m Late Roman
From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin... [more]

INNOCENTIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of INNOCENT

IOSEPHUS m Late Roman
Latin form of JOSEPH

ISAURA f Portuguese, Spanish, Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "from Isauria"... [more]

ISAURUS m Late Roman
Masculine form of ISAURA... [more]

ISIDORUS m Late Roman
Latin form of ISIDOROS

IUCUNDA f Late Roman
Latin form of GIOCONDA

IUSTINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

IUSTINIANUS m Late Roman
Latin form of JUSTINIAN

IUSTINUS m Late Roman
Latin form of JUSTIN

IUSTUS m Late Roman
Latin form of JUSTUS

JACOBUS m Dutch, Late Roman
Latin form of JACOB, still used in Dutch.

JOANNES m Late Roman
Latin variant of JOHANNES

JOHANNA f German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

JOHANNES m German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JUSTINA f English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUSTUS m German, Dutch, Late Roman
Latin name which meant "just". This name was borne by at least eight saints.

KATERINA f Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
Macedonian form of KATHERINE, a Russian short form of YEKATERINA, a Bulgarian short form of EKATERINA, and a Greek variant of AIKATERINE.

LAETITIA f Late Roman, French
Original form of LETITIA, as well as the French form.

LAURA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LAURUS m Late Roman
Original masculine form of LAURA

LEO m German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Croatian, Late Roman
Derived from Latin leo "lion", a cognate of LEON... [more]

LEOCADIA f Spanish, Late Roman
Late Latin name perhaps derived from Greek λευκος (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white"... [more]

LEOCADIUS m Late Roman
Masculine form of LEOCADIA

LEONIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of LEONIUS

LEONIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from LEO.

LEONTINA f Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of LEONTIUS

LIBERIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of LIBERIUS

LIBERIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from Latin liber "free"... [more]

LIBORIUS m Late Roman
Possibly a variant of LIBERIUS, or possibly a Latinized form of a Gaulish name... [more]

LUPUS m Late Roman
Latin form of LOUP

MAGNUS m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "great"... [more]

MARGARITA f Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Latinate form of MARGARET... [more]

MATRONA f Russian, Late Roman
Means "lady" in Late Latin. This was the name of three early saints.

MAURA (1) f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MAURUS

MAURITIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of MAURICE

MAURUS m Late Roman
Latin name which meant "dark skinned"... [more]

MELANIA f Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman
Italian, Spanish an Polish form of MELANIE

MODESTA f Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MODESTUS

MODESTUS m Late Roman
Means "moderate, restrained" in Late Latin. This was the name of several saints.

MONICA f English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin... [more]

NARCISSA f Late Roman
Feminine form of NARCISSUS

NARCISSUS m Greek Mythology (Latinized), Late Roman, Biblical
Latinized form of Greek Ναρκισσος (Narkissos), possibly derived from ναρκη (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness"... [more]

NATALIA f Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Late Roman
Polish, Italian, Spanish and Romanian form of NATALIE

NATALIUS m Late Roman
Masculine form of Natalia (see NATALIE).

NAZARENUS m Late Roman
Latin form of NAZZARENO

NAZARIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of NAZARIO

OLIVA f Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "olive"... [more]

PASCHALIS m Late Roman
Latin form of PASCAL

PASTOR m Spanish, Late Roman
From a Late Latin name meaning "shepherd"... [more]

PATRICIA f English, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]

PATRICIUS m Late Roman
Original Latin form of PATRICK

PEREGRINUS m Late Roman
Latin form of PEREGRINE

PETRONILLA f Italian, Late Roman
From a Latin name, a diminutive of Petronia, the feminine form of PETRONIUS... [more]

PIA f Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of PIUS

PIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "pious, dutiful". This was the name of twelve popes.

PLACIDA f Late Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).

PLACIDUS m Late Roman
Latin form of PLACIDO

PRIMITIVA f Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of PRIMITIVUS... [more]

PRIMITIVUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "first formed"... [more]

PRIMUS m Late Roman
Latin form of PRIMO

PROSPERUS m Late Roman
Latin form of PROSPER

PRUDENTIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of PRUDENTIUS

PRUDENTIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from prudens "prudence, good judgement"... [more]

QUIRINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of QUIRINUS

QUIRINUS m Roman Mythology, Late Roman
Possibly derived from the Sabine word quiris meaning "spear"... [more]

REGINA f English, Italian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

REMIGIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of RÉMY

RENATA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of RENATUS

RENATUS m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "born again".

ROMAEUS m Late Roman
Latin form of ROMEO

ROMANA f Italian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Late Roman
Feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMANUS m Late Roman
Latin form of ROMAN

ROSALIA f Italian, Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose"... [more]

SABELLIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of SAVELIY

SALVATOR m Late Roman
Latin form of SALVADOR

SALVATRIX f Late Roman
Feminine form of SALVATOR

SANCTIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of SANCHO

SCHOLASTICA f Late Roman
From a Late Latin name which was derived from scholasticus meaning "rhetorician, orator"... [more]

SEBASTIANUS m Late Roman
Latin form of SEBASTIAN

SERAPHINA f English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones"... [more]

SERAPHINUS m Late Roman
Masculine form of SERAPHINA

SERENA f English, Italian, Late Roman
From a Late Latin name which was derived from Latin serenus meaning "clear, tranquil, serene"... [more]

SERVATIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of SERVAAS

SIBYLLA f Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
Greek and Latinate form of SIBYL

SIDONIA f Late Roman, German
Feminine form of SIDONIUS

SIDONIUS m Late Roman
Latin name which meant "of Sidon"... [more]

SILVESTER m German, English, Slovene, Slovak, Late Roman
From a Roman name meaning "of the forest" from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SILVIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of SILVIUS... [more]

SILVIUS m Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SOLLEMNIA f Late Roman
Latin form of SOLANGE

SPERANTIA f Late Roman
Latin form of ESPERANZA

SYBILLA f Polish, Late Roman
Polish form and Latin variant of SIBYLLA

THERASIA f Late Roman
Earliest recorded form of THERESA

URBANUS m Late Roman, Biblical Latin
Latin form of URBAN

URSA f Late Roman
Feminine form of URSUS... [more]

URSINUS m Late Roman
Latin name which was a derivative of Ursus (see URS).

URSULA f English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Late Roman
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

URSUS m Late Roman
Latin form of URS

VERENA f German, Late Roman
Possibly related to Latin verus "true"... [more]

VERISSIMUS m Late Roman
Latin form of VERÍSSIMO

VERONICA f English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman
Latin alteration of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image"... [more]

VIATOR m Late Roman
Late Latin name (see BEATRIX)... [more]

VIATRIX f Late Roman
Earlier form of BEATRIX

VICTOR m English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin... [more]

VICTORIA (1) f English, Spanish, Romanian, Late Roman
Feminine form of VICTORIUS, though later it was regarded as coming directly from Latin victoria meaning "victory"... [more]

VICTORINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of VICTORINUS

VICTORINUS m Late Roman
Roman name which was derived from VICTOR... [more]

VICTORIUS m Late Roman
Roman name which was derived from VICTOR... [more]

VINCENTIUS m Late Roman
Original Latin form of VINCENT

VIOLANTE f Late Roman
Latin form (possibly) of YOLANDA

VIRGILIUS m Late Roman
Medieval Latin form of VERGILIUS, altered by association with Latin virgo "maiden" or virga "wand".

VITALIS m Late Roman
Latin form of VITALE

VIVIANA f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of Vivianus (see VIVIAN)... [more]

VIVIANUS m Late Roman
Latin form of VIVIAN

ZEPHYRINUS m Late Roman
Latin form of ZEFERINO

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