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The names listed here are used in Romania.

ADA   f   English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian
Short form of ADELAIDE... [more]

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Jewish, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADELA   f   English, Spanish, Polish, Romanian
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble"... [more]

ADRIAN   m   English, Romanian, Polish, German, Russian
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN)... [more]

ADRIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXANDRU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of ALEXANDER

ALIN   m   Romanian
Possibly a Romanian masculine form of ALINA (2)... [more]

ALINA (2)   f   German, Italian, Polish, Romanian
Pet form of ADELINA and names that end in alina.

ANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Cognate of ANNA

ANCA   f   Romanian
Possibly a pet form of ANA

ANDREEA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREI   m   Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Romanian, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELICA   f   English, Italian, Romanian
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger"... [more]

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARTUR   m   German, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Romanian
Cognate of ARTHUR

AUREL   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of AURELIUS

AURELIA   f   Ancient Roman, Italian, Romanian, Polish
Feminine form of AURELIUS

AURORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning.

BENIAMIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of BENJAMIN

BIANCA   f   Italian, Romanian
Italian cognate of BLANCHE... [more]

BOGDAN   m   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and dan "given".

BOGDANA   f   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Feminine form of BOGDAN

BRÂNDUȘA   f   Romanian
Means "crocus" in Romanian.

CAMELIA   f   Romanian
From camelie, the Romanian spelling of camellia (see CAMELLIA).

CARMEN   f   Spanish, English, Romanian
Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song"... [more]

CAROL (2)   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CAROLUS... [more]

CĂTĂLIN   m   Romanian
Possibly a Romanian masculine form of KATHERINE.

CĂTĂLINA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of KATHERINE

CATINA   f   Romanian
Contracted form of CĂTĂLINA

CEZAR   m   Portuguese, Polish, Romanian
Portuguese, Polish and Romanian form of CAESAR

CIPRIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Medieval name derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright, famous".

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLAUDIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CLAUDIUS

CONSTANTA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of CONSTANTIA

CONSTANTIN   m   French, Romanian
French and Romanian form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CORINA   f   English, German, Romanian
Variant of CORINNA

CORNEL   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

COSMIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of COSMO

COSMINA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of COSMIN

COSTEL   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of CONSTANTINE

COSTICA   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of CONSTANTINE

COSTIN   m   Romanian
Romanian short form of CONSTANTIN

CRINA   f   Romanian
Derived from Romanian crin meaning "lily".

CRISTI   m   Romanian
Pet form of CRISTIAN

CRISTIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CHRISTIAN

CRISTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA

DACIANA   f   Romanian
Derived from Dacia, the old Roman name for the region which is now Romania and Moldova.

DAN (2)   m   English, Romanian
Short form of DANIEL

DANA (1)   f   Polish, Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DAN (1) or DANIEL

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene
Feminine form of DANIEL

DĂNUȚ   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of DAN (2)

DARIA   f   Italian, English, Polish, Romanian
Feminine form of DARIUS... [more]

DECEBAL   m   Romanian
Means "powerful, brave" in Dacian... [more]

DENISA   f   Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Feminine form of DENIS

DIANA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DINU   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of CONSTANTIN

DOINA   f   Romanian
Means "folk song" in Romanian.

DORIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of DORIAN

DORINA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of DORIAN

DORU   m   Romanian
Derived from Romanian dor meaning "longing".

DRAGOMIR   m   Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian
Means "precious and peaceful" from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious" combined with mir "peace".

DRAGOS   m   Romanian
Variant of DRAGOȘ

DRAGOȘ   m   Romanian
Short form of DRAGOMIR

DUMITRU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of DEMETRIUS

ECATERINA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of KATHERINE

ELENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

ELISABETA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of ELIZABETH

EMANUEL   m   Scandinavian, German, Romanian
Scandinavian, German and Romanian form of EMMANUEL

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EUGEN   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of EUGENE

EUGENIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English
From Greek Ευγενεια (Eugeneia), feminine form of Ευγενιος (Eugenios) (see EUGENE).

FANE   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of STEFAN

FELICIA   f   Ancient Roman, English, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian
Feminine form of FELIX

FELIX   m   English, German, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FLAVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FLAVIUS

FLAVIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of FLAVIUS

FLORIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of FLORIAN

GABI   m & f   German, Romanian, Hungarian
German pet form of GABRIELE (2) (feminine), Romanian pet form of GABRIEL (masculine), and Hungarian pet form of GÁBOR (masculine) or GABRIELLA (feminine).

GABRIEL   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) which meant "strong man of God"... [more]

GABRIELA   f   Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of GABRIEL

GAVRIL   m   Bulgarian, Romanian
Bulgarian and Romanian form of GABRIEL

GEORGE   m   English, Romanian
From the Greek name Γεωργιος (Georgios) which was derived from the Greek word γεωργος (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements γη (ge) "earth" and εργον (ergon) "work"... [more]

GEORGETA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of GEORGE

GHENADIE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of GENNADIUS

GHEORGHE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of GEORGE

GRIGORE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of GREGORY

HARALAMB   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CHARALAMPOS

HORAȚIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of HORATIUS

HOREA   m   Romanian
Meaning unknown, possibly from Romanian hora, a type of circle dance... [more]

HORIA   m   Romanian
Variant of HOREA

IANCU   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of JOHN

ILEANA   f   Romanian, Spanish
Traditional Romanian form of HELEN

ILIE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of ELIAS

ILINCA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of ILIE

IOAN   m   Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Romanian and Welsh form of JOHN... [more]

IOANA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN... [more]

IOLANDA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of YOLANDA

ION   m   Basque, Romanian
Basque and Romanian form of JOHN

IONEL   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of JOHN

IONELA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN

IONUȚ   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of JOHN

IOSIF   m   Russian, Romanian, Greek
Russian, Romanian and Greek form of JOSEPH

IRINA   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of IRENE

IULIA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of JULIA

IULIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Julianus (see JULIAN).

IULIANA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of JULIANA

IULIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of JULIUS

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

LAURENTIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LENUTA   f   Romanian
Romanian pet form of ELENA

LILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Polish
Derived from Latin lilium meaning "lily".

LIVIA (1)   f   Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LIVIUS... [more]

LIVIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of LIVIUS

LOREDANA   f   Italian, Romanian
Invented by the Italian novelist Luciano Zuccoli for his novel 'L'amore de Loredana'... [more]

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

LUCIAN   m   English, Romanian
From the Roman family name Lucianus, which was derived from the Roman name LUCIUS.

LUMINIȚA   f   Romanian
Means "little light", derived from Romanian lumina "light" combined with a diminutive suffix.

MADALINA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of MAGDALENE

MAGDA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MANUEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL, as well as the German and Romanian short form of EMANUEL... [more]

MANUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German
Feminine form of MANUEL

MARCEL   m   French, Romanian, Polish
French, Romanian and Polish form of MARCELLUS

MARCELA   f   Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch
Cognate of MARGARET

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican
Latinate form of MARY... [more]

MARIAN (2)   m   Polish, Czech, Romanian
Polish, Czech and Romanian form of MARIANUS

MARIANA (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech
Cognate of MARIANNA

MARIN   m   French, Romanian
French, Romanian and Croatian form of MARINUS

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARIUS   m   Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, English, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"... [more]

MARTA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian
Cognate of MARTHA

MARTIN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MIHAELA   f   Romanian, Slovene
Romanian and Slovene feminine form of MICHAEL

MIHAI   m   Romanian
Romanian form of MICHAEL... [more]

MIHAIL   m   Romanian, Bulgarian
Romanian and Bulgarian form of MICHAEL

MIHAITA   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of MICHAEL

MIRCEA   m   Romanian
Derived from the Slavic element mir meaning "peace".

MIRELA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of MIREILLE

MIRUNA   f   Romanian
Possibly derived from the Slavic element mir meaning "peace".

MITICA   m   Romanian
Pet form of DUMITRU

MONICA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Possibly means "advisor" from Latin moneo, but it is most likely of unknown North African or Phoenician origin... [more]

NARCISA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of NARCISSUS

NECULAI   m   Romanian
Romanian variant form of NICHOLAS

NELU   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of ION

NICOLAE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of NICHOLAS

NICOLETA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICU   m   Romanian
Pet form of NICOLAE

NICUSOR   m   Romanian
Pet form of NICOLAE

OANA   f   Romanian
Romanian short form of IOANA

OCTAVIAN   m   History, Romanian
From the Roman name Octavianus, which was derived from the name OCTAVIUS... [more]

OLGA   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

OLIMPIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Form of OLYMPIA

OVIDIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Ovidius (see OVID).

PAUL   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]

PAULA   f   English, German, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL).

PETRE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of PETER

PETRICA   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of PETER

PETRONELA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of PETRONILLA

PETRU   m   Romanian, Corsican
Romanian and Corsican form of PETER

POMPILIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of the Roman name Pompilius which is of unknown meaning, possibly a derivative of Pompeius (see POMPEY)... [more]

RADU   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of Slavic names beginning with the element rad "happy".

RAHELA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of RACHEL

RALUCA   f   Romanian
Meaning unknown.

RAMONA   f   Spanish, Romanian, English
Feminine form of RAMÓN

RĂZVAN   m   Romanian
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the name RADOVAN... [more]

REMUS   m   Roman Mythology, Romanian
Meaning unknown... [more]

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

RODICA   f   Romanian
Derived from the Slavic element rod meaning "fertile".

ROXANA   f   English, Spanish, Romanian
Latin form of the Persian or Bactrian name Roshanak which possibly meant "bright" or "star"... [more]

RUXANDRA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of ROXANA

SABINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "Sabine" in Latin... [more]

SANDA   f   Romanian
Romanian short form of ALEXANDRA

SANDU   m   Romanian
Short form of ALEXANDRU

SEBASTIAN   m   English, German, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin... [more]

SERAFIM   m   Russian, Romanian
Russian and Romanian form of Seraphinus (see SERAPHINA).

SERGHEI   m   Romanian
Romanian (Moldovan) form of SERGEY

SERGIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of SERGIUS

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)... [more]

SILVIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Silvius (see SILVIO).

SIMONA   f   Italian, Czech, Romanian, Slovene
Feminine form of SIMON

SONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

SORIN   m   Romanian
Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

SORINA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of SORIN

ȘTEFAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of STEPHEN

STEFAN   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STEFANIA   f   Italian, Polish, Romanian
Italian, Polish and Romanian feminine form of STEPHEN

STELA   f   Romanian
Derived from Latin stella meaning "star".

STELIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of STYLIANOS

TATIANA   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, which was from the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TEODOR   m   Scandinavian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
Cognate of THEODORE

TEODORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TEREZA   f   Bulgarian, Czech, Romanian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Bulgarian, Czech, Romanian and Portuguese form of THERESA

THEODOR   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Romanian
German form of THEODORE, as well as a Scandinavian, Czech and Romanian variant of TEODOR.

TIBERIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of TIBERIUS

TOMA (2)   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian
Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian form of THOMAS

TRAIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Trajanus (see TRAJAN).

TUDOR (2)   m   Romanian
Variant of TEODOR

VALENTIN   m   Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALENTINA   f   Italian, Russian, Slovene, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1))... [more]

VALERIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VALERIUS... [more]

VALERIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of VALERIUS

VALI   m   Romanian
Romanian pet form of VALERIU or VALENTIN

VASILE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of BASIL (1)

VASILICA   m   Romanian
Pet form of VASILE

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

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

VICTORIA (1)   f   English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VICTORIUS... [more]

VIOLETA   f   Romanian, Bulgarian, Spanish
Romanian, Bulgarian and Spanish form of VIOLET

VIOREL   m   Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea meaning "bluebell".

VIORICA   f   Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea meaning "bluebell".

VIRGIL   m   English, Romanian
From the Roman family name Vergilius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

VIRGILIU   m   Romanian
Romanian variant of VIRGIL

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Virginius which was possibly derived from Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VLAD   m   Russian, Romanian
Old short form of Slavic names beginning with the element volod meaning "rule"... [more]

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