the etymology and history of first names
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Romanian Feminine Names
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The names listed here are used in Romania.
ADA f English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian
Short form of ADELAIDE... [more]
ADELA f English, Spanish, Polish, Romanian
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble"... [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, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]
ALINA (2) f German, Italian, Polish, Romanian
Diminutive 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 diminutive of ANA
ANDREEA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of ANDREW
ANGELA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]
ANGELICA f English, Italian, Romanian
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger"... [more]
AURELIA f Ancient Roman, Italian, Romanian, Polish
Feminine form of AURELIUS
AURORA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin... [more]
BIANCA f Italian, Romanian
Italian cognate of BLANCHE... [more]
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
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song"... [more]
CĂTĂLINA f Romanian
Romanian form of KATHERINE
CATINA f Romanian
Contracted form of CĂTĂLINA
CLARA f Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]
CLAUDIA f English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]
CONSTANTA f Romanian
Romanian form of CONSTANTIA
CORINA f English, German, Romanian
Variant of CORINNA
CORNELIA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]
COSMINA f Romanian
Feminine form of COSMIN
CRINA f Romanian
Derived from Romanian crin meaning "lily".
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.
DANA (1) f Polish, Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DAN (1) or DANIEL
DANIELA f German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL
DARIA f Italian, Polish, Romanian, English
Feminine form of DARIUS... [more]
DENISA f Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Feminine form of DENIS
DIANA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]
DOINA f Romanian
Means "folk song" in Romanian.
DORINA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of DORIAN
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
EMILIA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
EUGENIA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE)... [more]
FELICIA f Ancient Roman, English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish
Feminine form of the Roman name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]
FLAVIA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FLAVIUS
GABI m & f German, Romanian, Hungarian
German diminutive of GABRIELE (2) (feminine), Romanian diminutive of GABRIEL (masculine) or GABRIELA (feminine), and Hungarian diminutive of GÁBOR (masculine) or GABRIELLA (feminine).
GABRIELA f Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of GABRIEL
GEORGETA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of GEORGE
ILEANA f Romanian, Spanish
Traditional Romanian form of HELEN
ILINCA f Romanian
Feminine form of ILIE
IOANA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN... [more]
IOLANDA f Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of YOLANDA
IONELA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN
IRINA f Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of IRENE
ISABELA f Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL
ISABELLA f Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]
IULIA f Romanian
Romanian form of JULIA
IULIANA f Romanian
Romanian form of JULIANA
LAURA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]
LENUTA f Romanian
Romanian diminutive of ELENA
LILIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English
Latinate form of LILLIAN
LIVIA (1) f Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LIVIUS... [more]
LOREDANA f Italian, Romanian
Created by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel 'Mattea' (1833) and later used by the Italian author Luciano Zuccoli in his novel 'L'amore de Loredana' (1908)... [more]
LUCIA f Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]
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
MANUELA f Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German
Feminine form of MANUEL
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, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]
MARIANA (1) f Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech
Cognate of MARIANNA
MARINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS
MARTA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA
MIHAELA f Romanian, Slovene
Romanian and Slovene feminine form of MICHAEL
MIRELA f Romanian
Romanian form of MIREILLE
MIRUNA f Romanian
Possibly derived from the Slavic element mir meaning "peace".
MONICA f English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin... [more]
NARCISA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of NARCISSUS
NICOLETA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of NICHOLAS
OANA f Romanian
Romanian short form of IOANA
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
PAULA f German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]
PETRONELA f Romanian
Romanian form of PETRONILLA
RAHELA f Romanian
Romanian form of RACHEL
RALUCA f Romanian
Meaning unknown.
RAMONA f Spanish, Romanian, English
Feminine form of RAMÓN... [more]
RODICA f Romanian
Derived from the Slavic element rod meaning "fertile".
ROXANA f English, Spanish, Romanian
Latin form of Ρωξανη (Roxane), the Greek form of the Persian or Bactrian name Roshanak which possibly meant "bright" or "dawn"... [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
SILVIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)... [more]
SIMONA f Italian, Czech, Romanian, Slovene
Feminine form of SIMON
SONIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA
SORINA f Romanian
Feminine form of SORIN
STEFANIA f Italian, Polish, Romanian
Italian, Polish and Romanian feminine form of STEPHEN
STELA f Romanian
Derived from Latin stella meaning "star".
TATIANA f Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]
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
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]
VERONICA f English, Italian, Romanian
Latin form of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image"... [more]
VICTORIA (1) f English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VICTORIUS, though later it was regarded as coming directly from Latin victoria meaning "victory"... [more]
VIOLETA f Romanian, Bulgarian, Spanish
Romanian, Bulgarian and Spanish form of VIOLET
VIORICA f Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea meaning "bluebell".
VIRGINIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]
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