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Ancient Roman Feminine Names

The names listed here were used in ancient Rome. See also about Roman names.

AEMILIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

AGRIPPINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of AGRIPPA... [more]

ALBINA   f   Italian, Polish, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Albinus (see ALBIN)... [more]

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

AUGUSTINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

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

BALBINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman cognomen Balbinus, a diminutive of Balbus which meant "stammerer"... [more]

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

CASSIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CASSIUS

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

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

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]

CRESCENTIA   f   German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

CYRIACA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CYRIACUS

DECIMA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of DECIMUS

DOMITILLA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Domitius (see DOMITIAN)... [more]

DRUSILLA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Drusus... [more]

FABIA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FABIUS

FAUSTA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FAUSTUS

FAUSTINA   f   Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Faustinus (see FAUSTINO).

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

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

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

FLORENTINA   f   Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Florentinus, itself derived from the Roman name Florentius (see FLORENCE).

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

FULVIA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Fulvius (see FULVIO).

HILARIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of HILARIUS

HONORATA   f   Ancient Roman, Polish
Feminine form of HONORATUS

HORATIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of HORATIUS

HORTENSIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman family name Hortensius, possibly derived from Latin hortus "garden".

JULIA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

JULIANA   f   Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]

JUNIA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Iunius, which was possibly derived from the name of the Roman goddess JUNO... [more]

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

LAELIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning... [more]

LAURENTIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

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

LIVIANA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Livianus, which was itself derived from the family name LIVIUS.

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

LUCIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIAN

LUCILLA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Latin diminutive of LUCIA... [more]

LUCRETIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Lucretius, possibly from Latin lucrum "profit, wealth"... [more]

MARIANA (2)   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARIANUS

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

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

NARCISSA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of NARCISSUS

OCTAVIA   f   English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of OCTAVIUS... [more]

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

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

PAULINA   f   Spanish, Polish, Swedish, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

POMPONIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of POMPONIUS

PRIMITIVA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Primitivus, which meant "first formed" in Latin... [more]

PRISCA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Priscus, a Roman family name which meant "ancient" in Latin... [more]

PRISCILLA   f   English, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman name, a diminutive of PRISCA... [more]

QUINTINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Quintinus (see QUENTIN).

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

RUFINA   f   Russian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Rufinus (see RUFINO).

SATURNINA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of SATURNINUS

SEPTIMA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of SEPTIMUS

SEVERINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Severinus (see SEVERINO).

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

TACITA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of TACITUS

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]

TULLIA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Tullius (see TULLIO).

URBANA   f   Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of URBAN

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]

VALERIANA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valerianus (see VALERIAN).

VARINIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of VARINIUS

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]

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]

VITA (1)   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VITUS

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

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