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Ancient Roman Masculine Names

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

AELIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of AELIUS.

AELIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was possibly derived from the Greek word ‘ηλιος (helios) meaning "sun"... [more]

AEMILIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Roman form of EMILIANO

AEMILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Roman form of EMIL

AGRIPPA   m & f   Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman cognomen of unknown meaning, possibly from Greek αγριος (agrios) "wild" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse" or possibly of Etruscan origin... [more]

ALBINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Latin albus "white, bright"... [more]

ANTONINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name, a derivative of ANTONIUS.

ANTONIUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
Ancient Roman form of ANTHONY... [more]

APPIUS   m   Ancient Roman
This was a Roman praenomen, or given name, used only by the clan Claudia... [more]

AQUILA   m & f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen which meant "eagle" in Latin... [more]

AQUILINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of AQUILA.

ATILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of ATTILIO

AUGUSTINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of AUGUSTINE (1)

AUGUSTUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase"... [more]

AULUS   m   Ancient Roman
Possibly from either Latin avulus "little grandfather" or aula "palace", though it could be from an unknown Etruscan origin... [more]

AURELIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was originally derived from the Roman family name AURELIUS.

AURELIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin aureus "golden, gilded"... [more]

AVITUS   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman family name which meant "ancestral" in Latin... [more]

BLANDINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of BLANDUS

BLANDUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "charming" in Latin.

BLASIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of BLAISE

BRUTUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "heavy" in Latin... [more]

CAECILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original masculine form of CECILIA

CAELINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was itself derived from the Roman family name CAELIUS.

CAELIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin caelum meaning "heaven".

CAESAR   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen which possibly meant "hairy", from Latin caesaries "hair"... [more]

CAIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman variant of GAIUS

CAMILLUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen, which is probably of Etruscan origin and unknown meaning... [more]

CASSIAN   m   Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
From the Roman family name Cassianus, which was derived from CASSIUS... [more]

CASSIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was a derivative of CASSIUS.

CASSIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English
Roman family name which was possibly derived from Latin cassus "empty, vain"... [more]

CATO (1)   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "wise" in Latin... [more]

CELSUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "tall" in Latin... [more]

CICERO   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "chickpea" from Latin cicer... [more]

CLAUDIUS   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman family name which was derived from Latin claudus meaning "lame, crippled"... [more]

CLOELIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name of unknown meaning.

CNAEUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman variant of GNAEUS

CORNELIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"... [more]

CRISPINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of CRISPIN

CRISPUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "curly-haired" in Latin.

CYPRIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Roman form of CYPRIAN

DECIMUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "tenth" in Latin.

DOMITIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of DOMITIAN

DOMITIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was probably derived from Latin domitus meaning "having been tamed".

DRUSUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name, also sometimes used as a praenomen, or given name, by the Claudius family... [more]

EGNATIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Earlier form of IGNATIUS

FABIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of FABIAN

FABIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin faba "bean"... [more]

FABRICIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of FABRICE

FAUSTINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of FAUSTINO

FAUSTUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "auspicious, lucky" in Latin... [more]

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

FESTUS   m   Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman cognomen which possibly meant "festival, holiday" in Latin... [more]

FLAVIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of FLAVIAN

FLAVIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "golden" or "yellow-haired" from Latin flavus "yellow, golden"... [more]

FLORIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of FLORIAN

FLORUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Latin flos meaning "flower".

FULVIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of FULVIO

GAIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of Etruscan origin, meaning unknown... [more]

GALLUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "rooster" in Latin... [more]

GERMANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "brother" in Latin... [more]

GNAEUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

HADRIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Roman form of HADRIAN

HERMINIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name which was possibly of unknown Etruscan origin, but could also be derived from the name of the god HERMES... [more]

HILARIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name which was derived from Latin hilaris meaning "cheerful"... [more]

HORATIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was possibly derived from Latin hora "hour, time, season", though the name may actually be of Etruscan origin... [more]

IULIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of JULIAN

IULIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of JULIUS

JULIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, German
From a Roman family name which was possibly derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) "downy-bearded"... [more]

LAURENTINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1))... [more]

LAURENTIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of LAURENCE (1)

LIVIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin masculine form of LIVIANA

LIVIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious"... [more]

LONGINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from Latin longus "long"... [more]

LUCIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from the Roman praenomen LUCIUS.

LUCIUS   m   Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light"... [more]

MARCELLINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from MARCELLUS... [more]

MARCELLUS   m   Ancient Roman, German
Roman family name which was originally a diminutive of MARCUS... [more]

MARCIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was a derivative of the praenomen MARCUS... [more]

MARCUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Biblical (Variant)
Roman praenomen, or given name, which was probably derived from the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MARIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name, which was itself derived from the Roman name MARIUS... [more]

MARINUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
From the Roman family name Marinus, which derives either from the name MARIUS or from the Latin word marinus "of the sea".

MARIUS   m   Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, 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]

MARTINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of MARTIN

MAXIMIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from MAXIMUS

MAXIMILIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman form of MAXIMILIAN

MAXIMINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from MAXIMUS... [more]

MAXIMUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin maximus "greatest"... [more]

NERO (1)   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen, which was probably of Sabine origin meaning "strong, vigourous"... [more]

NERVA   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from Latin nervus "strength"... [more]

OCTAVIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of OCTAVIAN

OCTAVIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name meaning "eighth" from Latin octavus... [more]

OTHO   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen of unknown meaning... [more]

OVIDIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of OVID

PAULINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of PAULINO

PAULUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of PAUL

PETRONIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which is possibly derived from Latin petro, petronis "yokel".

POMPEIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of POMPEY

POMPONIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which is of unknown meaning, possibly a derivative of Pompeius (see POMPEY).

PONTIUS   m   Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman family name possibly derived from the name of the ancient province of Pontus in Asia Minor, itself probably derived from Greek ποντος (pontos) "sea"... [more]

PRISCUS   m   Ancient Roman
Masculine form of PRISCA

PUBLIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "public" in Latin.

QUINTILLUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from the given name QUINTUS.

QUINTUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "fifth" in Latin... [more]

REGULUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "rule" in Latin... [more]

RUFINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from the cognomen RUFUS... [more]

RUFUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Biblical
Roman cognomen which meant "red-haired" in Latin... [more]

SABINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin masculine form of SABINA

SATURNINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from the name of the Roman god Saturnus (see SATURN)... [more]

SECUNDINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name derived from the praenomen SECUNDUS... [more]

SECUNDUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, which meant "second" in Latin.

SENECA   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen which meant "old" from Latin senectus... [more]

SEPTIMIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from SEPTIMUS.

SEPTIMUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name which meant "seventh" in Latin.

SERGIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name, possibly meaning "servant" in Latin but most likely of unknown Etruscan origin... [more]

SERVIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "to preserve" from Latin servo.

SEVERIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from SEVERUS.

SEVERINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from SEVERUS... [more]

SEVERUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name meaning "stern" in Latin... [more]

SEXTILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of SEXTUS.

SEXTUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, which meant "sixth" in Latin... [more]

SPURIUS   m   Ancient Roman
An old Roman praenomen, or given name, which meant "of illegitimate birth" in Latin.

TACITUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "silent, mute" in Latin... [more]

TATIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from TATIUS.

TATIUS   m   Roman Mythology, Ancient Roman
Roman family name of unknown meaning, possibly of Sabine origin... [more]

TERENTIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of TERENCE

TERTIUS   m   Ancient Roman
This was both a Roman praenomen and a cognomen which meant "third" in Latin.

THRACIUS   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman name which meant "of Thracia"... [more]

TIBERIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "of the Tiber" in Latin... [more]

TIBURTIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of TIBURCIO

TITIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of TIZIANO

TITUS   m   Ancient Roman, Biblical, English, Biblical Latin
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin titulus "title of honour"... [more]

TULLIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of TULLIO

VALENTINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original form of VALENTINE (1)

VALERIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of VALERIAN

VALERIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin valere "to be strong"... [more]

VARINIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name possibly derived from VARIUS.

VARIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "versatile" in Latin... [more]

VERGILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of VIRGIL

VESPASIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of VESPASIAN

VIBIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of VIBIUS.

VIBIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name of unknown meaning, probably of Etruscan origin.

VITUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name which was derived from Latin vita "life"... [more]

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