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Late Roman Names

The names listed here were used in the early Christian Roman Empire. They formed after classical Roman names.

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, Scandinavian, 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

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

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

ANGELUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of ANGEL

BAPTISTA   m   Late Roman
Latin form of BAPTISTE

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

BEATA   f   Polish, German, Scandinavian, 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

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).

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 (see CONSTANTINE).

CONSTANTIA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Constantius, which was itself derived from Constans (see CONSTANT).

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.

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]

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]

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

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

FULGENTIUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of FULGENCIO

GABINUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of GABINO

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

ISIDORUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of ISIDOROS

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

JODOCUS   m   Dutch (Archaic), Late Roman
Latinized form of Jodoc (see JOYCE).

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, 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, Scandinavian, 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, English, Late Roman
Derived from Latin leo "lion", a cognate of LEON... [more]

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]

MAGNUS   m   Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "great"... [more]

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

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

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, Late Roman
Polish, Italian and Spanish form of NATALIE

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

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, Portuguese, 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 feminine diminutive of PETRONIUS... [more]

PIA   f   Italian, Scandinavian, 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).

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

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

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, Scandinavian, 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".

ROMANA   f   Italian, Polish, Slovene, 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

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

SERVATIUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of SERVAAS

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

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]

SPERANTIA   f   Late Roman
Latin form of ESPERANZA

SYBILLA   f   Late Roman
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

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, 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".

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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