The names listed here were used in early Christian Rome.

AFRA (1)   f   Late Roman
Originally used by the Romans as a nickname for a woman from Africa... [more]

AMADEUS   m   Late Roman
Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God"... [more]

ARCADIA   f   Late Roman
Roman feminine form of ARKADIOS

BENEDICTA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of Benedictus (see BENEDICT).

CAELESTIS   m   Late Roman
From a Late Latin name which meant "of the sky, heavenly".

CALLISTUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from Greek καλλιστος (kallistos) "most beautiful".

CALLIXTUS   m   Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS... [more]

COLUMBA   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "dove"... [more]

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

DOMINICUS   m   Dutch, Late Roman
Original form of DOMINIC, as well as the modern Dutch form.

ELPIDIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin form of the Greek name Ελπιδιος (Elpidios), which was derived from ελπις (elpis) "hope"... [more]

FELICITAS (1)   f   German, Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "good luck, fortune"... [more]

FRANCISCUS   m   Late Roman
Original form of FRANCIS

GERONTIUS   m   Late Roman
From a Late Latin name perhaps deriving from Greek γερων (geron) "old man".

HONORIA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of HONORIUS

HONORIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "honour"... [more]

IGNATIUS   m   Late Roman
From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin... [more]

JOANNES   m   Late Roman
Latin variant of JOHANNES

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Ancient Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

LAETITIA   f   Late Roman, English
Variant of LETITIA

LEO   m   English, German, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lion", ultimately from Greek λεων (leon)... [more]

LEONTINA   f   Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Leontinus, which was itself derived from LEONTIUS.

LEONTIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which was derived from LEO... [more]

MODESTA   f   Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MODESTUS

MODESTUS   m   Late Roman
Means "moderate, restrained" in Late Latin. This was the name of several saints.

PASTOR   m   Spanish, Late Roman
From a Late Latin name meaning "shepherd"... [more]

PIA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, German, Polish, 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).

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

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
From a Late Latin name meaning "queen". A city in Canada bears this name.

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".

SCHOLASTICA   f   Late Roman
From a Late Latin name which was derived from scholasticus meaning "rhetorician, orator"... [more]