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The names listed here were used in the early Christian Roman Empire. They formed after classical Roman names.
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
AMANDA f English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]
AMATA f Late Roman
Feminine form of AMATUS
ANGELA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]
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]
BENEDICTA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Benedictus (see BENEDICT).
BENIGNA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of BENIGNO
BIBIANA f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Possibly an early variant of VIVIANA... [more]
CANDIDA f Late Roman, English
Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning "white"... [more]
CHRISTIANA f English, Late Roman
Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN
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
CLEMENTIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Clemens or Clementius (see CLEMENT).
COLUMBA m & f 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).
CONSTANTINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).
CRESCENTIA f German, Late Roman
Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS
CYRIACA f Late Roman
Feminine form of CYRIACUS
DELPHINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of the Latin name Delphinus, which meant "of Delphi"... [more]
DESIDERATA f Late Roman
Feminine form of DESIDERATUS
DESIDERIA f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of DESIDERIO... [more]
DIONYSIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of DIONYSIUS
DOMINICA f English (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of DOMINIC
ELIGIA f Polish, Late Roman
Feminine form of ELIGIUS
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).
FELICITAS (1) f German, Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "good luck, fortune"... [more]
FLORENTIA f Late Roman
Original feminine form of FLORENCE
FLORENTINA f Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form FLORENTINUS
FORTUNATA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of FORTUNATO
FRANCISCA f Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).
HONORATA f Late Roman, Polish
Feminine form of HONORATUS
HONORIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of HONORIUS
HONORINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of HONORINUS
IUSTINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).
JOHANNA f German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).
JUSTINA f English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).
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]
LEONIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of LEONIUS
LEONTINA f Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of LEONTIUS
LIBERIA f Late Roman
Feminine form of LIBERIUS
MARGARITA f Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Latinate form of MARGARET... [more]
MAURA (1) f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MAURUS
MELANIA f Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman
Italian, Spanish an Polish form of MELANIE
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
NATALIA f Polish, Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Polish, Italian and Spanish form of NATALIE
OLIVA f Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "olive"... [more]
PATRICIA f English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Late Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]
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
PLACIDA f Late Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).
PRIMITIVA f Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of PRIMITIVUS... [more]
QUIRINA f Late Roman
Feminine form of QUIRINUS
REGINA f English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]
RENATA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of RENATUS
ROMANA f Italian, Polish, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Late Roman
Feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).
ROSALIA f Italian, Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose"... [more]
SCHOLASTICA f Late Roman
From a Late Latin name which was derived from scholasticus meaning "rhetorician, orator"... [more]
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]
SIBYLLA f Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
Greek and Latinate form of SIBYL
SILVIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of SILVIUS... [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
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]
VERENA f German, Late Roman
Possibly related to Latin verus "true"... [more]
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]
VIATRIX f Late Roman
Earlier form of BEATRIX
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
VIOLANTE f Late Roman
Latin form (possibly) of YOLANDA
VIVIANA f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of Vivianus (see VIVIAN)... [more]
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