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Late Roman Feminine Names

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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