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Late Roman Masculine Names

The names listed here were used in early Christian Rome.

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

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".

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 Greek καλλιστος (kallistos) "most beautiful"... [more]

CALLIXTUS   m   Late Roman
Variant of CALLISTUS, the spelling perhaps influenced by Latin calix "wine cup"... [more]

CLEMENS   m   German, Late Roman
Original Latin form of CLEMENT, as well as the German form.

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

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]

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".

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
Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

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

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

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]

PIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "pious, dutiful". This was the name of twelve popes.

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

QUIRINUS   m   Roman Mythology, Late Roman
Possibly derived from the Sabine word quiris meaning "spear"... [more]

RENATUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "born again".

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