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Roman Mythology Masculine Names

The names listed here occur in the mythologies and legends of the Romans.

AENEAS   m   Roman Mythology
Latin form of the Greek name Αινειας (Aineias), derived from Greek αινη (aine) meaning "praise"... [more]

AMULIUS   m   Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

ARIES   m   Roman Mythology
Means "ram" in Latin... [more]

CONSUS   m   Roman Mythology
Possibly derived from Latin conserere meaning "to sow, to plant"... [more]

CUPID   m   Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin cupido meaning "desire"... [more]

DIONYSUS   m   Roman Mythology
Latin form of DIONYSOS

EVANDER (1)   m   Greek Mythology (Anglicized), Roman Mythology
From the Greek Ευανδρος (Euandros) which meant "good man", derived from Greek ευ "good" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

FAUNUS   m   Roman Mythology
Possibly means "to befriend" from Latin... [more]

GEMINI   m   Roman Mythology
Means "twins" in Latin... [more]

HERCULES   m   Roman Mythology
Latin form of HERAKLES

ITALUS   m   Roman Mythology
Means "of Italy" in Latin... [more]

JANUS   m   Roman Mythology
Means "archway" in Latin... [more]

JOVE   m   Roman Mythology
Derived from the stem of Iupiter (see JUPITER)... [more]

JUPITER   m   Roman Mythology
From Latin Iupiter, which was from dyeu-pater, composed of the elements dyeus (see ZEUS) and pater "father"... [more]

LIBER   m   Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin liber meaning "free"... [more]

MARS   m   Roman Mythology
Possibly related to Latin mas "male" (genitive maris)... [more]

MERCURY   m   Roman Mythology
From the Latin Mercurius, probably derived from Latin mercari "to trade" or merces "wages"... [more]

NEPTUNE   m   Roman Mythology
From the Latin Neptunus, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

NUMITOR   m   Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

PLUTO   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Latinized form of Greek Πλουτων (Plouton), derived from πλουτος (ploutos) meaning "wealth"... [more]

POLLUX   m   Roman Mythology
Roman form of Greek Πολυδευκης (Polydeukes), which means "very sweet" from Greek πολυς (polys) "much" and δευκης (deukes) "sweet"... [more]

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

REMUS   m   Roman Mythology, Romanian
Meaning unknown... [more]

ROMULUS   m   Roman Mythology
Means "of Rome" in Latin... [more]

SATURN   m   Roman Mythology
From the Latin Saturnus, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

SILVANUS   m   Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology, Biblical
Roman name derived from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SUMMANUS   m   Roman Mythology
Means "before the morning", derived from Latin sub "under, before" and mane "morning"... [more]

TERMINUS   m   Roman Mythology
Means "limit, boundary, end" in Latin... [more]

ULYSSES   m   Roman Mythology, English
Latin form of ODYSSEUS... [more]

VULCAN   m   Roman Mythology
Possibly related to Latin fulgere "to flash"... [more]

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