Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Late Roman Pronounced Pron. ve-NAN-tee-a(Late Latin) [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 4/17/2008 by Atheling Edited 6/24/2014 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Feminine form of the Roman name VENANTIUS. Nowadays, this name is probably best known as the name of the Namibian model Venantia Otto.