Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Late Roman, Theatre, Italian Pronounced Pron. vər-JIL-ee-ə(Theatre) vər-JIL-yə(Theatre) [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 4/17/2008 by Atheling Edited 4/5/2019 by SeaHorse15 Meaning & History Feminine form of Vergilius (see VIRGIL). This is the name of CORIOLANUS' wife in Shakespeare's play of the same name.