Romanian Origin Names - Behind the Name

Brândușa f Romanian
Means "crocus" in Romanian.

Camelia f Romanian
From camelie, the Romanian spelling of camellia (see Camellia).

Codrin m Romanian
From Romanian codru meaning "forest", a word of uncertain origin.

Codruț m Romanian
From Romanian codru meaning "forest", a word of uncertain origin.

Crina f Romanian
Derived from Romanian crin meaning "lily".

Dacian m Romanian
Derived from Dacia, the old Roman name for the region that is now Romania and Moldova.

Daciana f Romanian
Feminine form of Dacian.

Decebal m Romanian
Means "powerful, brave" in Dacian. This was the name adopted by Diurpaneus, a 1st-century king of Dacia. For many years he successfully resisted Roman expansion into his territory but was finally defeated by the forces of Emperor Trajan in 106.

Doina f Romanian
Means "folk song", from Romanian doină.

Doru m Romanian
Derived from Romanian dor meaning "longing".

Horea m Romanian
From Romanian horă, a type of circle dance. This was the nickname of Vasile Ursu Nicola (1731-1785), a leader of a peasant rebellion in Romania. He was eventually captured, tortured and executed.

Horia m Romanian
Variant of Horea.

Iasmina f Romanian
Romanian form of Jasmine.

Lăcrămioara f Romanian
Means "lily of the valley" in Romanian (species Convallaria majalis). It is derived from a diminutive form of lacrămă "tear".

Liana f Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English, Georgian
Short form of Juliana, Liliana and other names that end in liana. This is also the word for a type of vine that grows in jungles.

Lilian f & m English, French, Romanian
English variant of Lillian, as well as a French and Romanian masculine form.

Liliana f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, English
Latinate form of Lillian.

Lorena 1 f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of Lorraine.

Luminița f Romanian
Means "little light", derived from Romanian lumina "light" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Miruna f Romanian
Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace" or Romanian mira meaning "to wonder, to astound".

Raluca f Romanian
Romanian diminutive of the Greek name Rallou, of uncertain meaning. It was popularized by the actress Rallou Karatza (1778-1870), a daughter of the prince of Wallachia Ioannis Karatzas, who was of Greek background.

Rareș m Romanian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Romanian rar meaning "sparse, rare". This name was borne by Petru Rareș, a 16th-century ruler of Moldavia, whose second name was adopted from a nickname of his mother's husband.

Rodica f Romanian
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Romanian rod (a Slavic borrowing) meaning "fruit" or Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose".

Sorin m Romanian
Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

Sorina f Romanian
Feminine form of Sorin.

Violeta f Romanian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Lithuanian
Form of Violet in several languages.

Viorel m Romanian
Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It is derived from Latin viola "violet".

Viorela f Romanian
Feminine form of Viorel.

Viorica f Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea (see Viorel).

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