Aseretisacoolname's Personal Name List

Aelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: IE-lee-oos
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun". This was the family name of the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Aetius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Roman cognomen that was probably derived from Greek ἀετός (aetos) meaning "eagle". A famous bearer was the 5th-century Roman general Flavius Aetius, who defeated Attila the Hun at the Battle of Chalons.
Amabilis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name meaning "lovable". Saint Amabilis was a 5th-century priest in Riom, central France.
Amadeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ahm-ə-DAY-əs(English) ahm-ə-DEE-əs(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God". A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was actually born Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. This name was also assumed as a middle name by the German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who took it in honour of Mozart.
Amandus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love". Saint Amandus was a 5th-century bishop of Bordeaux. It was also borne by a 7th-century French saint who evangelized in Flanders.
Aurelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-oos(Latin) aw-REEL-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that was derived from Latin aureus meaning "golden, gilded". Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and philosophical writer. This was also the name of several early saints.
Auster
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: OWS-tehr(Latin)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "south" in Latin (descended from the Indo-European root *hews- meaning "dawn", making it related to the English word east). Auster was the Roman god of the south wind.
Bonitus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from a diminutive of Latin bonus meaning "good". This was the name of a 7th-century century saint, a bishop of Auvergne.
Caelestis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly".
Caelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KIE-lee-oos
Roman family name that was derived from Latin caelum meaning "heaven".
Caeso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Roman praenomen, or given name, that was probably derived from Latin caesius meaning "blue-grey". This praenomen was only used by a few families.
Caius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: GA-ee-oos(Latin) KIE-əs(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Roman variant of Gaius.
Callistus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: kə-LIS-təs(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name that was derived from the Greek name Κάλλιστος (Kallistos) meaning "most beautiful". This was the name of three popes (also known as Callixtus), including the 3rd-century Callistus I who is regarded as a saint.
Cassia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KAS-see-a(Latin) KA-shə(English) KAS-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Cassius.
Cassian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
Pronounced: KASH-ən(English) KAS-ee-ən(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From the Roman family name Cassianus, which was derived from Cassius. This was the name of several saints, including a 3rd-century martyr from Tangier who is the patron saint of stenographers and a 5th-century mystic who founded a monastery in Marseille.
Cassius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KAS-see-oos(Latin) KASH-əs(English) KAS-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin cassus meaning "empty, vain". This name was borne by several early saints. In modern times, it was the original first name of boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), who was named after his father Cassius Clay, who was himself named after the American abolitionist Cassius Clay (1810-1903).
Cato 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KA-to(Latin) KAY-to(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Roman cognomen meaning "wise" in Latin. This name was bestowed upon Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato), a 2nd-century BC Roman statesman, author and censor, and was subsequently inherited by his descendants, including his great-grandson Cato the Younger (Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis), a politician and philosopher who opposed Julius Caesar.
Cloelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Cloelius. In Roman legend Cloelia was a maiden who was given to an Etruscan invader as a hostage. She managed to escape by swimming across the Tiber, at the same time helping some of the other captives to safety.
Columba
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ko-LOOM-ba(Late Latin) kə-LUM-bə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name meaning "dove". The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Christianity. This was the name of several early saints both masculine and feminine, most notably the 6th-century Irish monk Saint Columba (or Colum) who established a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. He is credited with the conversion of Scotland to Christianity.
Constans
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name meaning "constant, steadfast". This was the name of a 4th-century Roman emperor, a son of Constantine the Great.
Constantina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Romanian
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Constantinus (see Constantine).
Crescentius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Latin name that was a derivative of the name Crescens. This was the name of a few early saints, including a child martyred in Rome during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.
Cyriacus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek name Κυριακός (Kyriakos), which meant "of the lord" (derived from Greek κύριος (kyrios) meaning "lord"). This was the name of a few early saints.
Delphinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Masculine form of Delphina. Saint Delphinus was a 4th-century bishop of Bordeaux.
Deusdedit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Latin name meaning "God has given". This was the name of two popes (who are also known by the related name Adeodatus). This is a Latin translation of Theodore.
Eligius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name derived from Latin eligere "to choose". The 7th-century Saint Eligius is the patron saint of metalworkers.
Elissa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly Phoenician in origin. This is another name of Dido, the legendary queen of Carthage.
Emerentius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin emereo meaning "to fully deserve".
Evandrus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Latin variant of Evander 1.
Fauna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FOW-na(Latin) FAW-nə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Faunus. Fauna was a Roman goddess of fertility, women and healing, a daughter and companion of Faunus.
Faunus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FOW-noos(Latin) FAW-nəs(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Possibly means "to befriend" from Latin. Faunus was a Roman god of fertility, forests, and agriculture.
Faustus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: FOWS-toos
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Roman cognomen meaning "auspicious, lucky" in Latin. It was also occasionally used as a praenomen, or given name. This was the name of several early Christian saints.
Fidelis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Original form of Fidel.
Florus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Roman cognomen that was derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris).
Fortunatus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Latin form of Fortunato.
Germanicus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Roman name derived from Germania, traditionally the area north of the Roman Empire inhabited by early Germanic tribes. This was the agnomen of the Roman general Decimus Claudius Drusus, given posthumously because of his victories in Germania in the 1st century BC. It was also given to his young son, Germanicus Julius Caesar, later a successful general in his own right, who is known to history as simply Germanicus.
Germanus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Roman cognomen meaning "brother" in Latin. This was the name of several early saints.
Ignatius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ig-NAY-shəs(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble Latin ignis "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch who was thrown to wild beasts by Emperor Trajan, and by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Jesuits, whose real birth name was in fact Íñigo.
Jovian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From Latin Iovianus, a Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Iovis (see Jove). This was the name of a 4th-century Roman emperor.
Laelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: LIE-lee-a
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning. This is also the name of a type of flower, an orchid found in Mexico and Central America.
Laverna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: la-WEHR-na(Latin)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. Laverna was the Roman goddess of thieves and thievery.
Leocadius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Masculine form of Leocadia.
Lucina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: loo-KEE-na(Latin) loo-SIE-nə(English) loo-SEE-nə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin lucus meaning "grove", but later associated with lux meaning "light". This was the name of a Roman goddess of childbirth.
Lucretia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: loo-KREH-tee-a(Latin) loo-KREE-shə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of the Roman family name Lucretius, possibly from Latin lucrum meaning "profit, wealth". According Roman legend Lucretia was a maiden who was raped by the son of the king of Rome. This caused a great uproar among the Roman citizens, and the monarchy was overthrown. This name was also borne by a 4th-century saint and martyr from Mérida, Spain.
Marcellus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: mar-KEHL-loos
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that was originally a diminutive of Marcus. This was the name of two popes.
Marianus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Roman family name, which was itself derived from the Roman name Marius. This was the name of an early saint.
Pax
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: PAKS(Latin, English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "peace" in Latin. In Roman mythology this was the name of the goddess of peace.
Pius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: PEE-oos(Latin) PIE-əs(English)
Late Latin name meaning "pious, dutiful". This was the name of twelve popes.
Pollux
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: POL-looks(Latin) PAHL-əks(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Roman form of Greek Πολυδεύκης (Polydeukes) meaning "very sweet", from Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "much" and δευκής (deukes) meaning "sweet". In mythology he was the twin brother of Castor and a son of Zeus. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Quirinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Late Roman
Pronounced: kwee-REE-noos(Latin) kwi-RIE-nəs(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from the Sabine word quiris meaning "spear". Quirinus was a Sabine and Roman god, sometimes identified with Romulus. He declined in importance after the early Republican era. The name was also borne by several early saints.
Sergius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: SEHR-gee-oos
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Roman family name, possibly meaning "servant" in Latin but most likely of unknown Etruscan origin. Saint Sergius was a 4th-century Roman officer who was martyred in Syria with his companion Bacchus. They are the patron saints of Christian desert nomads. Another saint by this name (in the Russian form Sergey) was a 14th-century Russian spiritual leader. The name was also borne by four popes.
Silvius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: SEEL-wee-oos(Latin) SIL-vee-əs(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". This was the family name of several of the legendary kings of Alba Longa. It was also the name of an early saint martyred in Alexandria.
Therasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Earliest recorded form of Theresa.
Valerius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: wa-LEH-ree-oos(Latin) və-LIR-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that was derived from Latin valere "to be strong". This was the name of several early saints.
Vitus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Roman name that was derived from Latin vita "life". Saint Vitus was a child martyred in Sicily in the early 4th century. From an early date this name was confused with the Germanic name Wido.
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