Her Roman name is Minerva intellect.

Greek and roman female names. However in the middle of the Republic recorded womens names start omitting any praenomen. Roman Latin form of Greek Nyx meaning night OCYRHOE. More Mons Aventinus - The Aventine Hill.

Her name reveals the way she was. Roman females usually took their fathers gens names with -a or -ia at the end eg Flavius would be converted to Flavia. This was the family name of the Roman emperor Hadrian.

One of the most enduring popular Greek names for girls in recent times not only in the US but around the world is Sophia the name of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word ἥλιος helios meaning sun. 2 Port Tibernius Mons Aventinus.

Ares is on the list of popular baby names this decade where currently its the 563rd most used name. Latin form of Greek Athene of unknown etymology fancifully rendered mind of God by Plato. Alcmene was a lover of Zeus.

Aemilia f Ancient Roman Feminine form of. Afroditi was the Greek Goddess of love and eros also known as Venus which is her Roman name. The better-known ones as you can see by the following table survive to this day as the basis for a number of names in the naming pool or as in the case of names like Diana Minerva Flora and Selene as the actual names themselves.

16 rows Greek Name Roman Name Description. In the Kingdom and early Republic women used praenomena. 28 rows Most of the Greek Gods and Goddesses were adopted by the ancient Romans although in.