Roman names in the US Top 600 for girls include Octavia Valentina Cecilia Camilla and Priscilla.

Roman female names. By the end of the Republic we find no female praenomina in use. It means an enclosure and has an aura to it. Roman females usually took their fathers gens names with -a or -ia at the end eg Flavius would be converted to Flavia.

These names were given on the basis of the occupation of the name holder or the name holders ancestors. Widely used with usage of 0058 for Antonia and variants as girls names in 2018 higher than 005 the year before. Women were named after their fathers nomen clan name but in the feminine form and either their fathers or husbands cognomen in the feminine form.

Floras name is derived from the Latin word flos meaning flower. Famous members of the family include the Roman statesmen Cato the Elder Marcus Porcius Cato and his great-grandson Cato the Younger Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis. In the Kingdom and early Republic women used praenomena.

The majority of congnomina last names referred to an individuals character or a trait. Porcius m Ancient Roman. WOMENS NAMES--Many of the following are from the index of Womens Life in Greece and Rome by Lefkowitz and Fant.

A name that often signifies a hardwroking dilligent and an industrious person. Men received three names. A praenomen given name nomen clan name and cognomen family name.

The most popular Roman names were Appius Aulus Caeso Decimus Gaius Gnaeus Lucius Mamercus Manius Marcus Numerius Publius Quintus Servius Sextus Spurius Titus and Tiberius. It was the family name of the famed Roman emperor Hadrian. For example Campanus meaning man from Campania.