During the late Republic and the Empire until AD 212 the three-part name was a sign of Roman citizenship.

Roman male given names. Albina given name C. In Rome popular names include Antonia Claudia Valentina and Cecilia. At some distance were Publius and Quintus only about half as common as Lucius distantly followed by Titus.

Roman name possibly derived from Etruscan Aule which is. Latin diminutive names given to male individuals. Sons by comparison were distinguished by a praenomen the first or personal name of a Roman males typical three names tria nomina.

CategoryLatin diminutives of male given names. During the early Republic a free Roman man used two names. Form of name Cassius.

The eldest son was most often given the same praenomen as his father with others given the name of a grandfather or uncle. For boys Roman names in the US Top 600 for boys include Julius Titus Marcus Atticus and Felix. This category should include only names in the post-classical period and later eg.

Examples of roman names are Gaius Valentinian Publius Marcus Varius Virginia Lucius Vettius Aulus Gnaeus and so on. During the time of Sulla 80s BC the three-part name tria nomina became common. It should not be used for praenomina or other elements of.

This was the most popular of the praenomina. Roman praenomen or given name which was derived from Latin lux light. For example according to an inscription from the first century BCE a man named Publius Larcius freed a male slave named Nicia who was then called Publius Larcius Nicia and his freeborn sons were named Publius Larcius Rufus and Publius Larcius Brocchus.