Roman Antoonia Estonian form of Antonia.

Ancient roman female names. Here names from Ancient Rome. The material has been converted into a database by Pádraic Moran. Officially speaking slaves did not enjoy the right to have their own names but instead used their owners praenomen with the suffix Por from Puer or boy.

Nevertheless women often took on powerful roles behind the scenes whether in the realm of their own family or in the elite world of government. We are grateful to Jen Pollard for agreeing to host the database on the website of the Department of Anglo-Saxon Norse and. She has a number of nicknames too.

Variant spelling of Roman Latin Aquilina. These names were used centuries ago in Ancient Rome but feel appropriate for babies born in America today. Like a lot of languages around the globe congnomina last names may have fallen into a few categories.

Sounding like a mashup of Aurora and Amelia this ancient moniker is heaven on the ear. However in the middle of the Republic recorded womens names start omitting any praenomen. Unique Roman girl names garnering attention include Flavia Sabina Vita and Cassia.

In mythology this is the name of a nymph loved by Apollo. Adoption of these girl names was at its peak in the 1950s USAGE OF 866 and is now much reduced USAGE 291 66 with names such as Agatha becoming less in vogue. It is an ancient Roman name for girls and the name originates from a Greek word helios that means Sun.

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