Brutus - Heavy.

Ancient roman male names. Men received three names. Appius - Unknown. Aelius eye-lee-oos - Sun.

Aetius eye-tee-oos - Eagle. Along with Cyrus and Julius other Roman boy names in the US Top 1000 include Atticus Felix Justus Titus Cassius Linus Magnus and Marcus. These names referred to the place a person came from.

The ancient Romans also had an agnomen which was the nickname. Blandus - Charming. It became a criminal offense in AD 24 to adopt the tria nomina if a man was not a citizen.

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. Though a Hebrew name John was a common name in ancient Rome. During the late Republic and the Empire until AD 212 the three-part name was a sign of Roman citizenship.

Agrippa m f Ancient Roman Biblical Roman cognomen of unknown meaning possibly from a combination of Greek ἄγριος agrios meaning wild and ἵππος hippos meaning horse or alternatively of Etruscan origin. Bubulcus for example meaning cattle-driver. The male ancient Rome names comprised of three components namely praenomen first name Nomen clan name and cognomen family name.

Publius Helvetius Pertinax - emperor. Add to my list Related names. Julius Paulus - jurist.