These three accounted for almost 60 of the praenomens in use.

Ancient roman patrician male names. Bubulcus for example meaning cattle-driver. The Julii and Fabii being two of the most ancient patrician families of Rome would have been represented in the earliest senate during the time of the monarchy. Men received three names.

A member of any of the ancient Roman citizen families. According to Livy the first 100 men appointed as senators by Romulus were referred to as fathers Latin patres and the descendants of those men became the patrician class. The fashion for Roman boy names was influenced by Hunger Games and by the HBO series Rome.

These names referred to the place a person came from. This word has a Latin origin and means title of honor. Many of these names such as Cyrus and Julius had been buried for centuries only to seem fresh and new in the modern US.

Where you are Gaius I am Gaia. Along with Cyrus and Julius other Roman boy names in the US Top 1000 include Atticus Felix Justus. 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.

Tullius was once a Roman family name and Tulio is its modern version. This is a list of Roman nominaEach nomen is for a gens originally a single family but later more of a political grouping. Patricians in ancient Rome Roman citizens were divided into two social classes Plebeians nicknamed Plebs and Patricians nicknamed Pats The patricians.

How do you become a patrician in ancient Rome. Titus was a commander in ancient Rome who later became an emperor. These names were given on the basis of the occupation of the name holder or the name holders ancestors.