The better-known ones as you can see by the following table survive to this day as the basis for a number of names in the naming pool or as in the case of names like Diana Minerva Flora and Selene as the actual names themselves.

Greek and roman female names. Roman Latin form of Greek Nyx meaning night OCYRHOE. 2 Port Tibernius Mons Aventinus. Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word ἥλιος helios meaning sun.

The Amazons were a nation of fierce women warriors who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively. Latin form of Greek Athene of unknown etymology fancifully rendered mind of God by Plato. One of the most enduring popular Greek names for girls in recent times not only in the US but around the world is Sophia the name of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom.

Roman females usually took their fathers gens names with -a or -ia at the end eg Flavius would be converted to Flavia. However in the middle of the Republic recorded womens names start omitting any praenomen. Her Roman name is Minerva intellect.

Most of the deities were the same for both the Greek and Roman civilizations but they had distinctive names. 0 Mons Palatium - The Palatine Hill Mons Aventinus. More Mons Aventinus - The Aventine Hill.

Latin form of Greek Okyrhoe meaning fast-flowing In mythology this is the name of a Naiad nymph the daughter of Chiron. Feminine form of Latin Nigellus meaning champion NOX. Ancient Greek Women from Mythology.

Feminine form of Latin Athanasius Greek Athanasios meaning immortal ATHENA. Ares was an ancient Greek god of war and one of the 12 Olympians he was the son of Zeus and Hera. In the Kingdom and early Republic women used praenomena.