Ancient Roman Baby Name Ideas

We can thank Ancient Rome for a lot of cool things: aqueducts, roads, early forms of newspapers, bound books, and our calendar is even based on the Julian calendar. They also gave us some pretty cool names.

All old things become new again, so maybe it’s time to resurrect one of these ancient baby names. Check these out and let me know what you think.

ROMAN GIRL NAME IDEAS

• ANTONIA
• AUGUSTINA
• CAMILLA
• CASSIA
• CORNELIA
• DRUSILLA
• FELICIA
• FLAVIA
• FLORENTINA
• JULIANA
• JUNIA
• LIVIA
• LIVIANA
• LUCIANA
• LUCILLA
• MARIANA
• MARINA
• OCTAVIA
• PRISCILLA
• QUINTINA
• ROMANA
• SATURNINA
• SEVERINA
• TACITA
• TATIANA
• TULLIA
• VALENTINA
• VALERIA
• VARINIA
• VITA
• VIVIANA

From this list, I especially like CAMILLA, OCTAVIA, LIVIANA, ROMANA (Romy is a cute nickname) and my favorite — JUNIA, at least it’s my favorite today. It’s hard to pick a forever favorite because there are so many good options here.

ROMAN BOY NAME IDEAS

• ANTONIUS
• AQUILA
• AUGUSTUS
• CAMILLUS
• CASSIUS
• CICERO
• FELIX
• FIDELIS
• JULIUS
• JUSTUS
• LIBERIUS
• LIVIUS
• LUCIUS
• MARCELLUS
• OCTAVIUS
• OTHO
• QUINTUS
• RUFUS
• SENECA
• SEPTIMUS
• SERGIUS
• SEVERUS
• SIDONIUS
• TIBERIUS
• TITUS
• VALERIUS
• VARINIUS
• VICTORIUS
• VITUS

My top picks from the boys’ list are FELIX, CASSIUS, OCTAVIUS and TIBERIUS (especially if you’re a Star Trek fan). I think VICTORIUS might be a little tough to live up to…is it just me?

Which names do you like best?

Happy naming ♥ Amanda

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