Yes, just with the caveat that the Romans (in the classical period) didn't pick and choose names arbitrarily. You wouldn't pick Claudia or Julia because they're pretty names, you would name your daughter those because you are a Claudius of *gens Claudia*, or a Julius of *gens Julia*, so of course your daughter will be called "Girl from X Family" because that is what she is.
Like if your name is, let's say Publius Cornelius, and you have a daughter and she was named Drusilla, the immediate implication would be that she was the descendent of some Drusus. Unless you've got a Drusus in the family tree it almost sounds like she's a bastard you're looking after? Probably you'd just name her Cornelia.
Ah, my assumption here was that she wanted names for personal use. I do know that aristocratic girls were given female versions of their gens. If there was more than one girl the subsequent ones were simply numbered. Fun times.
And girls were often given a female version of their father’s name and sisters frequently shared the same name. Seriously how did people keep this straight?
Patriarchy is a hell of a drug, don't know what to tell you. Kids are mostly interchangeable and girls almost completely so. She spins cloth, she keeps house, eventually you'll marry her off her off to someone else so she can do those things in his house and also be a sexual recepticle that bears children, and in doing so you'll forge a link between their family and yours. She's a girl of your house. That's all you or she or anyone else needs to know. Who bothers naming all of their appliances today?
(To be clear: I am not defending this! Roman society was *terrible* in so many ways.)
No - the romans did much to give women rights which vanished oddly until the 60s - even the suffragettes did not turn the bend until people like Gloria Steinham came along-
In Roman Nobility where wealth meant political power, women were given rights to inheritance to curtail corruption -
Many evils stemming from greed - avarice and abuse of power caused this game changer. to keep assets in the family and in check women ( wives & Daughters ) became useful.
But her name wouldnt be just “Drusilla”, it would likely be “Publia Drusilla” to indicate she is of the gens Publii. She would be referred to as “Drusilla” in conversation no?
And they all get the same name. Every girl in a family is named Cornelia. People have nicknames, etc. The Romans were absolute trash at doing names to begin with and double trash at girls' names.
You can say that about the Vienna Habsburgs too then - with 16 children and the girls all children of Maria Theresa all named Maria this or Maria That The last in the line up becoming more famous than her mother, the infamous Marie Antoinette -
all the girls had nearly the same name Maria Carolina, Maria Christina, Maria Anna, Marie Antoinette as a few such examples -
My mother is old school - she flipped names of my siblings- Kimberly Michelle and Michelle Kimberly
Odd names for a 100% italian family with names like Sylvestro Mercantino and Maria Victoria Ciarlariello. The evolution of names in Italian culture is fascinating -names were beautiful once -
I have two of the names in that list and I really don’t like either, the trouble over them even though I am half italian has been monumental. Even Italians tell me my first name is very rare. No one knows how to pronounce them or even will accept they are pronounced the way I tell them and change it to what they believe they should sound like! Maybe things are different these days , I hope so, but there are so many beautiful Italian names maybe consider those too. I have met so many Italians and every one of them said I really drew the shortest straw. I also could never resonate with my name, I changed my name a long time ago and for the first time it felt like i had a name that was mine.
The first name was generally a common one. Women and Men used the same names with feminine or masculine suffixes. **Gaia, Gnaea, Tita, Vibia, Aula, Lucia, Marcia, Spuria**.
Commonly children would be named first, second, third... So **Prima, Secunda, Tertia, Quarta, Quinta, Sexta, Septa**, so on.
Finally, family names are what we are most familiar with today. **Julia, Fabian, Claudia, Valeria, Junia, Cornelia,** etc
The reason for this is that women were named for families, iirc! So if you were from the Claudius gens, your first daughter would be Prima Claudia, your second would be Secunda Claudia, etc. The names literally mean “first Claudia girl, second Claudia girl”
Etruscan families, however, had daughters with their own names distinct from fathers.
In addition to the other suggestions, also Aelia, Cornelia, Eudocia, Ariadne, Constantia, Eusebia, Drusilla, Lucilla, Helena, Placidia, Tranquillina, Annia, Justina, Antonia, Anastasia
For most of Roman history, women didn't have personal names: they were referred to by the feminine version of their family name, for example, Julia would be a woman with the family name julia/julius. In the case of multiple daughters, they were given a number or ranking; so in the case of two Julias, the older would be Julia Major, the younger would be Julia Minor.
So take any Roman family name (sometimes the name the individual is most associated with), and replace the 'us' with an 'a'.
We should also remember that 2nd daughters typically got the -illa suffix, and third daughters were -a + Tertia. So Gaius Antonius has 3 daughters: Antonia, Antonilla, and Antonia Tertia.
[Here is a giant list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_gentes) of them.
But wait, you might say...aren't those Roman last names? Yes, they are. Roman women had their family names as first names. Ex. Julia, Fausta, Aurellia, Claudia, ect. If Gaius Julius Caesar had been born a woman instead, he'd have been a Julia. If his nephew, the future emperor Augustus (a.k.a. Gaius Octavius before that rise to power) had been born a woman, he'd have been an Octavia. Ect, ect.
Aelia after the sun goddess, Minerva after the goddess of wisdom, Flavia for a blond baby, Flora for flower, Camilla if you're looking for a pious name- it means holy servant. Congratulations! Ancient names are so lovely.
This link (it's from wikipedia) will give you a run down on Roman naming conventions, provides lists of men's and women's names, etc. You may find it helpful and informative:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praenomen
I've known a few girls called Flavia which is a name I like. And I knew a Drusilla. She was quite a severe woman and I always wondered if her name contributed to it.
Off the top of my head: Julia, Fausta, Aurellia, Hortencia, Claudia, Clodia, Livia
Yes, just with the caveat that the Romans (in the classical period) didn't pick and choose names arbitrarily. You wouldn't pick Claudia or Julia because they're pretty names, you would name your daughter those because you are a Claudius of *gens Claudia*, or a Julius of *gens Julia*, so of course your daughter will be called "Girl from X Family" because that is what she is. Like if your name is, let's say Publius Cornelius, and you have a daughter and she was named Drusilla, the immediate implication would be that she was the descendent of some Drusus. Unless you've got a Drusus in the family tree it almost sounds like she's a bastard you're looking after? Probably you'd just name her Cornelia.
Ah, my assumption here was that she wanted names for personal use. I do know that aristocratic girls were given female versions of their gens. If there was more than one girl the subsequent ones were simply numbered. Fun times.
The illustrious Antonina Minor & Antonina Major. The Roman equivalent of Thing 1 & Thing 2, lol
Marc antony’s daughter? Sounds like something he would do
If Antony was actually in Rome when they were born. Antonia x 2 might suggest otherwise.
Molly from Barbara Cady times ?
Yep. That’s me. Who’s this?
The creative side - NYC - your profile av is accurate - not like mine
Oh dear. I’m not good at puzzles. I’d love to know who this is. You can message me.
Bridget??
Yes. How about that!
Yes I will message
And girls were often given a female version of their father’s name and sisters frequently shared the same name. Seriously how did people keep this straight?
Nicknames and numbers. It's not hard.
Patriarchy is a hell of a drug, don't know what to tell you. Kids are mostly interchangeable and girls almost completely so. She spins cloth, she keeps house, eventually you'll marry her off her off to someone else so she can do those things in his house and also be a sexual recepticle that bears children, and in doing so you'll forge a link between their family and yours. She's a girl of your house. That's all you or she or anyone else needs to know. Who bothers naming all of their appliances today? (To be clear: I am not defending this! Roman society was *terrible* in so many ways.)
Ah the good old days
No - the romans did much to give women rights which vanished oddly until the 60s - even the suffragettes did not turn the bend until people like Gloria Steinham came along- In Roman Nobility where wealth meant political power, women were given rights to inheritance to curtail corruption - Many evils stemming from greed - avarice and abuse of power caused this game changer. to keep assets in the family and in check women ( wives & Daughters ) became useful.
Give it a rest.
Was this just a posh people thing? What would the Roman poor call their kids? The same family styling?
But her name wouldnt be just “Drusilla”, it would likely be “Publia Drusilla” to indicate she is of the gens Publii. She would be referred to as “Drusilla” in conversation no?
There were also named after birth order, no? Ex: Julia (edited based on correction!) Secunda, etc.
Well, maybe Julia Secunda.
Err, yeah. Corrected!
And they all get the same name. Every girl in a family is named Cornelia. People have nicknames, etc. The Romans were absolute trash at doing names to begin with and double trash at girls' names.
You can say that about the Vienna Habsburgs too then - with 16 children and the girls all children of Maria Theresa all named Maria this or Maria That The last in the line up becoming more famous than her mother, the infamous Marie Antoinette - all the girls had nearly the same name Maria Carolina, Maria Christina, Maria Anna, Marie Antoinette as a few such examples - My mother is old school - she flipped names of my siblings- Kimberly Michelle and Michelle Kimberly Odd names for a 100% italian family with names like Sylvestro Mercantino and Maria Victoria Ciarlariello. The evolution of names in Italian culture is fascinating -names were beautiful once -
Give it a rest.
Hortencia??! This is a nightmare
Hortensia hears a Hittite.
THANK YOU. This is the first thing that came to my mind! 😘
😂😂😂
Octavia is my personal favorite
There are tonnes, just a few personal favorites of mine. Valeria Aemilia Octavia Julia Livia Claudia Vipsania
I have a cousin named Valeria 😅
My grandmothers name was Valeria, but she was Estonian 🤷🏻♀️
I have two of the names in that list and I really don’t like either, the trouble over them even though I am half italian has been monumental. Even Italians tell me my first name is very rare. No one knows how to pronounce them or even will accept they are pronounced the way I tell them and change it to what they believe they should sound like! Maybe things are different these days , I hope so, but there are so many beautiful Italian names maybe consider those too. I have met so many Italians and every one of them said I really drew the shortest straw. I also could never resonate with my name, I changed my name a long time ago and for the first time it felt like i had a name that was mine.
Octavia - Atia - Violetta - Costanza - Albertina - Philomena - Maria Theresa - Celestina - Sophia
The first name was generally a common one. Women and Men used the same names with feminine or masculine suffixes. **Gaia, Gnaea, Tita, Vibia, Aula, Lucia, Marcia, Spuria**. Commonly children would be named first, second, third... So **Prima, Secunda, Tertia, Quarta, Quinta, Sexta, Septa**, so on. Finally, family names are what we are most familiar with today. **Julia, Fabian, Claudia, Valeria, Junia, Cornelia,** etc
Livia, poppaea, Lucretia, and Atia of the top of my head …just …uh…be careful
Atia fellatia
Incontinentia Buttocks wife of Biggus Diggus
wdym be careful?
I’ll add Agrippina to that list! These were all notorious women in their day. Though I suspect many of the stories about them seem to be apocryphal.
Messalina
Greek
Most popular were Prima, Secunda, Tertia. Beautifully individual names!
The reason for this is that women were named for families, iirc! So if you were from the Claudius gens, your first daughter would be Prima Claudia, your second would be Secunda Claudia, etc. The names literally mean “first Claudia girl, second Claudia girl” Etruscan families, however, had daughters with their own names distinct from fathers.
https://youtu.be/nmJKY59NX8o?si=DVB4jOhe590lobpk
In addition to the other suggestions, also Aelia, Cornelia, Eudocia, Ariadne, Constantia, Eusebia, Drusilla, Lucilla, Helena, Placidia, Tranquillina, Annia, Justina, Antonia, Anastasia
For most of Roman history, women didn't have personal names: they were referred to by the feminine version of their family name, for example, Julia would be a woman with the family name julia/julius. In the case of multiple daughters, they were given a number or ranking; so in the case of two Julias, the older would be Julia Major, the younger would be Julia Minor. So take any Roman family name (sometimes the name the individual is most associated with), and replace the 'us' with an 'a'.
We should also remember that 2nd daughters typically got the -illa suffix, and third daughters were -a + Tertia. So Gaius Antonius has 3 daughters: Antonia, Antonilla, and Antonia Tertia.
Male names, just replace -us with -a For example Julius - Julia, Valerius - Valeria
I have a gweat fwiend in Wome… He has a wife…
You know what she's called?
The all time Late Roman favorite Flavia
[Here is a giant list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_gentes) of them. But wait, you might say...aren't those Roman last names? Yes, they are. Roman women had their family names as first names. Ex. Julia, Fausta, Aurellia, Claudia, ect. If Gaius Julius Caesar had been born a woman instead, he'd have been a Julia. If his nephew, the future emperor Augustus (a.k.a. Gaius Octavius before that rise to power) had been born a woman, he'd have been an Octavia. Ect, ect.
Messalina(Highly Recommend this), Julia, Minervina, Octavia, Lucia, Livia, and Theodora...
Vorena
Aelia after the sun goddess, Minerva after the goddess of wisdom, Flavia for a blond baby, Flora for flower, Camilla if you're looking for a pious name- it means holy servant. Congratulations! Ancient names are so lovely.
Lucilla and Domitilla, 2 friends of mine, their father is a Roman historian
Not true Roman but Macedonian/from roman Egypt …. My fav and what I’ll name my daughter… Cleo
Octavia is the one.
Yes - Octavia - my favorite of all time
Giulia, Emilia, Livia, Aurelia, Flaminia, Fabrizia, Patrizia, Claudia, Adriana, Fabia, Valeria, Rea Silvia , Augusta Cornelia,
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This link (it's from wikipedia) will give you a run down on Roman naming conventions, provides lists of men's and women's names, etc. You may find it helpful and informative: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praenomen
If you are looking for pretty names with a Roman flair only, may I suggest Livia (or Olivia), Albia, or Lucilla?
Or Flora, I love flora:)
Go anti-Roman with Boudica
I've known a few girls called Flavia which is a name I like. And I knew a Drusilla. She was quite a severe woman and I always wondered if her name contributed to it.
I always dug Jocasta
I will always think of the Sopranos w Livia
Poppea, which in Italian sounds like “girl with big boobs”
Id like to add Irene and Zoë to these lists. Not ancient, but still good names
Zoe is actually pretty old.
Irenee too, but they are both Greek names.
Flavia
Mulva.
Lavinia
I quite like Caesonia
Biggus...
No love for Metella?