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not to be confused with the first name Romain ---- The Romains of the traditional time employed a small number of first names ( prænomen ) within the framework of their system of the Tria nominated .

The women were usually designated by their name of people or gentilice (the Nomen of their father) feminized: the girl of Mr. Tullius Cicero named Tullia. With their marriage, they did not change a gentilice. In the event of possible confusion, one associated a kind cognomen , sometimes simply Major or Minor to distinguish between the elder one and the junior (thus Mr. Antonius it had two girls: Antonia Major and Antonia Minor). Other times, the cognomen of the father or husband, with the Genitive, were enough: Ass P. Anni senatoris filia, “Ass, (girl) of the senator Publius Ass”. Other processes met at the end of the Republic, like the use of the paternal cognomen feminized (Cæcilia Metella Crassi: “Cæcilia Metella (girl of Quintus Cæcilius Metellus), (wife) of (Publius Licinius) Crassus”.

1) the fact that the letter C. note a first name whose initial one is variable, Caius or Gaius , is explained by the history of this letter. To consult the articles Rhotacisme (section “influences on the Latin alphabet”) like Latin alphabet for more details.

To note that the first names Secundus , Tertius , Quartus , Quintus (Q.) , Sextus (Sex.) , Septimus , Octavius and Decimus refer to the order of the births, because they mean: second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh , eighth and tenth . Nonus for ninth was not employed, because the prefix Non- had a negative connotation.

The first name Aulus is also found at the Étrusques, in the form Avile .

According to the Latin Proverb Nomen (is) omen (“the name is one predicts”), each family required of soothsayers to in general determine the first names which were beneficial for him, three or four, sometimes less. Only these beneficial first names were used. When these first names all had been given once to alive children, the following carried like first name a sequence number. Strong infant mortality made that these numbered children were not majority, but they were rather current.

Known Roman female names

  • Aconia Paulina
  • Aelia Domitia Paulina
  • Aelia Flacilla
  • Aelia Paetina
  • Aemilia Lepida
  • Agrippina
  • Alfidia
  • Alypia
  • Ancharia
  • Ass Aurelia Faustina
  • ass Faustina
  • Ass Fundania Faustina
  • Ass Galeria Aurelia Faustina
  • Ass Lucilla
  • Antistia
  • Antonia
  • Aquilia Severa
  • Arrecina Tertulla
  • Arria
  • Arria Fadilla
  • Atia
  • Aurelia
  • Baebiana
  • Bruttia Crispina
  • Caecilia Attica
  • Caecilia Metella
  • Caecilia Paulina
  • Caesonia
  • Claudia
  • Claudia Antonia
  • Claudia Pulchra
  • Claudia Varenilla
  • Clodia
  • Cornelia
  • Cornelia Supera
  • Crispina
  • Didia Clara
  • Domitia
  • Domitia Longina
  • Domitia Lucilla
  • Domitia Paulina
  • Domitilla
  • Drusilla
  • Dryantilla
  • Euphemia
  • Eutropia
  • Fabia
  • Fadia
  • Faltonia Betitia Proba
  • Fannia
  • Fausta
  • Faustina
  • Flavia Domitilla
  • Fulvia
  • Galeria Valeria
  • Galla
  • Galla Placidia
  • Gnaea Seia Herennia Sallustia Barbia Orbiana
  • Gratidia
  • Helena
  • Helvia
  • Herennia Etruscilla
  • Honoria
  • Hostia
  • Will go
  • Julia
  • Julia Aquila Severa
  • Julia Domna
  • Julia Livilla
  • Julia Paula
  • Junia Calvina
  • Justina
  • Leontia
  • Lepida
  • Licinia
  • Livia
  • Livia Drusilla
  • Livia Julia
  • Livia Ocellina
  • Livia Orestilla
  • Livilla
  • Livilla Claudia
  • Lollia Paulina
  • Lucilla
  • Maecia Faustina
  • Magia
  • Magna Urbica
  • Manlia Scantilla
  • Marcella
  • Marcia
  • Marcia Furnilla
  • Marciana
  • Mariniara
  • Matidia
  • Messalina
  • Minervina
  • Mucia
  • Mummia Achaica
  • Munatia Plancina
  • Numeria
  • Octavia
  • Orbiana
  • Otacilia Severa
  • Paccia Marciana
  • Papianilla
  • Papiria
  • Paulina
  • Placidia
  • Plautia Urgulanilla
  • Plautilla
  • Plotina
  • Pompeia
  • Pompeia Plotina
  • Popillia
  • Poppaea
  • Poppaea Sabina
  • Porcia
  • Prisca
  • Pulcheria
  • Sabina
  • Salonina
  • Salonina Matidia
  • Sempronia
  • Servilia
  • Severa
  • Severina
  • Statilia Messalina
  • Sulpicia
  • Terentia
  • Titiana
  • Tranquillina
  • Tullia
  • Turia
  • Ulpia
  • Ulpia Marciana
  • Urgulania
  • Urgunalla
  • Valeria Messalina
  • Verina
  • Vibia Matina
  • Vibia Sabina
  • Violentilla
  • Vipsania
  • Vipsania Agrippina
  • Vistilia

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