Appendix:Roman female given names

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History[edit]

This is a list of Historical Roman names for women. For the history of the Roman name, see Roman Naming Conventions.

Names[edit]

This list is as exhaustive as possible, though it does not encompass the entire list of possible names for women. All these names are also historical. Roman patrician men normally had three names" given name (praenomen) clan name (nomen) and family name (cognomen). Plebians had a less formal structure, often using a praenomen and a family name for nomen, while some added a third name which was like a Norman surname, not an inherited family name. Roman females usually took their father's gens names, with '-a' or '-ia' at the end, e.g., Flavius would be converted to Flavia. In the Kingdom and early Republic, women used praenomena. However, in the middle of the Republic, recorded women's names start omitting any praenomen. By the end of the Republic, we find no female praenomina in use. Undoubtedly, they had some sort of calling name around the house to differentiate sisters, but nothing legal or offical.

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B-D[edit]

E-H[edit]

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L-O[edit]

P-T[edit]

U-V[edit]

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