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title: A new trend? Ancient Roman baby names? Really?
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# [A new trend? Ancient Roman baby names? Really?](https://blog.crystalking.com/crystal-king/blog/2012/07/05/a-new-trend-ancient-roman-baby-names-really)

 Written by [Crystal King](https://blog.crystalking.com/author/crystal-king) | Jul 5, 2012 2:28:06 PM

A [recent article on the Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-redmond-satran/the-best-ancient-roman-ba_b_1619829.html?utm_hp_ref=parents&ir=Parents) dares to make a bold prediction when it comes to trends in baby names--that monikers from [Ancient Rome](http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome) will soon be popular. She cites the [Roman names](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions) in the *[Hunger Games](http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/dp/0439023483%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dcreatofcircu-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0439023483)* as proof of the new trend. She may be right in that regard. God knows how many Bellas and Edwards are in the world now than before *Twilight* became popular.  
 The readers of my manuscript draft were often thrown when they found that one of my characters was named "Melissa." They thought it was too modern, but I just chuckled. While it's not Roman, but Greek, it's a name that is several thousand years old. Angela, Amelia, Bryce (which was a Greek girl's name), Laura and Patricia are also ancient names.

I like the idea of ancient Roman names coming back into vogue. Granted, I'm a little biased, but they would be much better than some of the trendy names out there right now.

Not sure that many of the men in my book have names that would be so great in the modern world. Apicius, Octavius, Sejanus, Bibaculus, Sotas. Perhaps Trio and Tycho's names would do well, though. The women, however, have names that I think would resonate better. Aelia, Annia (I changed her name to Fannia because of all the "A" names in my book but the original Annia would be better in modern times, methinks), Livia, Athene (Greek) and Celera. Popilla, however, wouldn't likely go over well.

The article I mentioned has names that I feel are fairly predictable, such as Augustus, Antonia and Vita. So to that, I give you my list of recommended Roman names:

**WOMEN**

Aelia  
 Arria  
 Celera  
 Camilla  
 Decima  
 Junia  
 Laelia  
 Lucia  
 Lucilla  
 Maxima  
 Nerva  
 Porcia  
 Sabina  
 Salina  
 Tertia  
 Vatia  
 Valeria

**MEN**

Aquila (can also be a female name)  
 Caius  
 Capito  
 Cassius  
 Corvin  
 Corvinus  
 Dento  
 Galeo  
 Gaius  
 Julius  
 Junius  
 Lucius  
 Marcellus  
 Marinus  
 Maro  
 Nero  
 Otho  
 Quintus  
 Rutilus  
 Tiberius  
 Varo  
 Varrus  
 Vetius

I'd love to know if you named your baby with a Roman name! Which one and why?

 

 

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