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[snowowl.livejournal.com]

What classical Roman names do you like?  I'm trying to think of ones that aren't too out there, if you know what I mean.


MALE:

Aurelius
Gaius
Cassius
Cornelius
Quintus (nn. Quint)
Felix
Sirius
Hadrian
Laurence
Lucius
Marcus


FEMALE:

Cassia
Claudia
Juliana
Juno
Livia
Mariana
Sylvanas
Viviana


Feel free to add more, if you can think of them!  Or at least name the ones you like!

Comments

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I like:


Laurence
Lucius


Juliana - but too close to my name to use!!!
Livia
Mariana

[zodiacstargazer.livejournal.com]

I'd advise against Quintus, unless you really want to name your son Fifth. :)

I like (for boys): Lucius, Laurence, Cornelius, and Aurelius, although the latter might bring up Aurelia in mind.

For girls, I like: Claudia, Mariana, Livia, and Juno.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I really like Juno. (Since before the movie...) I also like Cassia and Sirius.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Felix
Sirius
Laurence
Lucius
Marcus

Claudia
Juliana
Livia
Mariana

The rest seem more out-there to me.

[poisonedorchard.livejournal.com]

I always liked Maximus.

[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

love Cassia.

[arashikurobara.livejournal.com]

I don't really like most of the boys' names... Felix I like in the abstract but for some reason I cannot envision actually using it. I do like Laurence though.

I think the only ones on the girls' list you gave that I really dislike are Juno (I don't like the sound or the associations on that one... the goddess Juno was kind of nasty) and Sylvanas. Not sure on Cassia either, though I seem to be the minority there.

I actually have a cousin named Livia, and both my sister and I adopted that name in our Latin classes largely in her honor even though she's younger than either of us. =D

[apple-sap.livejournal.com]

Gaius is one of my guilty pleasure favourite names. I'm a huge ancient history nerd, but I don't think I should name that any future children. I like Marcus too, Cornelius is my grandpa's name, and I like none of the female names.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Do Dido & Aeneas count? I really like those. I wouldn't use them though. And definitely not together, haha.

[orbg.livejournal.com]

Octavius
Maximus

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Juno, all the way. I love that name.

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

I hope I have a son named Felix someday!


Ah, my dreams.

[fluffyyduck.livejournal.com]

Aurelius
Gaius (I probably just like this because of Battlestar Galactica. I'm a nerd)
Laurence
Lucius
Marcus



Claudia
Juliana

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Hadrian is one of my favorite names in the whole wide world! :oD

I also like:

Felix
Cassian
Cyprian
Constantine
Augustine
Julius
Julian
Rufus
Gratian
Lucan
Trajan (NOT Trojan)
Cyrus
Domitian
Caligula (it just sounds cool...)

Cassia
Claudia
Juno
Aurelia
Julia
Octavia
Silvia
Victoria
Aurora
Luna
Minerva
Pomona
Bellatrix
Lyra
Diana
Lavinia

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Bellatrix and Lyra. Too bad about the associations though! Julian is lovely, I might consider using that. I know a guy called Constantine, he goes by Stan, hehe.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Aurelius - as a middle name perhaps
Gaius - CAIUS I like a lot, which is the alternative spelling
Cornelius - could go by Neil! Great name
Felix - LOVE
Sirius - very nice but with too much joke potential, and too much HP association
Marcus - nice

Cassia and Claudia are the only girl names I like.