Latin Names for Girls

Octavia has the numerical meaning doubled (eighth) and is much more user-friendly.

Most often heard as an Italian surname, this might be an unusual yet musical option. While it's not among the traditional Italian names for girls, it can fill that role.

Has a medieval, slightly fusty but romantic feel.

Embodies both color and operatic style.

Hail Britannia? We think not.

The mother of all virtue names.

The name of Beethoven's third symphony, and too close to the word erotica.

Sebastiane is not a common feminization but may become more so as Sebastian achieves international popularity.

Columbia is a rarely used name with many associations. From the eighteenth century it has been used as a female personification of the United States, often appearing as a flag-draped patriotic figure. And as such it's inspired a plethora of place and company names, from the District of Columbia to Columbia University to Columbia Records, and songs like "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean." A character called Columbia appears in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Evokes a sympathetic feeling of generosity and charity.

Real name that sounds like a made-up combination of Dillon and Lillian.

All but unheard of today, Floy was a popular Florence nickname used on its own in a century ago: it was Number 448 in 1914.

This name of eight popes might appeal to confirmed city-dwellers, but Urbana would be more feminine.

Variation on the Delight-Delicia theme.

Lacks the cachet of some newer place-names.

Occasionally heard in England, rarely here.

Delicate and obscure version of this many-faceted name.

The original male name Alban is a lot sleeker and more usable.

Semiramis/Semiramide was the most important Queen of Assyria, who conquered much of Asia. Semiramis restored ancient Babylon and protected it with a high brick wall that completely surrounded the city. Then she built several palaces in Persia, reigned much of Asia Minor effectively and conquered Libya and Ethiopia. The version Semiramide was used by Giacomo Rossini in his opera of the same name.

One of the most pleasant and evocative of the hot new occupational names. Related name: Gardner, as in Ava.