Servilia

Roman family name

Servilia Origin and Meaning

The name Servilia is a girl's name .

Servilia is best known as the name of a Roman patrician woman intimately involved with some of the most famed figures in ancient history: she was Caesar's mistress, Brutus's mother and Cato the Younger's half-sister. Her name derived from the family name Servilius, which stretches back to the earliest days of the Roman Republic.With interest in classical names exploding, Servilia might be worth a serious look, though its closeness to words like "servile" and "villain" could be a turnoff.