Looking for names with an ancient feel to them.

I am looking for some names, male and female, that have an ancient feel to them, if that makes sense.
Some examples:
[name]Alexandria[/name] instead of [name]Alexandra[/name]/[name]Alex[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name] instead of [name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name] instead of [name]Gary[/name]
[name]Tiberius[/name] instead of [name]Toby[/name]

Any and all ideas are welcome, I am really just looking for many options so I can shift through them.

Ceaser
[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Persephone[/name]
[name]Hera[/name]
[name]Odysseus[/name]
[name]Ulysses[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Romeo[/name]
Da [name]Vinci[/name]

[name]Aurelia[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Aeliana[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Oriana[/name]
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Augustus[/name]
[name]Maximus[/name]
[name]Cosimo[/name]
[name]Lorenzo[/name]
[name]Michelangelo[/name]
[name]Fiammetta[/name]

Thats all I could think of now.:slight_smile:

[name]Tanith[/name]
[name]Leda[/name]
Clytemenestra
[name]Cressida[/name]

[name]Cassiopeia[/name] instead of [name]Cassandra[/name] and [name]Cassidy[/name]
[name]Augustus[/name] instead of [name]August[/name]

[name]Helena[/name], [name]Octavia[/name], [name]Augustus[/name] and [name]Maximus[/name] were the two that popped into my head immediately when I read the title of your post. You really can’t go wrong if you look up names that have roots in Ancient [name]Rome[/name]…my DBF is a Latin teacher, so he’s always proposing baby names like this!

[name]Isolde[/name]/ [name]Iseult[/name] came to mind.

[name]Calliope[/name] or [name]Callista[/name] instead of [name]Callie[/name] (?)
[name]Flavia[/name] instead of [name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Flavian[/name] instead of [name]Felix[/name]
[name]Mella[/name] instead of [name]Melanie[/name]
[name]Isolde[/name] instead of [name]Isabelle[/name]
Megara instead of [name]Megan[/name]
[name]Agrippina[/name] instead of [name]Agatha[/name] or [name]Agnes[/name]
Prometheus instead of [name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Titania[/name] instead of [name]Tatiana[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name] instead of [name]Evan[/name]
[name]Napoleon[/name] instead of [name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Helen[/name] instead of [name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Amabel[/name] or [name]Amity[/name] instead of [name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name] instead of [name]Robert[/name]
[name]Clarity[/name] instead of [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Zebulen[/name] instead of [name]Zachary[/name]
[name]Simeon[/name] instead of [name]Simon[/name]
Issachar instead of [name]Isaac[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] this helps :slight_smile:

Some favorites-

[name]Alastrina[/name], Clarimunde, [name]Melisande[/name], Maridley, [name]Isolde[/name], [name]Guinevere[/name], [name]Athena[/name], Morwen/[name]Morwenna[/name], [name]Morgana[/name], [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Ismene[/name], [name]Laurentina[/name], [name]Clotilde[/name], [name]Eugenie[/name], [name]Eulalie[/name], [name]Liora[/name]

Lortimer, [name]Lancelot[/name], Merrick, [name]Garrick[/name], [name]Gareth[/name], [name]Leander[/name], [name]Christos[/name], Brannock, [name]Thor[/name], [name]Joah[/name]

Oh, and Ptoelmy

[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Apollonia[/name]
[name]Esmeralda[/name]
[name]Thomasina[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]

[name]Willoughby[/name]
[name]Archibald[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Cornelius[/name]
Cornielison

[name]Achilles[/name]
[name]Royce[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]

Sticking to ones I’d actually at least consider using, I’ve got:

Girls
[name]Circe[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Theodosia[/name]
[name]Philomena[/name]
[name]Jerusha[/name]
[name]Isis[/name]
[name]Fionnuala[/name]
[name]Zenobia[/name]
[name]Boudicca[/name]
[name]Yael[/name]
[name]Phaedra[/name]
[name]Morwenna[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Kelilah[/name] (keh-[name]LEE[/name]-lah, not Keh-LIE-lah)
[name]Keziah[/name]

Boys names
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Marcus[/name]
[name]Oisin[/name] (Oh-sheen)
[name]Tiberius[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Balthazar[/name]
[name]Leonidas[/name]
[name]Melchior[/name]
[name]Tristan[/name]
[name]Lazarus[/name]
[name]Ptolemy[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Hezekiah[/name]
[name]Zacharias[/name]
[name]Fenris[/name]
[name]Hadrian[/name]
[name]Cassius[/name]
Hadraniel
[name]Decimus[/name]
Zadkiel
[name]Severin[/name]
Camael/[name]Kemuel[/name]
[name]Zebulon[/name]
[name]Cassiel[/name]

[name]Geneva[/name]
[name]Francis[/name]
[name]Frank[/name]
Zebullen
[name]Lazarus[/name]

I think names from [name]Roman[/name]/Greek literature might be a good place to look, but I also think names like [name]William[/name], [name]Gregory[/name], [name]Benedict[/name], and [name]Henry[/name] have that same ancient feel. They’ve been around for a very long time. For girls names I would suggest [name]Anne[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Alice[/name] (and [name]Allison[/name]), and [name]Mary[/name]. There’s also biblical names like [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Ezra[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], and [name]Rebecca[/name].

[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Homer[/name]
[name]Tristan[/name]
[name]Juno[/name]

I’m going to name my baby [name]Cassius[/name] (if it is a boy). [name]Just[/name] check out Latin names, they have ancient feels to them, and don’t sound too foreign like Lizaveta (a Russian name).