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.
[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]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]
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].
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).