(Very) thorough list of Romanian given names

[janeybaby]

I love learning about names having to do with my ancestry as well as sharing the foreign names I learn, so I am making a list of given names that are popular in Romania and Moldova. Some of these are Slavic in origin or have another romance language as their origin but the majority are of Romanian heritage. This is a glimpse at what I view as being a unique and underappreciated language when compared to the more well known latin based languages like Spanish & French. I’m also making a note of the names that are actually mixed in my family tree just for fun.

Feel free to comment your favorites from the list or commenting your own names that come from your culture or ancestry!

Names you’d see used in Moldova

Summary

Maria - familial name
Ion
Elena
Vasile
Mihail
Valentina
Ivan
Tatiana
Gheorghe
Vladimir
Victor
Nicolae
Olga
Natalia
Nina
Ana
Andrei
Svetlana
Vera
Galina
Lidia
Petru - familial name
Alexandru
Ecaterina
Tamara
Serghei
Valeriu
Irina
Nadejda
Constantin
Anna
Nicolai
Sergiu
Igor
Anatolie
Dumitru
Zinaida
Larisa
Alexandra
Grigore
Iurie
Raisa
Oleg
Ludmila
Pavel
Tudor
Eugenia
Alexei
Fiodor
Anastasia

Names you’d see used in Romania

Summary

Alexandru
Andreea
Andrei
Elena
Maria - familial name
Alexandra
Mihai
Marius
Adrian
Ionut
Florin
Mihaela
Cristina
Daniel
Cristian
Ioana
Marian
Ana
Bogdan
George
Constantin
Alina
Ioan
Vasile
Georgiana
Daniela
Gabriel
Nicoleta
Diana
Ionela
Nicolae
Roxana
Mariana
Gheorghe
Ana-Maria
Cosmin
Gabriela
Oana
Catalin
Robert
Stefan
Ion
Alin
Valentin
Iulian
Adriana
Mădălina
Radu
Florentina
Bianca
Raluca
Claudiu
Vlad
Anca
Dan
Cătălina - familial name
Simona
Razvan
Dumitru
Sorin
Iuliana

other names traditionally Romanian but less popular: Lăcrămioara, Violeta, Mirela, Iulita, Iuliu, Silviu, Liviu, Ovidiu, Avram, Smaragda, Smaranda, Dinu, Casimir, Cantemir, Antioh, Antonie, Ilinca, Sinziana, Sânziana, Zina, Crina, Mihaela, Petre, Denisa, Ileana, Rahela, Emanuela, Viorica, Viorela, Viorel, Niculina, Aristide, Corina, Maricica, Marioara, Antoaneta, Mircea, Ilarion, Grigore, Miruna, Loredana, Adela, Adelina, Adina, Alexandrina, Ancuța, Lenuța, Anişoara, Atanasia, Aurel, Irinel, Catrinel, Beniamin, Brânduşa, Camelia, Codrin, Constanța, Dacian, Emilian, Marga, Minodora, Medeea, & Steliana

[Greyblue]

Thank you for sharing these - quite a lot of new ones here for me!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are:

[name_m]Ivan[/name_m], [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], Nicolae, [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Svetlana[/name_f], [name_f]Galina[/name_f], [name_f]Tamara[/name_f], [name_f]Irina[/name_f], Nadejda, [name_f]Zinaida[/name_f], [name_f]Larisa[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_m]Mihai[/name_m], [name_m]Marius[/name_m], Ionela, [name_f]Oana[/name_f], [name_f]Catalin[/name_f], [name_f]Anca[/name_f], Razvan, [name_m]Sorin[/name_m], [name_f]Mirela[/name_f], [name_m]Avrum[/name_m], [name_m]Casimir[/name_m], [name_f]Antonie[/name_f], [name_f]Zina[/name_f], [name_f]Rahela[/name_f], [name_f]Emanuela[/name_f], [name_f]Miruna[/name_f], [name_f]Loredana[/name_f], [name_f]Adelina[/name_f], [name_f]Camelia[/name_f], [name_m]Emilian[/name_m], Minodora

[acajou]

These are such beautiful names! Thanks [name_f]Jane[/name_f] for making this list!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_u]Maria[/name_u], [name_m]Vasile[/name_m], [name_f]Ecaterina[/name_f], Valeriu, Nadejda, [name_m]Constantin[/name_m], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], Iurie, Mihaela, [name_f]Cristina[/name_f], [name_f]Alina[/name_f], Alin, Mădălina, [name_f]Anca[/name_f], Iuliu, Sânziana, [name_f]Ileana[/name_f], [name_f]Corina[/name_f], Maricica, [name_m]Mircea[/name_m], [name_f]Adina[/name_f], and Atanasia.

[janeybaby]

I’m always glad when I can introduce something new to someone!

[tallemaja]

Aah these are SO gorgeous, I’m obsessed!!

I especially love: [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Galina[/name_f], [name_m]Constantin[/name_m], [name_f]Raisa[/name_f], [name_m]Mihai[/name_m] (one of my favourite names atm!!), [name_m]Marius[/name_m], [name_m]Florin[/name_m], Mihaela, [name_f]Ioana[/name_f], [name_m]Cosmin[/name_m], [name_f]Oana[/name_f], [name_f]Catalin[/name_f] (do you know if it’s pronounced with the original Hungarian CAW-taw-leen pronunciation or if it’s been changed to be pronounced with a Romanian cah-tah-leen pronunciation?), Mădălina, [name_f]Florentina[/name_f], [name_f]Raluca[/name_f] (!!), [name_f]Anca[/name_f], Cătălina, [name_m]Sorin[/name_m] (another favourite of mine!), Iuliana/Iulita, [name_f]Mirela[/name_f], Sânziana, [name_f]Viorica[/name_f], Niculina, Maricica, [name_f]Miruna[/name_f], Anişoara (this one is super gorgeous!), Irinel, [name_f]Catrinel[/name_f], [name_m]Emilian[/name_m], [name_f]Marga[/name_f], and Minodora

Also super interesting to see how many of these are adaptations on obscure Greek names! I know a Smaragda, [name_m]Aristides[/name_m], [name_f]Athanasia[/name_f] and Steliani in real life!

[janeybaby]

Yes that is what I noticed too! A lot of names have archaic Greek bases, there might even be an equal amount of greek and slavic mixed into the language besides just romance roots

[AStudyIn_Scarlet]

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites:
[name_m]Alexandru[/name_m], [name_f]Irina[/name_f], [name_f]Diana[/name_f], Mădălina, [name_m]Claudiu[/name_m], Lăcrămioara, Silviu, [name_m]Casimir[/name_m], Cantemir, [name_f]Viorica[/name_f], [name_m]Viorel[/name_m], [name_m]Aristide[/name_m], Ilarion, [name_f]Miruna[/name_f], [name_u]Aurel[/name_u], Irinel, [name_f]Catrinel[/name_f], Minodora, [name_m]Beniamin[/name_m], [name_f]Medeea[/name_f] & Steliana.

Thank you for sharing!

[Youssarian]

[name_f]My[/name_f] Moldovan friend was [name_f]Felicia[/name_f]! (feh-lee-chee-uh)

[sammaegre]

These are all so lovely! [name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are:
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_f]Natalia[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_m]Andrei[/name_m], [name_f]Svetlana[/name_f], [name_f]Ecaterina[/name_f], [name_f]Tamara[/name_f], [name_f]Irina[/name_f], [name_m]Nicolai[/name_m], [name_f]Larisa[/name_f], [name_m]Alexei[/name_m], [name_m]Marius[/name_m], [name_f]Alina[/name_f], Nicoleta, [name_f]Roxana[/name_f], [name_m]Stefan[/name_m], [name_m]Valentin[/name_m], [name_f]Bianca[/name_f], [name_f]Simona[/name_f], [name_f]Violeta[/name_f], Iulita, [name_f]Miruna[/name_f], [name_f]Adelina[/name_f], [name_f]Catrinel[/name_f], [name_m]Emilian[/name_m], & Steliana
With my top ten probably being:
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_f]Svetlana[/name_f], [name_f]Alina[/name_f], [name_m]Nicolai[/name_m], [name_f]Roxana[/name_f], [name_m]Valentin[/name_m], [name_f]Violeta[/name_f], [name_f]Miruna[/name_f], and Steliana

[janeybaby]

Steliana is one of my rotating absolute favorites. Very feminine and a starry type of beautiful.