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I believe some Ancient Roman names are also like this: Male: Sextus, Septimus, Octavius, Nonus. Female: Prima, Secunda, Tertia, Quarta, Quinta, Sexta, Octavi
by aleksiy123 2y ago
I believe some Ancient Roman names are also like this:
Male: Sextus, Septimus, Octavius, Nonus.
Female: Prima, Secunda, Tertia, Quarta, Quinta, Sexta, Octavia, Nona, and Decima
But on further investigation the males seem to actually be named after months https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zshd6h/when_and_why_did_romans_name_their_children_after/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zshd6h/when_...
and the women are unclear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praenomen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praenomen
- ItalianPoetry 2y agoI don't know about Ancient Romans, but I do know a few Italian men with numbered names. In particular a Decimo (tenth), who was indeed the tenth (and I wouldn't swear the last). They are all, unsurprisingly, old :)