Lavinia

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lavinia is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name153K records spelled Lavinia8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, Portuguese, German

  Also written Lavínia

• Romanian given name11K records spelled Lavinia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Moldova, United States, Spain

  Also written Lavïnïa, Lavìnìa, Lavínia

• Italian given name4.8K records spelled Lavinia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Lavínia, Lävinią

• French given name4.3K records spelled Lavinia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Lavínia, Ląvinią, Lavíniá, Lavìnia, Lavinía

• a separate given name1.5K records spelled Lavinia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Romania, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Lavínia

• Indonesian given name1.1K records spelled Lavinia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Romania

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lavínia

• Danish given name615 records spelled Lavinia10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Lavínia, Lávinia

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lavinia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Name, according to Roman mythology, of the wife of Aeneas, and thus the mother of the Roman people. Legend had it that she gave her name to the Latin town of Lavinium, but in fact she was almost certainly invented to explain the place name, which is of pre-Roman origin. She was said to be the daughter of King Latinus, who was similarly invented to account for the name of Latium.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, The daughter of Latinus and wife of Aeneas.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, wife of Aeneas; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Origine latine; signifie « originaire du Lavinium ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, Latin: Roman name, likely from Lavinium

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lavinia Fontanab. 1552ITItalian painter (1552–1614)
• Lavinia Spencer, Countess Spencerb. 1762IEBritish illustrator (1762–1831)
• Adele Schopenhauerb. 1797DEnot in their usual nameGerman writer (1797-1849)
• Caroline Harrisonb. 1832USnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the United States from 1889 to 1892
• Vinnie Reamb. 1847USnot in their usual nameAmerican sculptor (1847–1914)
• Ava Gardnerb. 1922USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1922–1990)
• Lady Sarah McCorquodaleb. 1955GBnot in their usual namenoblewoman; eldest sister of Diana, Princess of Wales
• Lavinia Miloșovicib. 1976RORomanian artistic gymnast and model (born 1976)
• Lavinia Wilsonb. 1980DEGerman actress
• Lavinia Longhib. 1980ITItalian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 626 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lavinia?

We estimate roughly 107 thousand people bear Lavinia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Lavinia have the most bearers?

We estimate about 100 thousand people bear Lavinia in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lavinia.

Where is Lavinia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lavinia is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Lavinia compared with other names?

In Brazil, Lavinia is the 540th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Lavinia a male or female name?

Lavinia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lavinia mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin name of uncertain origin, famously borne in Roman legend.