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Lavinia

Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin.

PronunciationLatin /laː.ˈwiː.ni.a/; English /lə.ˈvɪn.i.ə/; Italian /la.ˈvi.nja/
Usage languagesItalian, Roman Mythology, Romanian
US rank (2025)#2,276

Meaning and history

Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend, Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of Aeneas, and an ancestor of the Roman people; according to the same tradition, Aeneas named the town of Lavinium in her honour.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 23 births, rank #5,709
2007: 36 births, rank #4,213
2008: 28 births, rank #5,142
2009: 34 births, rank #4,370
2010: 35 births, rank #4,180
20112011: 39 births, rank #3,843
2012: 54 births, rank #3,094
2013: 71 births, rank #2,508
2014: 54 births, rank #3,080
2015: 63 births, rank #2,773
20162016: 75 births, rank #2,446
2017: 67 births, rank #2,597
2018: 62 births, rank #2,744
2019: 66 births, rank #2,632
2020: 60 births, rank #2,748
20212021: 69 births, rank #2,533
2022: 89 births, rank #2,142
2023: 78 births, rank #2,336
2024: 89 births, rank #2,134
20252025: 80 births, rank #2,276

Lavinia rose from #939 to #925 for girls between 1928 and 1929. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 93 births.