Girl · Latin
Fulvia
Say it: FUL-vee-uh
Meaning
Feminine of Fulvius, probably from fulvus 'tawny, reddish-yellow'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Roman family name occasionally given in modern Italy.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Fulvia |
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Famous bearers
- Fulvia, wife of Mark Antony
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
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