Plautia

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Plautia

Say it: PLAW-shee-uh

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Meaning

Feminine of Plautius; the Latin word plautus meant 'flat-footed', but the family name's origin is uncertain.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Borne by women of the Plautian family; unused after antiquity.

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

Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476

Used by

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Famous bearers

Plautia Urgulanilla, first wife of Emperor Claudius

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Where this comes from

Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)

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