From the sweetness of Ilinca and Sorina to the strength of Mircea and Dragos, let yourself be seduced by the most beautiful Romanian names for your baby.
If Romania instantly evokes wild landscapes of forests and mountains, this jewel of Eastern Europe also hides a formidable cultural and linguistic heritage. Coming from Latin roots, the Romanian language gave birth to a repertoire of Romanian first names of immense delicacy, both for girls and for boys. Often rare and deeply original in France, Romanian first names are distinguished by their tender and singing musicality. Whether you are looking for a classic sound or a more atypical first name, let yourself be guided by the richness of this Slavic and Latin selection.
Top Romanian names for girls and boys
Romanian female first names
Romanian female first names are sometimes loaded with very beautiful meaning. Religion is very present in the etymologies of Romanian first names. As at Angelicawhich refers to angelism, in Gabriellawhich means “strength of god”, or even Cristina from Christ and Mihaela which means “like God”. Others refer to nature, such as Horia which means “fire”, and Florika which refers to spring, or even Violetta which symbolizes the purple flower. For her part, Roxana means “bright as the dawn”. There are also other nice references such as Anita, Aurélia, Corina, Brigitta, Camélia, Daria, Elena, Elisabeta, Ioana, Ilinca, Elina.
Romanian male first names
THE Romanian male first names also have their delicacy. They sometimes want to refer to light, as with Lucasto the stone and the mountains which cross the country, with Petreequivalent of Pierre in French. Religion is also present here, with Bogdan which means “given by god”, or Demetriuheir of the goddess Demeter. They are varied, sweet and sometimes old too, as evidenced by Alexandru, Abel, Dorian, Pompiliu, Eduard (which has its French equivalent) or even Tiberius And tudor. There is of course also George, Han, Dominic, Cristian, Cosmin, Dragos, Dumitru, Iulian, Lucian.
What are rare Romanian first names?
In boys, as in girls, we find rare Romanian first names. Dragomir is not worn by many boys, as Radu, Ovidiu or even Costinel which are rarities from the library of Romanian first names.
As for the girls, those we see the least often are Florica, Otilia, Horia which refers to fire. Raluca, Viorica, Anca or even Rodica are other relatively rare first name references too.
What are the most common first names of Romanian origin?
Among girls, the most common Romanian first names are Mara, Daniela, Timéa, Monica, Aurélia, Angelica, Lorena, Daria, Anita. There are also other very popular first names like Alina, Anastasia, Ana, Camellia, Elena, Valentina.
For boys, certain Romanian first names are also very popular! We think of Vlad, a great classic! But also to Gabi, Ionut, Ioan, Petru Or Florin. DorianVictor, Marisu, Omar, Adrian, Dominic and Alexandru are other must-sees in Romania.
These first names from Romania in 3 letters
Three-letter first names are not the most common in Romania. We still find a few. This is the case for boys with first names Dan, IonRad, Han, or even Val.
Among girls, we note Ana, Ina, Ona, Ela which are other three-letter first names, very short and easy to assign.
How do you say the first name “Pierre” in Romanian?
In Romanian, Pierre takes the form of “Petre”. The two first names have the same Greek origin, which is also written “petre” and which means “little stone”. In Italian, the first name is also similar, it is Pietro.
How do you say the first name “Jean” in Romanian?
Unlike Pierre, the first name Jean, which is a classic both in France and in Romania, is not said in the same way at all. The Romanian version is of John is Ioan or Ion.
