Entry № 1292 · Latin origin

Fulvia Fulvia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FUL-vee-uh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Tawny / blonde (Roman Fulvia + Mark Antony's wife)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "tawny / blonde (roman fulvia + mark antony's wife)".

Fulvia is from the Latin *fulvus* (tawny, golden, reddish-yellow). **A modern revival name in the broader vintage-Roman aesthetic**. **Fulvia (c. 83-40 BCE)** — Roman noblewoman; one of the most-politically-powerful women of the late Roman Republic; **first non-divine, non-mythological Roman woman to appear on Roman coins** — an unprecedented honor (41 BCE); married three Roman political leaders successively: Publius Clodius Pulcher (Roman tribune), Gaius Scribonius Curio, and Mark Antony (her third husband); led military operations in person during the Perusine War (41-40 BCE) — making her one of the few Roman women to command armies in the field; one of the foundational figures in the political history of Roman women; her ambitious career was later overshadowed by Cleopatra (the next wife of Mark Antony); her tomb at Sicyon (modern Greece) is preserved. **Fulvia Plautilla (early 3rd century CE)** — wife of Emperor Caracalla; granddaughter-in-law of Septimius Severus. **Saint Fulvia of Castelfidardo** — Italian Catholic saint. **Fulvia Bisi** — Italian operatic soprano. **Princess Fulvia of Hesse-Cassel** — modern German royal naming. The Fulvia name reflects the broader 2020s American taste for distinctive Roman heritage feminine names alongside Octavia, Livia, Agrippina, and Fulvia.

Featured throughout Roman political history.

Tawny / golden. Fulvia — first Roman woman on coins (41 BCE) + Mark Antony's wife who commanded armies.

The name in its native script.

Fulvia
Transliteration
Fulvia
Pronunciation
/ ˈfʊl.vi.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Fulvia stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Fulvia · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Fulvias before her.

Real people
Fulvia
Roman noblewoman; first woman on coins.
c. 83 – 40 BCE
In fiction
Fulvia
Roman heritage naming.

Names connected to Fulvia.

The number behind Fulvia.

8

The Authority

Fulvia reduces to eight.

Why families chose this name.

"Antony's wife. Six letters. Fulvia."
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