Entry № 8191 · Latin origin

Plotina Plotina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ploh-TEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Roman empress (Trajan's wife)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "roman empress (trajan's wife)".

Plotina (Pompeia Plotina, c. 65-123 CE) was the Roman empress, wife of Emperor Trajan.

Among the most respected Roman empresses.

Trajan's wise empress. Arranged Hadrian's succession.

The name in its native script.

Plotina
Transliteration
Plotina
Pronunciation
/ ploʊˈtiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Plotina stands.

Plotina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Plotinas before her.

Real people
Pompeia Plotina
Roman empress, wife of Trajan.
c. 65 – 123 CE
In fiction
Plotina
Common in Roman historical fiction.

Names connected to Plotina.

The number behind Plotina.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Plotina reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.