Entry № 5340 · Latin origin

Pompeia Pompeia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ pom-PAY-ah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Latin

Meaning

"Caesar's second wife ('above suspicion')"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Latin)

The meaning

A name that means "caesar's second wife ('above suspicion')".

Pompeia is the Latin feminine of Pompey. Pompeia (c. 86-after 35 BCE) was the granddaughter of Sulla and second wife of Julius Caesar — divorced by him after the Bona Dea scandal, even though she was innocent. Caesar's explanation became the proverb: "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion."

Featured in Roman historical narratives.

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. The proverb's origin.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Pompeia

Transliteration: Pompeia
Pronunciation: / pɒmˈpeɪ.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Pompeia stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Pompeia · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Pompeias before her.

Real people

Pompeia

Caesar's second wife.

c. 86 – after 35 BCE

In fiction

Pompeia

Common in Roman historical fiction.

Names connected to Pompeia.

Numerology

The number behind Pompeia.

The Pioneer

Pompeia reduces to one — the number of Roman "above suspicion."

Parents on Pompeia

Why families chose this name.

"Caesar's second wife. Seven letters. Pompeia."

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