Flavia
Flavia is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Golden; fair-haired.
What Flavia means
Golden; fair-haired.
Flavia sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Flavia comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Flavia is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Flavia?
Flavia sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Flavia
We group Flavia under Gold and light and brightness — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Flavia
These share Flavia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Xanthe — Golden; fair-haired.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Lucia — Light.
- Clarity — Brightness; clear understanding.
- Lucy — Light.
- Nora — Honour; light.
- Lucas — Bringer of light.
- Aurelio — The golden one.
- Aurelius — The golden one.
- Lucius — Light.