Fun Facts About the Name Naevia
- 332 babies named Naevia: U.S. records list 332 babies given the name Naevia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Naevia Mean?
Naevia is the feminine form of the Latin family name Naevius, which comes from Latin naevus, meaning "mole" or "birthmark" - a small mark on the skin. Roman family names (nomina) were often taken from a physical trait or other distinguishing feature, and Naevius most likely began as a nickname of that kind. The feminine Naevia follows the standard Roman pattern in which a woman carried the feminine form of her father's family name, so the literal sense "birthmark" is the whole of the name's etymology rather than a later symbolic reading.
Naevia Name History & Origins
The Naevii were a plebeian family of ancient Rome. Its best-known member is Gnaeus Naevius (c. 270 - c. 201 BC), an early Latin poet from Campania who wrote stage comedies and the epic Bellum Punicum about the First Punic War. Women of the same family bore the feminine Naevia, and the name appears in Roman inscriptions and literature as an ordinary woman's name rather than a rare or deliberately coined one.
Under Roman naming practice a daughter normally received the feminine form of her father's nomen, so a woman called Naevia was in most cases a member of the gens Naevia. The name faded along with the wider Roman naming system in late antiquity and survived chiefly through classical scholarship. A character named Naevia in the television series Spartacus (2010 - 2013) is a modern use of the name and is separate from its Roman origin.
How Popular is the Name Naevia?
Naevia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #3,761 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,398 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,341 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #8,814 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #10,171 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #7,526 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #6,012 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #4,744 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #5,730 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #4,659 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #5,929 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #3,963 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2014 | #3,977 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #3,761 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #5,204 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #10,198 | 11 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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