Baby name
RISING
🇺🇸 Lavina
/luh · VEE · nuh/
Meaning
“Possibly woman of Rome”
A variant of Lavinia, wife of the Trojan hero Aeneas in Roman legend. The name is of Etruscan origin and its exact meaning is uncertain, sometimes linked to the ancient city of Lavinium and glossed as "woman of Rome."
Nicknames
vina
Vibe
gentleold-fashioned
How it ages.
A quiet, old fashioned name known today mainly among Amish families; gentle and unusual outside that community, with a classic mythological pedigree behind it.
The cultural moment.
Rare; used mostly among Amish families in the United States.