From Lavinium; legendary mother of the Roman people.
In Roman mythology, Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus and the wife of Aeneas. She is considered the mother of the Roman people, and the city of Lavinium was named in her honor. The name has a long literary history, appearing in works by Virgil, Shakespeare, and Thackeray.
Less common today
Lavinia isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,135 in 2024.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Pioneering Italian Mannerist painter
Infamous figure often cited as the first female serial killer in the US
Tragic heroine in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus · Titus Andronicus
Fiancée of Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey · Downton Abbey
Character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror · The Dunwich Horror
The antagonist schoolgirl in A Little Princess · A Little Princess
