Feminine Names:
Cyra- Saint Cyra was a 5th-century Syrian hermit who was martyred with her companion Marana
Awilda- the name of a legendary female Scandinavian pirate
Edana- the name of an early Irish saint
Everlid- the name of a 7th-century English saint
Frideswide- Saint Frideswide was an 8th-century English princess who became a nun
Julitta- the name of a 4th-century saint who was martyred in Tarsus
Kateri- the name was adopted by the 17th-century Mohawk woman Tekakwitha upon her baptism
Roxelana- from a Turkish nickname meaning "Ruthenia" referring to the region of Ruthenia, covering Belarus, Ukraine, and western Russia
Makeda- the name of an Ethiopian queen in the 10th-century BC
Brunhilda- referring to the Frankish queen
Masculine Names:
Attila- the name of a 5th-century leader of the Huns
Caedmon- Saint Caedmon was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon poet who received his poetic inspiration from a dream
Domitian- the name of a 1st-century Roman emperor
Gordian- the name by which 3 roman emperors are known
Ives- Saint Ives was a legendary English bishop
Justinian- the name of a 6th-century Byzantine emperor
Lucan- Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, commonly known as Lucan, was a 1st-century Roman poet
Valerian- the name of a 3rd-century Roman emperor
Origen- the name of a 3rd-century theologian from Alexandria
Spartacus- the name of the Thracian-born Roman slave who led a slave revolt in Italy in the 1st-century BC, he was eventually killed in battle, and many of his followers were crucified
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