Latin Lovelies and Loathlies — F

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Time for some more name inspiration from Latin.

These are the gems that F has to offer — and words which sound delightful but leave much to be desired in their meaning!

• Faba — “broad bean” (the word behind names such as Fabia and Fabian)
• Fabella — “little story”
• Faber, Fabra — “skillful,” “ingenious”; as a noun, it means “smith” and “craftsperson”
• Fabula — “talk,” “story,” “fable”
• Fabularis — “mythical”
• Fabulosus, Fabulosa — “fabled”
• Facetus, Faceta — “fine,” “elegant,” “witty”
• Faeneus, Faenea — “made of hay”
• Fagus — “beech-tree”
• Falco — “falcon”
• Falx — “sickle”
• Fama — “talk,” “rumor,” “fame” — personified as a the Goddess Fama — by the Romans
• Famosus, Famosa — “famous”
• Far — “spelt”
• Farina — “flour”
• Farreus, Farrea — “made of spelt”
• Fas — “divine law”
• Fautrix — “patroness”
• Favilla — “glowing ashes,” “spark”
• Favus — “honeycomb”
• Fax — “torch,” “firebrand,” “flame,” “light”
• Femella — “young woman,” “girl”
• Ferax — “fruitful,” “fertile,” “prolific”
• Feriae — “festivals”
• Ferinus, Ferina — “wild”
• Feritas — “wilderness”
• Fero — “I bear,” “I produce,” “I bring,” etc
• Ferox — “fierce,” “courageous,” “wild”
• Ferula — “fennel”
• Ferus, Fera — “wild”
• Festinatio — “speed”
• Festinus, Festina — “hurrying”
• Festivus, Festiva — “festive,” “merry”
• Festus, Festa — “festive”
• Fidelia — “earthenware pot”
• Fidelis — “faithful”
• Fidentia — “confidence,” “boldness”
• Fides — “trust,” “confidence,” “belief,” “faith”; “lyre,” “lute,” “harp”
• Fidicen, Fidicina — “harp/lute/lyre-player,” “lyric poet”
• Filia — “daughter”
• Filius — “son”
• Filix — “fern”
• Finis — “boundary,” “limit,” “end,” “summit”
• Firmus, Firma — “firm,” “strong”
• Flagrantia — “burning,” “blazing,” “glittering”
• Flamen — “priest”; “blowing,” “blast”
• Flamma — “flame”
• Flavens — “yellow/gold-colored”
• Flavus, Flava — “golden-yellow” (the adjective behind the name Flavia, etc)
• Flexus — “bending,” “turning,” “modulation”
• Floreus, Florea — “made of flowers”
• Florifer, Florifera — “bearing flowers”
• Flos — “flower”
• Flumen — “stream”
• Fons — “spring,” “fountain”
• Forma — “form,” “figure,” “manner,” “beauty”
• Formosus, Formosa — “beautiful”
• Fortuna — “fate,” “luck,” “fortune”
• Frater — “brother”
• Fraxineus, Fraxinea — “of ash-wood”
• Fraxinus — “ash-tree”
• Frons — “leaf,” “foliage”
• Frugifer, Frugifera — “fruit-bearing”
• Fulgor — “lightning”
• Fulgur — “flash of lightning”
• Fulmen — “lightning”
• Fulmineus, Fulminea — “of lightning,” “like lightning”
• Fulvus, Fulva — “tawny yellow” (the adjective behind the name Fulvia, etc)
• Furvus, Furva — “dark,” “black”

And the loathlies:

• Fallax — “treacherous”
• Fallo — “I deceive”
• Fames — “hunger”
• Fastus — “pride,” “arrogance”
• Febris — “fever”
• Fel — “gallbladder,” “bitterness”
• Ferreus, Ferrea — “like iron,” “unfeeling,” “cruel,” “unyielding”
• Fessus, Fessa — “tired,” “exhausted”
• Fleo — “I weep”
• Foedus, Foeda — “filthy,” “horrible”
• Fossa — “ditch”
• Fraus — “deceit,” “delusion,” “crime”
• Frivolus, Frivola — “worthless”
• Furax — “thievish”
• Furcifer — “gallows-bird,” “scoundrel”

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