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[JordanN]

We still use roman numerals and certain phrases but you know what's really missing? Using actual roman names.

Seriously, there's a list of names from thousands of years ago that are 100% pure chad energy.

Chronological List of Roman Emperors | Augustus, Tiberius, Diocletian

This is a chronologically ordered list of Roman emperors. See also Roman Empire and ancient

www.britannica.com

Imagine waking up tomorrow and your name is Gaius Octavius? Or Septimius Severus? You would feel like you're ready to conquer the world.

Are modern people just uncultured or lack the capacity to pronounce these names?

 

[epicnemesis]

I still want to have a son and name him Maximus. None of this Max bullshit. Maximus. Wife is 100% not on board though, which is an obstacle.

 

[Fbh]

I don't know man.... "Gaius" sounds like something that could easily be turned into something more....."bullyable" in middle/high school

 

[TaySan]

The Romans stop being a thing a long time ago.

 

[Elcid]

Hmm, no. But maybe I’ll call my next kid “Zero”.

 

[Jboemios]

I work with an Argentinean guy named Octavio

 

[DESTROYA]

Because Maximus Cornholious doesn’t exactly roll off the tounge.

 

[JordanN]

I don't know man.... "Gaius" sounds something that could easily be turned into something more....."bullyable" in middle/high school

That's when you hire legionnaires to protect you at all times.

 

[carlosrox]

When in Rome...

 

[Thurible]

I'd be cool with some roman names, though certainly not the names of some of the cruel emperors during the persecution (I mean calling a kid Nero or Calligula would just be awful). I probably would personally go for names from saints or people from scripture. For instance, I love the name Naomi for a girl. It feels pretty and exotic and Naomi was also the mother in law of Ruth and loved her despite her being a foreigner.

For a boy however I would very much try to name them after my Dad (I actually share my father's name as the second and the hypothetical son would be the third). It would be a nice way to honor him and perhaps create a naming tradition of sorts.

 

[appaws]

There are still some in the African American community. I’ve seen a lot of Marcuses, for example. Also Cornelius I’ve met a few.

 

[Kimahri]

Nevermind that. Why did we stop talking like romans?

A bad day in 2020: "crap"
A bad day in 220: "Once again gods spread cheeks to ram cock in ass!"

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Plenty of people still use "Roman" names though.

 

[Karmic Raze]

Roman Reigns would like to have a word with you, OP.

 

[timeflais]

Seriously, there's a list of names from thousands of years ago that are 100% pure chad energy.

I'm not really sure how youre expecting that kind of energy, when we live in a society where men are being encouraged to be women instead.

 

[HE1NZ]

There's plenty of Latin names. They just don't use it in pop culture because they don't sound Roman, they're too common. So they use weird ones like OP mentioned.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Hood names are the modern day Roman names.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

What's this obsession with North Americans and their European heritage?

There's a reason your ancestors left Europe, my dude.

 

[DeafTourette]

Maxamillion Schelle ... I know someone named Octavius ...

 

[farmerboy]

I still want to have a son and name him Maximus. None of this Max bullshit. Maximus. Wife is 100% not on board though, which is an obstacle.

You know what you have to do.......

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

What's this obsession with North Americans and their European heritage?

There's a reason your ancestors left Europe, my dude.

Why haven't you?

 

[Atrus]

Names are a reflection of the culture and in North America there is a culture of religious protestantism. The top boys names reflect this.

Beyond this, there is a tendency to choose names that are softer, shorter and less masculine so a lot of the classical names are off the table. Hercules, Zeus, Maximus, Maximillian, Hieronymus, Thaddeus, Cornelius switched out with names like Todd, Kyle, Mason, Jordan, Brayden and Tucker.

 

[Rentahamster]

We still use roman numerals and certain phrases but you know what's really missing? Using actual roman names.

That's not true, I named my dick Pupienus Maximus

 

[Karmic Raze]

That's not true, I named my dick Pupienus Maximus

Since when did Hamster’s have dicks?

 

[Rentahamster]

Since when did Hamster’s have dicks?

Do you even Pupienus Maximus bro?

Spoiler

 

[slugbahr]

Transformers names would be better!

Optimus/Rodimus Prime, Shockwave, Megatron, Devastator, Grimlock, Ironhide, Unicron ....

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[Skyr]

Nero is kind of an awesome name.

 

[spandexmonkey]

 

[Sakura]

Because we ain't Roman

 

[Goro Majima]

Before all these new names came around that randomly end in "-en" or some kind of "ey" sound, the vast majority of people were named after Biblical figures.

Most of the famous Roman names predate Constantine therefore those names were generally associated with pagans. Maybe if Roman style suffixes like "-us" come back in style then we could see more.

I genuinely think they're both trying not to die of laughter right there

 

[MaestroMike]

Leonidas is cool.

 

[VibratingPeripheral]

I’ve met Octavius and Corinthia.
My grandmother was Bernice. I couldn’t imagine any woman wanting that name.
I knew a dog named Festus.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Roman wants to go bowling

 

[King of Foxes]

I really like the name Eurydice.

Looks shit in writing though

 

[eddie4]

Because now we have NOT REAL NAMES.

 

[Sub_Level]

I'll do you even one bigger OP. Why can't we go back to worshipping Roman gods?

Now we're stuck with this lame abrahamic shit. "turn the other cheek" lol gay.

 

[genjiZERO]

Not sure what you mean. Roman names are still super prevalent. Marc, Paul, Lucas, Mary, Lucy... all Latin names.

 

[GeorgPrime]

I don't know man.... "Gaius" sounds like something that could easily be turned into something more....."bullyable" in middle/high school

What? "Gayus"?

Roman wants to go bowling

Roman reigns

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Arcadius sounds badass. Like (soon to be ex-player) Napoli player Arkadiusz Milik

 

[TheKingOfPain]

Latin names? They're still here, though they've been modified through the centuries, even in Italy.

And about phrases and expressions, the first time I heard sub pöena in a legal drama (Law&Order) I had to turn subtitles on because that was so far from its actual pronounciation I didn't know what the actor was saying...beside the fact that even in a legal system still based on the ancient Rome's one, it's not what that document is called.
But I digress, actual Latin names? Nah, their modernization is good enough.

 

[JJMC]

Could it be that you're just in the wrong part of the planet for those kinds of names? I've heard variations of Marcus, Cornelius, Julius, Caesar, Constantine, Maximus, etc; hell I have Constantine and Maximus in my closest friends group.

EDIT: Same with Hadrian, Antoniuous, Aurelius, Marcian and Theodosius.

 

[highrider]

Those names don’t fit with the typical soft western boys. You’d need to go back about 40 years before we became low t. Kind of like German names, too masculine. Needs a den at the end. Braden, Jaden, Aiden.. those names fit the new model kids.