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Domitilla

OriginItalian feminine diminutive of Roman family name Domitius, Latin
Meaning"tamed"

About Domitilla

Domitilla is the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Vespasianus and the mother of the emperors Titus and Domitianus. There is a Santa Domitilla with catacombs in Rome named after her.

The variation Domitille has been heard in modern day France. Domitila is the Spanish and Portuguese version.

Pronounced dah-muh-TIL-uh.

Editor's take: The name Domitilla is a girl's name of French, Latin origin meaning "tamed".

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Famous Domitillas

  • Domitilla the Elder (Flavia Domitilla Major)

    wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian

  • Domitilla the Younger (Flavia Domitilla Minor)

    daughter of Vespasian and Domitilla the Elder

  • Saint (Flavia) Domitilla

    daughter of Domitilla the Younger

  • Domitilla Harding

    Italian designer

  • Domitilla D'Amico

    Italian voice actress

  • Domitilla Savignoni

    Italian TV journalist

  • Domitilla Calamai

    Italian novelist

  • Maria Domitilla Galluzzi

    Italian mystic

  • Domitila de Castro

    Marchesa of Santos, lover of Brazilian emperor Peter I

  • Domitila Barrios de Chungara

    Bolivian labor leader and feminist

  • Domitila García Doménico de Coronado

    first Cuban woman journalist

Domitilla in pop culture

  • Clan name: the second

    century saint Flavia Domitilla allowed her gardens in Rome to be used as a Christian cemetery.

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