Faunia

Latin feminine variation of Faunus
"to befriend"

Faunia Origin and Meaning

The name Faunia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "to befriend".

Faunia is more often rendered as Fauna, who was a Roman goddess of fertility, women and healing. Faunia was the downtrodden yet loving heroine of Philip Roth's Human Stain. Faunia and Fauna have more gravitas than the doe-like Fawn.

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