Lavinia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning woman from lavinium.
Babies a year
28
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1166
28 babies
Lavinia by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Lavinia. In the US, 67 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 93 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lavinia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lavinapurified; a form of Lavinia37 in the US (2017)
- Lainiebright light; a form of Helen9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lavindescendant of the lawyer20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lavanyagrace and elegance and beauty4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Larinaseabird, a type of gull7 in the US (2017)
- Levinalightning bolt6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lavinia
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