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As I understood after googling as well cognomina were not used by *normal* people until around 100 BCE.

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Here is a list of Roman senators that show the first senator with the cognomen Priscus already in the 5th century BC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republican_Roman_Consuls

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And here is an interesting article about Roman naming practices that says essentially the same regarding the first occurence of Priscus:
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/roman/index.html

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But regarding the point in time when the female form of the cognomen was first used as a given name: No luck...

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