Neonilla

Gender Feminine
Usage Late Greek [1], Russian (Rare)
Scripts Νεόνιλλα(Ancient Greek) Неонилла(Russian)

Meaning & History

From a Greek name derived from νέος (neos) meaning "new". This was the name of an Orthodox Christian saint, a 3rd-century Syrian woman martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Decius.

Related Names

Rootneos
Other Languages & CulturesNeonila(Ukrainian)

Categories

beginnings, rare Russian

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Νεόνιλλα.
Entry added April 23, 2024