Pompea as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pompea

What is the meaning of the name Pompea ?

The baby name Pompea is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /pɒmˈpeɪə/ (pom-PAY-ə); Italian: /pomˈpe.a/ (pom-PEH-ah).

Pompea is Latin in Origin.

Pompea is the Italian feminine form of Latin Pompeia, the women’s name of the Roman gens Pompeia (source of English Pompey). The root is widely traced to the Sabine/Oscan personal name Pompo, equated with Latin Quintus “fifth,” so Pompea can be read as “fifth(-born)” or “belonging to the Pompeius clan.” A later folk association links it to Latin pompa “procession” (from Greek pompē), though this is not the name’s true origin.

In antiquity the form Pompeia was common, borne by figures such as Pompeia, the second wife of Julius Caesar, and the empress Pompeia Plotina. The streamlined Italian Pompea appears in medieval and modern records, with modest revival in Italy and occasional influence from devotion tied to the sanctuary of Pompei. Variants include Pompeia (Latin/Portuguese), Pompéia (Portuguese), Pompeya (Spanish), and Pompeja (Polish/Slavic), with related masculines Pompeo (Italian) and Pompeius/Pompey.