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Mostly taken from Kate Monk's site (http://snipurl.com/8xve), which I've finally gotten around to perusing a bit. It's great, just as I've been told it was. :-)

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General Names: I've listed the female names first, then the male counterparts. Note that in Roman times, C was pronounced as K, so Marcia and Lucius would've been MAHR-kee-ah and LOO-kee-us respectively:
Agrippina, Agrippa
Albia, Albius
Albinia, Albinius
Allia, Allius
Amalthea
Amanda, Amandus
Ambrosia, Ambrosius
Angela, Angelus
Annia, Annius - Might make a good change from Anna, or a nice pseudo-masc. form of Anna in Annius's case
Antonia, Antonius
Appia, Appius
Arminia, Arminius
Arria, Arrius
Attia, Attius
Augusta, Augustus
Aurelia, Aurelius
Avita, Avitus
Calatoria, Calatorius
Calpurnia, Calpurnius - I saw a Calpurnia Adams on American Justice once, the girlfriend of a murdered cadet. The cadet's murder was possibly a hate crime, as Calpurnia was a male-to-female transsexual
Calva, Calvus
Calvina, Calvinus
Camilla, Camillus
Caria, Carius
Carina
Cassia, Cassius
Casta, Castus
Cata, Cato or Catus
Catia
Christiana, Christianus
Cinna
Clara, Clarus
Claudia, Claudius
Clodia, Clodius or Clodian or Clodianus
Cloelia
Cordelia
Cornelia, Cornelius
Crescentia, Crescentius
Crispa, Crispus
Crispina, Crispin – See also below
Cristina
Cypria, Cyprianus or Cyprias
Dalmatica
Desiderata – Most familiar modern form is Désirée
Domna
Drusa, Drusus
Dulcia
Emelia
Encratia, Encratis
Ennia, Ennius
Estella
Eubia
Eustacia, Eustacius
Eutropia
Fabia, Fabius
Fadia, Fadius
Fausta, Faustus
Felicia
Flavia, Flavius
Flora
Fontia
Fortunata
Fulvia, Fulvius
Gaea
Galla Gallus
Gloria
Grania, Granius
Gratia or Grata, Gratus - Roman form of Grace
Helvia, Helvius
Hilaria, Hilarius
Hispala, Hispalus
Honora or Honoria, Honorius
Horatia, Horatius
Hortensia, Hortensius
Hyacintha, Hyacinthus
Hypatia
Idonea
Innocentia
Januaria
Julia, Julius
Juliana, Julian or Julianus
Junia, Junius
Justa, Justus
Justina, Justin or Justinus
Laelia, Laelius
Lavinia
Livia, Livius
Lollia, Lollius
Lucia, Lucius
Lucilia, Lucilius
Maia, Maius
Manlia, Manlius
Marcella, Marcellus
Marcellina, Marcellinus – See also below
Marcia, Marcius
Maria, Marius
Matia, Matius
Matrona
Maxima, Maximus
Melissa, Melissus
Melita, Melitus
Mucia, Mucius
Natalia, Natalis or Natalinus
Octavia, Octavius - See also below
Olivia
Panthea
Papinia, Papinius
Peregrina, Peregrinus
Petronia, Petronius
Placida, Placidus
Pollia, Pollius
Pompeia, Pompeius
Pomponia, Pomponius
Popillia, Popillius
Poppaea, Poppaeus
Porcia, Porcius
Portia, Portius
Postumia, Postumius
Prisca, Priscus
Quartilia, Quartilius - See also below
Quintilia, Quintilius - See also below
Regina, Reginus – Though I wonder why somebody would name their son "queen"…
Rhea
Ria
Romana
Rufia, Rufius
Rufina, Rufinus
Sabina, Sabinus
Sabrina, Sabrinus
Salonia, Salonius
Saturnia, Saturnius
Selene
Sempronia, Sempronius
Serena, Serenus
Sergia, Sergius
Servilia, Servilius
Severa, Severus
Sidonia, Sidonius
Silia, Silius
Silvia, Silvius
Silviana, Silvianus
Sophrona
Sosia, Sosius
Sylvia, Sylvius
Tacita, Tacitus
Tadia, Tadius
Terentia, Terentius
Tiberia, Tiberius
Titia, Titius
Titinia, Titinius
Tullia, Tullius
Una – See also below
Valeria, Valerius
Varia, Varius
Velva, Velvus
Veronica
Vespasia, Vespasianus
Vettia, Vettius
Viatrix – Today this is Beatrix
Victoria, Victor
Vipsania, Vipsanius
Virgilia, Virgil
Virginia, Virginius
Vitellia, Vitellius
Volusia, Volusius

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Female Diminutives: Diminutives of certain female names were formed by adding the suffix -illa or -ina. These were originally used to distinguish a younger daughter from an older daughter, or a perhaps a niece and aunt, when they shared the same name. Later, however, the diminutives were given independantly regardless of birth order or relationship. Bracketed names are the non-diminutive forms of the names:
Agrippinilla (Agrippina)
Augustinilla (Augustina)
Camillina (Camilla)
Claudilla (Claudia)
Crispina (Crispa)
Drusilla (Drusa)
Dulcilla (Dulcia)
Faustilla (Fausta)
Faustina (Fausta)
Flavilla (Flavia)
Julilla (Julia)
Junilla (Junia)
Livilla (Livia)
Lucilla (Lucia)
Marcilla (Marcia)
Marcellina (Marcella)
Petronilla (Petronia)
Priscilla (Prisca)
Quartilla (Quarta, see below)
Quintilla (Quinta, see below)
Rufilla (Rufia, Rufina)
Sabinilla (Sabina)
Servililla (Servilia)
Victorina (Victoria)

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Number names: Originally, a name such as Primus would be given to the firstborn son, then Secunda would be given to his second-born sister, etc. Later, again, the names were sometimes given independantly, regardless of birth order. Early on, the higher number names were rare as (surprisingly) very large families weren't very common in Roman society:
1. Prima or Una, Primus
2. Secunda, Secundus
3. Tertia, Tertius
4. Quartia, Quartius
5. Quinta, Quintus
6. Sexta, Sextus
7. Septima, Septimus
8. Octavia, Octavius
9. Nona, Nonus
10. Decima, Decimus
11. Undecima, Undecimus
20. Vicesima, Vicesimus

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Whew! Well, I think that's enough for now, lol.

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What amazes me is how many of these names survive today, thousands and thousands of years after they were created. I mean, just think of a baby girl being named Julia in 100 BCE--100 years before Jesus's birth--and then think of a baby being named Julia in 2005. Cool, no?

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Miranda