The name is the feminine form of Flavius, a Roman gens, or patrilineal clan, which included the Emperors Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. The name also appeared in the science-fiction novel A Torrent of Faces (J. Blish and N. Knight, 1967), wherein Flavia is an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth. (M 6956) _ _.
Discovered on 2-11-1981 in Anderson Mesa by Skiff, B. A.