Roman is a name of Latin origin, and it is derived from the Latin word ‘Romanus’ which means ‘citizen of Rome’ or ‘from Rome’. It became popular among the Latin-speaking people of the Roman Empire, and it was widely used as a personal name.
Roman is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Roman is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #94 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Roman, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 83,234 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Roman. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
Roman is a name of Latin origin, and it is derived from the Latin word ‘Romanus’ which means ‘citizen of Rome’ or ‘from Rome’. It became popular among the Latin-speaking people of the Roman Empire, and it was widely used as a personal name.
Did you know... that the Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires in history and had a significant influence on Western civilization?
Roman Reigns (*1985)
US wrestler and actor Leati Joseph Anoa?i is best known under the stage name Roman Reigns. He is considered one of the most famous and successful wrestlers in the history of sports entertainment. He started his career in WWE in 2010 and has won numerous championship titles including the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, the Universal Championship and the Intercontinental Championship. Roman Reigns is known for his athleticism in the ring, his charismatic presence, and his ability to bring out the crowd.
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (1966)
Roman Abramovich is a Russian businessman, oligarch and one of the richest people in Russia with a fortune of more than $14 billion. Abramovich began his business career in the 1990s in Russia, where he worked in areas such as oil and gas. He was one of the founders of Millhouse Capital, an investment company. Abramovich is also known for his investments in football. He was the owner of the English soccer club Chelsea FC, which he bought in 2003 and sold in 2022. Under his leadership, Chelsea has enjoyed an era of success.
Roman the Great (1152 - 1205)
Roman Mstislavich, also known as Roman the Great, was a Russian prince and a member of the Rurik dynasty. He was prince of Novgorod (1168-1170), Volhynia (1170-1189, 1189-1205), and Halich (Galicia
Roman Atwood (*1983)
The American YouTuber and social media star is known for his sketches, pranks, and other content. Atwood has a large following on YouTube, Instagram, and other social media platforms. He has a unique and often humorous approach to his content, which often includes hilarious pranks and social experiments. In addition to his YouTube channel, Atwood is also involved in several other businesses and endeavors, including a merchandise line and a vlog channel. He is considered one of the most successful and influential YouTubers of all time, and his videos continue to be popular with audiences around the world.
When you hear the name Roman, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Roman? Are you also called Roman? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, in the Vratsa Oblast, near the town of Mesdra. Roman is the administrative center of a municipality of the same name.
'Romanstraße' is an approximately 1.2 mile (1.8 km) long inner-city street in the Neuhausen-Nymphenburg district of Munich. On it lies the 'Romanplatz'.
is a city in the Romanian region of Moldavia. It is generally believed that the name comes from Prince Roman I Mușat (reigned 1391-1394), who may have founded the city.
The Roman River flows entirely through the English county of Essex. In the past, the river was important for milling.
is an approximately four kilometer sized asteroid in the inner main belt. It was named after US astronomer Nancy Roman (1925-2018).
#70 - this is the highest rank Roman has ever achieved. Not many names manage to reach such a high popularity in even one of the 140+ years of recording. The last time Roman reached this top spot was in 2022 when 4,726 newborn boys were given this name. But as our statistics show, Roman hasn't always been a popular name: in some years of record, most recently in the year 1892, not a single newborn or less than 5 were named Roman (a name is only included in the official statistics if it has been given at least 5 times in a year). Nevertheless, the name Roman has accompanied people in this country for a long time. It turns out that this name fits very well into our time today. From zero to hero - even though it took a while for Roman to really catch on, it has become a very popular name.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Roman was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
The name Roman may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Roman is apparently especially popular in Nevada. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 669 men in Nevada is called Roman. In total, that’s 846 people who feel addressed when the name Roman is shouted loudly across Nevada and who ensure that their name makes it to #161 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Roman as the answer a total of 83,234 times. This places Roman at #317 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Roman as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter R is quite common as an initial letter for boys’ names. To be precise, 5.2% of all boys' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.
With five letters, the name Roman is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 5.2% of all boys' names start with R, this initial letter occurs much more often than all 26 letters on average. And maybe interesting to know: of all the names that begin with an R, Robert is the most common.
If your name is Roman and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Roman, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Roman sounds like this:
