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 [ 2 syll. ro-man, rom-an ] The boy name Roman is pronounced as ROWMahN KEY. Roman is an Albanian, Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic name of Latin origin. The name's meaning is man from Rome. Derived from the element 'romanus' which means citizen of Rome. Romanus (Latin) is an old form of Roman. The name was borne by a number of early saints, including Saint Romanus of Caesarea (-304), who was martyred under Diocletian. The name Romana (Czech, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Slavic) is the female equivalent of Roman. Roma (Russian), Romain (French), Romani (Albanian), Romano (Italian), Romanos (Greek), Román (Spanish), and Romão (Portuguese) are variants of Roman. Roman is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1940s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.088% of baby boys were given the name Roman. It ranked at #205 then. Out of all boy names in its group, Roman was the most commonly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Roman include Román (Spanish), Raheem (English), Rahim (Arabic and Iranian), Rahman (Turkish), Raimon (English), Raini, Rama (Indian), Ramey (English), Rami (Arabic and Iranian), Ramin (Iranian), Ramon (Spanish), Ramone (English and Spanish), Ramón (Spanish), Ramy (English), Ranen (Hebrew), Ranon (Hebrew), Rayan (Arabic and Iranian), Raymon (English and Spanish), Rayno (Slavic), and Rayshawn (English). A famous person named Roman is Filmmaker, Roman Polanski, born 18 August 1933, Paris, France. KEY: English pronunciation for Roman: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
