Roman Names for Boys

There are 159 Roman names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Roman names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #7 and a usage of 0.8859%. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the Albanian, Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic Roman, the English and German Arthur, and the English, German, Polish, and Scandinavian name, August. The unusual Roman names are Lester (English), Aeneas (English), Alban (English and German), Albin (Finnish, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, and German), Ambrose (English), Amerigo (Italian), Anselm (English and German), Antonino (Italian), Armin (German), Arsenio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Attilio (Italian), and Augustine (English).

Roman names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1956, 16.836% of baby boys were given Roman names. There were 55 Roman names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Roman names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 45 Roman names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 7.136%. Within all Roman names, the Czech, English, and German Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9915%.

NAME MATCH:

Roman 207 ... man from Rome ...The boy name Roman is pronounced as ROWMahN ... Roman's meaning is man from Rome ...

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Lester ... Roman fort ... ; 'caester' meaning Roman fort ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abraham 192 ... father of a multitude ... saints of the Eastern Roman Empire ...

Adrian 61 ... man from Hadria; dark ... is derived from the Roman Hadrian, itself derived ...

Aeneas ... praiseworthy ... where he founded the Roman state ...

Alban ... man from Alba; the Albanian ... is derived from the Roman family name Albanus, ...

Albin ... white; man from Alba ... is derived form the Roman nickname Albinus, ...

Aloysius ... commonly bestowed by Roman Catholics in honor of ...

Ambrose ... immortal, divine ... been more popular in Roman Catholic Ireland than ...

Amerigo ... Ostrogoths of the late Roman empire, but it was not ...

Angel 34 ... messenger of God, angel ... it was mainly used by Roman Catholics, especially ...

Anselm ... protected by God ... since been used as a Roman Catholic name ...

Anthony 7 ... first name is from the Roman family name, of which ... Roman family name is of obscure and probably ...

Antonino ... is derived from the Roman family name Antoninus, ...

Armin ... immense, universal ... was recorded by the Roman historian Tacitus as ...

Arsenio ... virile ... Arsenius the Deacon, a Roman imperial tutor. ...

Arthur 374 ... stone, bear ... (stone), or from the Roman family name Artorius ...

Attilio ... Roman family name Attilius is itself of Etrusk ... Regulus (250BC), the Roman general who fought in ...

August 607 ... august, dignified, holy ... adopted as a title by Roman emperors such as Gaius ...

Augustine ... august, dignified, holy ... is derived from the Roman Augustinus, itself from ...