Roman Forename
212th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,556,570 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia
Roman Forename User-submission:
Roman is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language. It comes from the Latin word 'romanus', which means 'of Rome'. In this initial sense, the title 'Roman' means 'a citizen of the Roman Empire', a man of Roman (or Byzantine) culture, Italian, Latin or Greek.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 1,415,737 | 1:102 | 26 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 299,748 | 1:152 | 43 |
| Poland | 100% | 112,951 | 1:337 | 78 |
| Mexico | 100% | 89,430 | 1:1,388 | 251 |
| Belarus | 99% | 72,113 | 1:131 | 40 |
| Czechia | 100% | 70,396 | 1:151 | 42 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 63,027 | 1:282 | 55 |
| United States | 100% | 46,384 | 1:7,816 | 931 |
| Germany | 100% | 35,972 | 1:2,688 | 382 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 28,627 | 1:1,075 | 242 |
| Bangladesh | 92% | 27,769 | 1:5,742 | 781 |
| Philippines | 99% | 25,613 | 1:4,139 | 712 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 15,955 | 1:333 | 71 |
| Austria | 100% | 15,054 | 1:566 | 137 |
| Peru | 100% | 14,380 | 1:2,211 | 422 |
| Spain | 100% | 12,936 | 1:3,597 | 400 |
| Turkmenistan | 99% | 12,738 | 1:430 | 112 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10,905 | 1:753 | 164 |
| Ethiopia | 67% | 9,710 | 1:10,047 | 1,495 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9,302 | 1:900 | 172 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 9,146 | 1:21,251 | 1,668 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8,570 | 1:5,575 | 622 |
| Moldova | 79% | 7,880 | 1:452 | 101 |
| Israel | 95% | 7,836 | 1:1,072 | 237 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 7,672 | 1:1,382 | 324 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,610 | 1:5,013 | 778 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6,508 | 1:574 | 129 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6,418 | 1:4,706 | 617 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6,308 | 1:390 | 104 |
| India | 82% | 5,201 | 1:233,585 | 23,278 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4,369 | 1:1,367 | 236 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4,290 | 1:680 | 152 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4,113 | 1:10,400 | 666 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 4,067 | 1:117 | 31 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 4,022 | 1:2,398 | 502 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 3,858 | 1:4,175 | 564 |
| England | 100% | 3,769 | 1:14,753 | 1,028 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,667 | 1:70,347 | 8,397 |
| Estonia | 100% | 3,606 | 1:365 | 70 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 3,093 | 1:2,340 | 475 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,977 | 1:23,536 | 3,122 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,971 | 1:30,933 | 2,063 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,759 | 1:3,196 | 487 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,548 | 1:20,718 | 2,081 |
| Cuba | - | 2,400 | 1:4,794 | 542 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,174 | 1:4,798 | 707 |
| Afghanistan | 81% | 1,986 | 1:16,427 | 1,366 |
| France | 100% | 1,773 | 1:37,490 | 1,298 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,750 | 1:2,232 | 447 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Australia | - | 1,547 | 1:8,828 | 887 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,366 | 1:4,406 | 671 |
| Uganda | 99% | 1,296 | 1:31,603 | 2,200 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,277 | 1:4,966 | 513 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,232 | 1:3,423 | 462 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 1,225 | 1:6,655 | 700 |
| Nepal | 94% | 1,211 | 1:23,524 | 2,172 |
| Kenya | 98% | 1,103 | 1:41,983 | 3,061 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,080 | 1:18,567 | 1,353 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 993 | 1:17,021 | 1,742 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 968 | 1:7,221 | 827 |
| Italy | 89% | 935 | 1:65,307 | 1,519 |
| Sweden | 96% | 862 | 1:11,436 | 963 |
| Portugal | - | 812 | 1:12,821 | 723 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 803 | 1:5,938 | 701 |
| Brazil | 100% | 795 | 1:269,479 | 10,847 |
| Norway | 100% | 794 | 1:6,464 | 697 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 792 | 1:307 | 79 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 788 | 1:225,335 | 9,362 |
| South Africa | 99% | 746 | 1:73,100 | 6,611 |
| Belgium | 100% | 745 | 1:15,423 | 1,358 |
| Malawi | 100% | 740 | 1:23,125 | 2,002 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 731 | 1:4,038 | 435 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 617 | 1:5,555 | 523 |
| Finland | 100% | 573 | 1:9,569 | 789 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 479 | 1:63,570 | 4,984 |
| Greece | 100% | 467 | 1:23,414 | 1,094 |
| Morocco | - | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Latvia | 100% | 416 | 1:4,845 | 472 |
| Somalia | - | 399 | 1:33,899 | 2,007 |
| Serbia | 100% | 384 | 1:18,609 | 1,250 |
| Ecuador | - | 370 | 1:47,911 | 1,733 |
| Ireland | 100% | 366 | 1:12,687 | 806 |
| New Zealand | - | 352 | 1:12,886 | 1,220 |
| Zambia | - | 343 | 1:46,224 | 3,011 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 311 | 1:69,487 | 4,091 |
| Denmark | - | 302 | 1:18,707 | 1,151 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Chile | 100% | 238 | 1:73,980 | 2,169 |
| China | - | 222 | 1:6,153,404 | 59,272 |
| Kuwait | - | 171 | 1:22,136 | 2,344 |
| Scotland | 99% | 165 | 1:32,426 | 1,255 |
| Algeria | - | 162 | 1:235,659 | 3,433 |
| Japan | - | 158 | 1:810,038 | 13,777 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 152 | 1:101,472 | 7,331 |
| Belize | 100% | 128 | 1:2,768 | 636 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 116 | 1:636,445 | 21,039 |
| Iran | 100% | 108 | 1:726,823 | 7,267 |
| Iraq | 100% | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Jamaica | - | 95 | 1:30,350 | 2,083 |
| Guam | - | 91 | 1:1,765 | 388 |
| Wales | 98% | 90 | 1:34,381 | 1,452 |
| Qatar | 100% | 89 | 1:26,625 | 3,698 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 87 | 1:628 | 105 |
| Malta | - | 85 | 1:5,051 | 678 |
| Congo | 83% | 84 | 1:59,633 | 4,325 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 82 | 1:289,874 | 21,591 |
| Lebanon | 85% | 75 | 1:75,034 | 2,841 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 63 | 1:113,524 | 8,663 |
| Hong Kong | - | 60 | 1:129,212 | 2,970 |
| Singapore | 100% | 57 | 1:110,299 | 7,549 |
| Iceland | - | 55 | 1:6,655 | 721 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 51 | 1:1,050 | 230 |
| Aruba | - | 50 | 1:2,076 | 432 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 50 | 1:757 | 172 |
| Hungary | 88% | 46 | 1:212,865 | 1,101 |
| Liberia | 95% | 46 | 1:95,914 | 4,214 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 40 | 1:14,101 | 1,005 |
| Namibia | - | 40 | 1:60,104 | 3,480 |
| Brunei | - | 35 | 1:11,988 | 816 |
| Cambodia | 88% | 35 | 1:464,952 | 10,282 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 35 | 1:101,437 | 1,901 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 33 | 1:26,396 | 1,486 |
| South Korea | - | 32 | 1:173,263 | 7,040 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:25,259 | 1,921 |
| Jordan | 94% | 22 | 1:401,217 | 3,496 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Turkey | 75% | 21 | 1:3,704,843 | 19,450 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 18 | 1:35,254 | 1,918 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Haiti | - | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 9 | 1:232,306 | 6,858 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| South Sudan | 67% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 7 | 1:503,494 | 4,832 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Eritrea | 50% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Palestine | 50% | 4 | 1:1,137,514 | 4,137 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Micronesia | - | 3 | 1:35,500 | 1,253 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Román (1,139), Romàn (24), Róman (4), Röman (3) & Romãn (1) are calculated separately.
Roman (555,673) may also be a surname.
Roman Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Roman is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language. It comes from the Latin word 'romanus', which means 'of Rome'. In this initial sense, the title 'Roman' means 'a citizen of the Roman Empire', a man of Roman (or Byzantine) culture, Italian, Latin or Greek. The name is also widely used in Russia as an alternative of Rodman, an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþi- 'famous' and *mann 'man' (Hrōþimannaz).It's sometimes used as a literal translation of the name Robert. The name day festival for Roman may take place on different days depending on the country.
Variations of the name include:
- French: Romain
- German: Roman
- Hungarian: Román
- Italian: Romano
- Portuguese: Romão
- Spanish: Román
- Polish, Czech, Slovak: Roman
- Russian: Роман (Roman)
- Ukrainian: Роман (Roman)
Roman Forename Popularity
Roman Demographics
Average Male Roman Height
175.14 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,230 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Roman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roman in the Russian language | ||
| Роман | roman | - |
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