Rom

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ram in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 19 more, Raam in PK Pakistan, ริม in TH Thailand and Rama in SY Syria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rom is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname5.7K records spelled Rom10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Belgium

  Also written Rom', Rôm, R'Om, Řom, Rō̜m

• Polish surname2.8K records spelled Rom10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Ukrainian

  Also written Rơm, Řom, Řõm, Róm

• a separate surname1.8K records spelled Rom3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Israel, Pakistan

  Also written Röm, Rōm

• Indonesian surname1.4K records spelled Rom13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Rome, Rõma, Romã, Romé, Rŏmà

• English surname1.1K records spelled Rom61 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Australia, Denmark

  Languages: English, Danish, German

  Also written Roma, Roema, Rome, Roemae, Romà

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Rom is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, gypsy man or boy

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, read-only memory

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, city, Italy

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Hungarian, ruin

  as a word·Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian

• In Hungarian, to spoil, to get broken

  as a word·Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• François Romb. 1882BEfencer (1882–1942)
• Anton Romb. 1909DEGerman rower (1909–1994)
• Siri Romb. 1918NONorwegian actress (1918–2002)
• Dagmar Romb. 1928ATalpine skier (1928–2022)
• Werner Romb. 1946DEGerman actor
• Sonja Romb. 1969DEGerman cinematographer
• Adam Romb. 1970RURussian pornographic actor
• Matija Romb. 1998SISlovenian association football player
• Greg Romfilm director
• Melody Romactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 87 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rom?

We estimate roughly 16 thousand people bear Rom (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Rom have the most bearers?

Rom is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ram.

How common is Rom compared with other names?

In India, Rom is the most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

What does the name Rom mean?

Recorded meaning: Abbreviation of Romania.