Roma

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rom in DK Denmark, SE Sweden, Romà in ES Spain, Rome in NO Norway and Roema in PH Philippines.

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 16 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◐

Roma is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname83K records spelled Roma48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Spain

  Also written Rome, Romá, Romà, Romé, Ro-Ma

• Bangla given name68K records spelled Roma24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, United States

  Languages: Bangla, Hindi, Sinhala

  Also written রোমা, Romain, Rom, Rome, Romaine

• Portuguese name27K records spelled Roma26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Angola

  Also written Rome, Romã, Romé, Römä, Rômä

• Polish name11K records spelled Roma9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Poland

  Also written Romā, Řômå, Romã, Röma, Româ

• French surname8.9K records spelled Roma27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Italy, Gabon, Senegal

  Also written Rome, Romé, Rôme, Romà, Romè

• Indonesian name8.1K records spelled Roma6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Řõmä, Römê, Romà, Romá

• Italian given name6.2K records spelled Roma11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Türkiye

  Also written Rome, Rim, Romè, Romé, Romá

71 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●

Roma 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 Italian, Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• pomegranate

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Italian, oriundo de Roma; etimologia do topônimo incerta

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, Latin; from Rome; a citizen of Rome

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• ROANNA, ROAN NE

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 143 years between 1883–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Roma Bahnb. 1896DEGerman actress and voice actress (1896–1975)
• Eraldo Da Romab. 1900ITItalian film editor
• Roma Mitchellb. 1913AUAustralian judge (1913–2000)
• Suchitra Senb. 1931INnot in their usual nameIndian actress (1931–2014)
• Antonio Romab. 1932ARArgentine footballer (1932-2013)
• Roma Ryanb. 1950GBIrish writer
• Roma Maffiab. 1955USAmerican actress
• Roma Downeyb. 1960GBIrish actress and Emmy nominated producer and author from Derry, Northern Ireland
• Nani Romab. 1972ESSpanish motorcycle racer
• Roma Gąsiorowskab. 1981PLPolish actress

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 · 810 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Roma?

We estimate roughly 11 thousand people bear Roma (counting its spellings and scripts) across 17 countries in our records.

In which country does Roma have the most bearers?

We estimate about 5.0 thousand people bear Roma in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled roma.

Where is Roma most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Roma is densest in Norway — about 1 in 14 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

What does the name Roma mean?

Recorded meaning: Hebrew: 'exalted, high'; town in Lesotho near Maseru