Romain

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Cesar in ES Spain, AR Argentina.

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 17 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◐

Romain is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name57K records spelled Romain17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Germany, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Romanus, Rômain, Römäïñ, Romaîn, Romàin

• Spanish given name13K records spelled Romain6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Brazil, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Römäïñ, Romaín, Romäin, Rômàïn

• Hindi given name1.0K records spelled Romain3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, India

  Also written Romaín, Romaîn

• Polish given name969 records spelled Romain2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written ROmaiñ

76 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●

Romain 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.

• From the Late Latin personal name ROmdnus ‘Roman’. Feminine form: Romaine.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, of the city of Rome; Roman

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

• In French, Caractère typographique droit, perpendiculaire, employé pour la partie courante d’un livre. Il fut inventé en Italie par Jenson.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In French, Du latin Romanus, « Romain »; porté par plusieurs saints Romain.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du nom latin Rōmānus, dérivé de Rōma « Rome ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

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●

MQ INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique) — 86 years between 1901–2011. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Romain Rollandb. 1866FRFrench author (1866-1944)
• Romain Garyb. 1914FRFrench writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
• Jacques Brelb. 1929BEnot in their usual nameBelgian singer (1929–1978)
• Don Davisb. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican composer, conductor, orchestrator and trombonist
• Romain Durisb. 1974FRFrench actor (born 1974)
• Romain Gavrasb. 1981FRFrench filmmaker (born 1981)
• Romain Grosjeanb. 1986CHFrench and Swiss racing driver
• Romain Ghanem Saïssb. 1990FRMoroccan association football player
• Sébastien Hallerb. 1994FRnot in their usual nameIvorian-French footballer (born 1994)
• Romain Del Castillob. 1996FRFrench association football player

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 · 524 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Romain?

We estimate roughly 653 thousand people bear Romain (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Romain have the most bearers?

We estimate about 193 thousand people bear Romain in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled romain.

Where is Romain most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Romain is densest in Paraguay — about 1 in 83 people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

How common is Romain compared with other names?

In France, Romain is the 72nd most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Romain a male or female name?

Romain is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Romain mean?

Recorded meaning: from OFr Romeyn or romeyn ‘a Roman’; first attested Romanus le corduaner 1221 Cur (Yorkshire)