Romana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Романа in UA Ukraine, RU Russia and Omana in IN India.

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 8 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◐

Romana is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name134K records spelled Romana12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, United States, Austria, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Romaña, Romána, Romanã, Română, Romañá

• Bangla given name80K records spelled Romana59 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Bangla, English, Hindi

  Also written Rumana, Ramona, রুমানা, Rumna, রোমানা

• Spanish given name54K records spelled Romana28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Romaña, Romanha, Romagna, Romañá, Romanã

• Italian given name4.8K records spelled Romana5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Also written Romaña, Romanà, Romanã, Romañá

• a separate given name2.2K records spelled Romana6 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Romaña, Romañá, Româna, Română, Romāna

• Indonesian given name1.9K records spelled Romana2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, India

  Also written Romaña

62 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●

Romana 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 Polish, accusative of Roman

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

• In Italian, forma feminina de Romano

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Féminin de Romanus/Romain, « Romane, de Rome ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Forme féminine de Roman/Romain.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• Nacida en Roma, que pertenece a Roma

  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) — 122 years between 1891–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Princess Francisca of Brazilb. 1824BRnot in their usual namePrincess of Brazil (1824-1898)
• Julia R. Anagnosb. 1844USnot in their usual nameAmerican poet and author
• Romana Acosta Bañuelosb. 1925USTreasurer of the United States (1925–2018)
• Elena Burkeb. 1928CUnot in their usual nameCuban singer (1928-2002)
• Romana Jerkovićb. 1964HRCroatian politician
• Romana Vredeb. 1972NLDutch actress
• Romana Maláčováb. 1987CZCzech pole vaulter
• Romana Labounkováb. 1989CZCzech racing cyclist
• Romana Tabakb. 1991SKSlovakian tennis player
• Romana Maggiora Verganob. 1997ITItalian 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 · 495 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Romana?

We estimate roughly 64 thousand people bear Romana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Romana have the most bearers?

We estimate about 44 thousand people bear Romana in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled romana.

Where is Romana most common?

Romana is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 242 people carrying it.

How common is Romana compared with other names?

In the Czechia, Romana is the 103rd most common given name of 28,899 given names recorded there.

Is Romana a male or female name?

Romana is a female 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 Romana mean?

Recorded meaning: feminine singular of romano