Romanus
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Romanus is a given name, most frequently recorded in Indonesia. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: people, lang.. South Asia, Near East,.
- GYGuyana1 in 75K◐
- NLNetherlands1 in 77K
- CMCameroon1 in 93K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈372 ●
- Sources
- 66 ●
- 1 in 75K ◐
across 4 countries
876 records
Reference-verified
Guyana
Meaning & origin●
people, lang.. South Asia, Near East,
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | 868 | 80 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 66 |
| NG Nigeria | 393 | 550 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 22 |
| NL Netherlands | 223 | 0 rec. | 1 in 77K | 223 | — | 1 |
| IN India | 191 | 28 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 8 |
| US United States | 136 | 85 rec. | 1 in 2.4M | 152 | Romanus | 38 |
| TZ Tanzania | 92 | 22 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 12 |
| MY Malaysia | 87 | 23 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 10 |
| KE Kenya | 25 | 3 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 8 |
| CM Cameroon | 21 | 39 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | 15 | 10 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 11 |
| GY Guyana | 10 | — | 1 in 75K | 10 | — | — |
| ZA South Africa | 6 | 7 rec. | — | — | Romanus | 3 |
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Languages●
- English5K40%
- Swahili2.1K17%
- Indonesian1.7K14%
- 8647%
- German5484%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 4,977 | 40% |
| Swahili | 2,086 | 17% |
| Indonesian | 1,735 | 14% |
| 864 | 7% | |
| German | 548 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Romanus is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Romany, Roman! [Gypsy]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Europe, USA
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, pope
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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.
Notable people with this name●
- Romanus of Caesareab. 201ILSyrian saint
- Romanus of Condatb. 390FRChristian saint, monk and hermit
- Romanos the Melodistb. 490SYnot in their usual nameGreek hymnographer
- Romanos I Lekapenosb. 870TRnot in their usual nameByzantine emperor from 919/920 to 944
- Romanos IIb. 938TRnot in their usual name10th century Byzantine Emperor
- Romanos III Argyrosb. 968TRnot in their usual nameByzantine emperor
- Romanos IV Diogenesb. 1030TRnot in their usual nameByzantine emperor
- Romanus Weichleinb. 1652ATAustrian composer (1652-1706)
- Roman Fischerb. 1915ATnot in their usual nameAustrian fencer
- Romanos Alyfantisb. 1986GRnot in their usual nameswimmer
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●
Attested in 31 sources across 19 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 38 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Romanus?
- We estimate roughly 372 people bear Romanus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
- In which country does Romanus have the most bearers?
- Romanus is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled romanus.
- Where is Romanus most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Romanus is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 75 thousand people — even though Indonesia holds more of our records for it.
- Is Romanus a male or female name?
- Romanus 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 Romanus mean?
- Recorded meaning: people, lang.. South Asia, Near East,
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Romanus”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.