Romeo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ромео in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

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 14 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◐

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

• English given name330K records spelled Romeo38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, France, Netherlands

  Languages: English, French, German

  Also written Roméo, Romèo, Rome'O, Rómeó, Rômëô

• a separate given name7.2K records spelled Romeo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Italy

  Also written Roméo, Romêo

• Albanian given name4.3K records spelled Romeo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Philippines, Italy

  Also written Rỡmễỡ, Rómèó, Römęõ, Rômęŏ

• Thai given name3.3K records spelled Romeo12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Thailand, United States, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written โรมีโอ, โรมิโอ, Romei, โรเมโอ, โรเมอ

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name2.7K records spelled Romeo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Roméo

64 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●

Romeo 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.

• Medieval religious name meaning ‘pilgrim to Rome’, from Latin Roma ‘Rome’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A male given name from the Romance languages.

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

• In Spanish, del bajo latín Romaeus, 'romero' o peregrino a Roma.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Equivale a pellegrino; forse riduzione di Borromeo.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Swedish, Romeo är från början ett romerskt binamn, Romaeus, med betydelsen ’medborgare i romerska riket; (senare) pilgrim till Rom’. Det har blivit allmänt känt genom Shake speares tragedi Romeo och Julia, uppförd första gången ca 1595 och tryckt 1597 i London. Shakespeare lånade namnet och pjäsens tema från en italiensk berättelse skriven ca 1530 av Matteo Bandello.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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) — 135 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Romeo Bertinib. 1893ITItalian athlete (1893-1973)
• Romeo Nerib. 1903ITItalian gymnast, 3 Olympic golds (1903–1961)
• Romeo Benettib. 1945ITItalian footballer
• Roméo Dallaireb. 1946CACanadian humanitarian, author, and retired senator and general
• Marcello Lippib. 1948ITnot in their usual nameItalian association football player and manager
• Romeo Castelluccib. 1960ITtheatre director
• Romeo Tanakab. 1973JPJapanese free artist and scenario writer for bishōjo games and adult games, and light novelist
• Romeo Castelenb. 1983NLDutch footballer
• Romeo Millerb. 1989USAmerican rapper, actor and basketball player
• Romeo Beckhamb. 2002GBEnglish association football player (born 2002)

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 · 968 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Romeo?

We estimate roughly 47 thousand people bear Romeo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Romeo have the most bearers?

Romeo is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled romeo.

How common is Romeo compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Romeo is the 66th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Romeo a male or female name?

Romeo 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 Romeo mean?

Recorded meaning: Pilgrim to Rome; famous Shakespearian character