Rommel

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled רומל in IL Israel, Romel in BD Bangladesh and Roemmel in CH Switzerland.

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 3 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◐

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

• Indonesian given name8.9K records spelled Rommel3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Rómmël

• a separate given name1.5K records spelled Rommel2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Philippines

  Also written Rômmel

• Thai given name1.4K records spelled Rommel4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Philippines, Laos, United States

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written รอมเมล, รอมเม็ล

• Estonian given name932 records spelled Rommel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Estonia, Finland

  Languages: Estonian, Hungarian, Finnish

  Also written Rõmmel, Rõmmël, Römmel

• Polish given name662 records spelled Rommel3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Philippines

  Also written Rómmel, Rommël

55 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●

Rommel 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 German, 2356 bearers. Map type for vowel variation; this plate contrasts o- and u-forms (Rommel vs. Rummel).

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• for an obstreperous person, from MLG, MDu. rummeln, rumpeln to make a noise, create a disturbance (of imitative origin). Roof see Rolf Vars.: Rommele, Rommler; Rummel, Riimmele, Riimmler.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In English, Erwin, German general

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, Übername wie Rummel, aber mit ursprünglichem germ. o (mhd. uo, mnd. ô) statt u; 2356 Belege. Die Karte zeigt den Wechsel o/u im Familiennamen.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• In Dutch, trash, garbage, rubbish

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

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 83 years between 1942–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Geno Rommel Ruiz Reáteguib. 1943PEPeruvian politician
• Javier Rommel Padilla Romerob. 1967PEPeruvian politician
• Rommel Marbilb. 1969PHchief of the Philippine National Police
• Rommel Banlaoib. 1970PHPhilippine international-security specialist
• Rommel Curámingb. 1970PHPhilippine political historian
• Rommel Jalosjosb. 1973PHFilipino politician and businessman (born 1973)
• Pierre Kalulub. 2000FRnot in their usual nameFrench and Congolese footballer (born 2000)
• Rommel R. RojasPEPeruvian herpetologist
• Rommel RodriguesIndian writer

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 · 359 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rommel?

We estimate roughly 10 thousand people bear Rommel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Rommel have the most bearers?

Rommel is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled rommel.

How common is Rommel compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Rommel is the 148th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Rommel a male or female name?

Rommel 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 Rommel mean?

Recorded meaning: Surname cluster with o/u vowel variation (Rom-/Rum- forms); the plate shows Romel, Rommel, Rummel, Rohmell.