Roman

Meaning and origin of Roman

Popularity of Roman in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2004.
• Over recent years, Roman has been stable (−0.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Roman every 15 schools, all spellings combined.

Roman in English-speaking countries

Roman ranks 30^th in England and Wales, 36^th in Scotland and 52^nd in New Zealand, against 300^th in France.

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  36^th boys’ name331 babies in 3 years1 boy in 181+9.4% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  30^th boys’ name4,355 babies in 3 years1 boy in 190+4.1% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  52^nd boys’ name206 babies in 3 years1 boy in 239+2.9% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  52^nd boys’ name16,467 babies in 3 years1 boy in 312+4.4% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  85^th boys’ name131 babies in 3 years1 boy in 340+3.2% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  84^th boys’ name416 babies in 3 years1 boy in 409+6.1% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  139^th boys’ name50 babies in 3 years1 boy in 509

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  161^st boys’ name96 babies in 3 years1 boy in 748+14.2% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Roman and Romàn are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Romàn25
• Romann (in French)40

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Roman

• Romain
• Orso
• Luka
• Aurèle
• Loris
• Aimé
• Justin
• Marcus
• Aubin
• Pio
• Paulin
• Lazare

See also

• →French names of Latin origin