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Romana

Say it: roh-MAH-nuh

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Meaning

Latin romana 'Roman woman'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A Roman name revived in 20th-century Central Europe.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1900s

In the United States

1,713 babies given this name since 1891
At its height in 1904, about 1 in 25,000 girls
11 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Latin Italian Czech Slovak Croatian Polish

The family of the name

Italian	Romana
Czech	Romana
Polish	Romana
Croatian	Romana

Names worth a look

FaustinaGirlDerived from Faustus 'lucky, auspicious'.Rome · peak 1893 · forgotten

FlaviaGirlFeminine of Flavius, from flavus 'golden, yellow-haired'.Rome · peak 1884

HortensiaGirlFeminine of Hortensius, probably from hortus 'garden'.Rome · peak 1928 · forgotten

FabianaGirlFeminine of Fabianus, derived from Fabius.Rome · peak 2010

FelicitasGirlLatin felicitas 'good fortune, happiness'.Rome · peak 1928

LucinaGirlFrom lux 'light'; Lucina was a title of Juno as goddess of childbirth, 'she who brings into the light'.Rome · peak 1880 · forgotten

RaymondBoyFrom Germanic ragin 'counsel' and mund 'protection'.Middle Ages · peak 1926

RomanBoyFrom Latin Romanus 'Roman, of Rome'.Rome · peak 2019

Where this comes from

Roman inscriptions and tombstones
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.