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Roman

Latin
"citizen of Rome"
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Roman Origin and Meaning

The name Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome".

Roman is an ancient name trending in a major way. A surprise hit name of recent years, Roman now ranks in the Top 100 not only in the US but throughout the English-speaking world, and is rising in other European countries as well.

Roman owes much of its current popularity to celebrity and pop culture references. It's the name of the youngest son, played by Kieran Culkin, in the TV show Succession. Roman was used for their sons by Cate Blanchett, Debra Messing, and Molly Ringwald.

Well known Romans include disgraced director Polanski (born Raimund), Polish photographer Vishniac, and onetime star quarterback Gabriel. Francis Ford Coppola has a son named Roman, who is a director now himself.

Several relatives of Roman are also newly stylish, from Romy to Romilly to Romeo. Definitely a romantic name, however you use it.

The French version is Romaine -- and literary parents might appreciate the fact that 'roman' is the French word for novel.

# 52 in the US

Roman Rank in US Top 1000

# 96 on Nameberry

Roman Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Roman

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Famous People Named Roman

  • Roman Harper
    American football player
  • Roman Gabriel
    American football player
  • Roman Polanski
    Polish film director
  • Roman Ford Coppola
    American film director
  • Roman Kemp
    British radio and TV presenter; son of sings Shirlie Holliman and Martin Kemp
  • Roman Atwood
    American comedian/youtube star
  • Roman Reigns
    American professional wrestler
  • Roman Phylchenkov aka MrLololoshka
    Russian YouTuber
  • Roman Bürki
    a Swiss goalkeeper
  • Roman Krause (b. 2001)
    son of actor Peter Krause
  • Roman Keitel (b. 2003)
    son of actor Harvey Keitel and Daphna Kastner
  • Roman Robert Upton (b. 2004)
    son of actress Cate Blanchett
  • Roman Walker Zelman (b. 2004)
    son of actress Debra Messing
  • Roman Derwig (b. 2004)
    son of actors Jacob Derwig and Kim van Kooten
  • Roman Peete (b. 2005)
    son of actors Rodney Peete & Holly Robinson Peete
  • Roman Pena (b. 2008)
    son of actor Michael Pena
  • Roman Stylianos Ringwald Gianopoulous (2009)
    son of actress Molly Ringwald
  • Roman Morello
    son of guitarist Tom Morello
  • Roman Arnault (b. 2016)
    son of model Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault

The name Roman in Pop Culture

  • Roman Zazo
    character on TV's "Jane the Virgin"
  • Roman
    alien and main character on TV's "Star,Crossed"
  • Roman Zolanski
    one of rapper Nicki Minaj's alter egos
  • Roman Bellic
    character from Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Roman Brady
    character on the American soap "Days of Our Lives"
  • Roman Craig
    character played by Dan Akroyd in "The Great Outdoors"
  • Roman Godfrey
    character from Netflix's "Hemlock Grove"
  • Roman Grant
    character in HBO's "Big Love"
  • Roman Pearce
    from the "Fast & Furious" series
  • Roman Sionis
    real name of the Batman villain Black Mask
  • Roman Torchwick
    antagonist voiced by Gray Haddock in web series RWBY
  • Roman Zimojic
    character on HBO's "True Blood"
  • Roman Armond
    character in "The Kroll Show"
  • Roman
    Jane's brother on TV's "Blindspot"
  • Roman
    the name of Thomas Sanders personality resembling romance and creativity, "Princey"
  • Roman Roy
    youngest son on "Succession"

International Variations of the name Roman

  • Romain
    French
  • Romano
    Italian
  • Romanus
    Latin
  • Romanos
    Greek

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