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Romanian Masculine Names

The names listed here are used in Romania.

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADRIAN   m   English, Romanian, Polish, German, Russian
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN)... [more]

ALEXANDRU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of ALEXANDER

ALIN   m   Romanian
Possibly a Romanian masculine form of ALINA (2)... [more]

ANDREI   m   Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARTUR   m   German, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Romanian
Cognate of ARTHUR

AUGUSTIN   m   French, Czech, Romanian
French, Czech and Romanian form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AUREL   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of AURELIUS

BENIAMIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of BENJAMIN

BOGDAN   m   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and dan "given".

CAROL (2)   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CAROLUS... [more]

CĂTĂLIN   m   Romanian
Possibly a Romanian masculine form of KATHERINE.

CEZAR   m   Portuguese, Polish, Romanian
Portuguese, Polish and Romanian form of CAESAR

CIPRIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).

CLAUDIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CLAUDIUS

CONSTANTIN   m   French, Romanian
French and Romanian form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CORNEL   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CORNELIUS

COSMIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of COSMAS

COSTEL   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTINE

COSTICA   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTINE

COSTIN   m   Romanian
Romanian short form of CONSTANTIN

CRISTI   m   Romanian
Diminutive of CRISTIAN

CRISTIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CHRISTIAN

DAN (2)   m   English, Romanian
Short form of DANIEL

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DĂNUȚ   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of DAN (2)

DECEBAL   m   Romanian
Means "powerful, brave" in Dacian... [more]

DINU   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTIN

DIONISIE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of DIONYSIUS

DORIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of DORIAN

DORU   m   Romanian
Derived from Romanian dor meaning "longing".

DRAGOMIR   m   Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian
Means "precious and peaceful" from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious" combined with mir "peace".

DRAGOS   m   Romanian
Variant of DRAGOȘ

DRAGOȘ   m   Romanian
Short form of DRAGOMIR

DUMITRU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of DEMETRIUS

EMANUEL   m   Scandinavian, German, Romanian
Scandinavian, German and Romanian form of EMMANUEL

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMILIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EUGEN   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of EUGENE

FANE   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of STEFAN

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FLAVIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of FLAVIUS

FLORIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of FLORIAN

GABI   m & f   German, Romanian, Hungarian
German diminutive of GABRIELE (2) (feminine), Romanian diminutive of GABRIEL (masculine) or GABRIELA (feminine), and Hungarian diminutive of GÁBOR (masculine) or GABRIELLA (feminine).

GABRIEL   m   French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "strong man of God"... [more]

GAVRIL   m   Bulgarian, Romanian
Bulgarian and Romanian form of GABRIEL

GEORGE   m   English, Romanian
From the Greek name Γεωργιος (Georgios) which was derived from the Greek word γεωργος (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements γη (ge) "earth" and εργον (ergon) "work"... [more]

GHENADIE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of GENNADIUS

GHEORGHE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of GEORGE

GRIGORE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of GREGORY

HARALAMB   m   Romanian
Romanian form of CHARALAMPOS

HORAȚIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of HORATIUS

HOREA   m   Romanian
Meaning unknown, possibly from Romanian hora, a type of circle dance... [more]

HORIA   m   Romanian
Variant of HOREA

IANCU   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of JOHN

ILIE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of ELIAS

IOAN   m   Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Romanian and Welsh form of JOHN... [more]

ION   m   Basque, Romanian
Basque and Romanian form of JOHN

IONEL   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of JOHN

IONUȚ   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of JOHN

IOSIF   m   Russian, Romanian, Greek
Russian, Romanian and Greek form of JOSEPH

IULIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

IULIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of JULIUS

LAURENTIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LIVIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of LIVIUS

LUCA (1)   m   Italian, Romanian
Italian and Romanian form of LUKE... [more]

LUCIAN   m   Romanian, English
From the Roman family name Lucianus, which was derived from the Roman name LUCIUS.

MANUEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, English
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL, as well as the German, Romanian and English short form of EMANUEL... [more]

MARCEL   m   French, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Form of MARCELLUS

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIAN (2)   m   Polish, Czech, Romanian
Polish, Czech and Romanian form of MARIANUS... [more]

MARIN   m   French, Romanian
French, Romanian and Croatian form of MARINUS

MARIUS   m   Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"... [more]

MARTIN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MIHAI   m   Romanian
Romanian form of MICHAEL... [more]

MIHAIL   m   Romanian, Bulgarian
Romanian and Bulgarian form of MICHAEL

MIHAITA   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of MICHAEL

MIRCEA   m   Romanian
Derived from the Slavic element mir meaning "peace".

MITICA   m   Romanian
Diminutive of DUMITRU

NECULAI   m   Romanian
Romanian variant form of NICHOLAS

NELU   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of ION

NICOLAE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of NICHOLAS

NICU   m   Romanian
Diminutive of NICOLAE

NICUȘOR   m   Romanian
Diminutive of NICOLAE

OCTAVIAN   m   History, Romanian
From the Roman name Octavianus, which was derived from the name OCTAVIUS... [more]

OVIDIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Ovidius (see OVID).

PAUL   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]

PETRE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of PETER

PETRICA   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of PETER

PETRU   m   Romanian, Corsican
Romanian and Corsican form of PETER

POMPILIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of the Roman name Pompilius which is of unknown meaning, possibly a derivative of Pompeius (see POMPEY)... [more]

RADU   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of Slavic names beginning with the element rad "happy".

RĂZVAN   m   Romanian
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the name RADOVAN... [more]

REMUS   m   Roman Mythology, Romanian
Meaning unknown... [more]

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

SANDU   m   Romanian
Short form of ALEXANDRU

SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin... [more]

SERAFIM   m   Russian, Romanian
Russian and Romanian form of Seraphinus (see SERAPHINA).

SERGHEI   m   Romanian
Romanian (Moldovan) form of SERGEY

SERGIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of SERGIUS

SILVIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Silvius (see SILVIO).

SIMION   m   Romanian
Romanian form of SIMON

SORIN   m   Romanian
Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

ȘTEFAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of STEPHEN

STEFAN   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STELIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of STYLIANOS

TEODOR   m   Scandinavian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
Cognate of THEODORE

THEODOR   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Romanian
German form of THEODORE, as well as a Scandinavian, Czech and Romanian variant of TEODOR.

TIBERIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of TIBERIUS

TOMA (2)   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian
Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian form of THOMAS

TRAIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Traianus (see TRAJAN).

TUDOR (2)   m   Romanian
Variant of TEODOR

VALENTIN   m   Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALERIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of VALERIUS

VALI   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of VALERIU or VALENTIN

VASILE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of BASIL (1)

VASILICA   m   Romanian
Diminutive of VASILE

VICTOR   m   English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin... [more]

VIOREL   m   Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea meaning "bluebell".

VIRGIL   m   English, Romanian
From the Roman family name Vergilius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

VIRGILIU   m   Romanian
Romanian variant of VIRGIL

VLAD   m   Russian, Romanian
Old short form of Slavic names beginning with the element volod meaning "rule"... [more]

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