Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. ro-MEH-o(Italian) RO-mee-o(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Italian form of the Late Latin Romaeus or Late Greek Ρωμαῖος (Romaios), which meant "from Rome" or "Roman". Romeo is best known as the lover of Juliet in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1596). Shakespeare based his play on earlier Italian stories by Luigi Da Porto (1524) and Matteo Bandello (1554), which both featured characters named Giulietta and Romeo.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesRaman(Belarusian) Romà(Catalan) Roman(Croatian) Roman(Czech) Romein(Dutch) Roman(English) Roman(Estonian) Romain, Roméo(French) Roman(German) Román(Hungarian) Romanos(Late Greek) Romaeus, Romanus(Late Roman) Romāns(Latvian) Roman(Polish) Romão, Romeu(Portuguese) Rómulo, Rômulo(Portuguese (European)) Romulus(Roman Mythology) Roman, Roma(Russian) Roman(Slovak) Roman(Slovene) Román, Rómulo(Spanish) Roman(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingRoméo
User SubmissionsRómeó, Romèo, Romeo

Popularity

People think this name is

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Name Days

Hungary: February 7 (as Rómeó)

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Entry updated June 9, 2023