Romani
names are used by the Romani, a nomadic people who live mainly in Europe and the Americas.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Repentance f & m English (Puritan), RomaniMiddle English: from Old French
repentir, from
re- (expressing intensive force) +
pentir (based on Latin
paenitere ‘cause to repent’). Meaning, " the activity of reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs." Referring to being sorry for one's sins... [
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Reservoir f Romani (Rare, Archaic)From the English word. In the case of Reservoir Smith, a gypsy girl, daughter of Shadrack Smith, she had reputedly received her name from the site, close to a reservoir, where she was born.
Ruslo m RomaniDirectly taken from Romani
ruslo "strong".
Sansparella f Romani (Archaic)From French
sans pareil "unmatched, incomparable, peerless". Its use as a given name in the 19th century may be promoted by an eponymous warship (captured by the Britains from France) or by a famous steam locomotive built in 1829.
Settela f RomaniMeaning uncertain. A famous bearer of this given name was Settela Steinbach (1934-1944), a Dutch Sinti girl who lost her life in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. She posthumously became an icon of the Holocaust, due to her brief appearance in a video of the transit camp Westerbork, which had been made by fellow Holocaust victim Rudolf Breslauer (1903-1944 or 1945).
Silence f & m English (Archaic), English (Puritan), Romani (Archaic), AfricanSimply from the English word
silence, from Middle English from Old French, from Latin
silentium, from
silere ‘be silent’. A popular virtue name amongst the Puritans in the 17th century, it was usually given to girls (very occasionally to boys), ultimately taken from the admonition of Saint Paul: "Let the women learn in silence, with all subjection." Translated into Latin it became
Tace, which "in its turn developed into
Tacey"... [
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Sultano m RomaniRomani masculine names all end with “o” but the origin of most Romani names are Turkish, Desi, Arabic or Balkan.
Tal m RomaniMeaning unknown. Possibly a Romani form of
Tal'at or derived from a Romani word.
Tiena f RomaniRomani name that has been recorded from the 1800s onwards. Its origin and meaning are uncertain; a current theory, however, links it to the same source as
Tiana.
Toetela f RomaniMeaning uncertain. A known bearer of this given name was Toetela Steinbach (1902-1944), the mother of the Dutch-Sinti Holocaust icon Settela Steinbach (1934-1944). It should be noted that in her case, it is possible that the spelling of her name is "dutchized" and that the original Sinti spelling of her name was actually
Tutela... [
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Trejú f Romani (Caló)Means "cross" in Caló, referring to the cross of crucifixion. Trejú is the Caló form of
Cruz.
Zapyla m RomaniThe given name of a heroic Rom in a Russian Romani fairy tale.