Romansh Submitted Names

Romansh names are used by Romansh speakers in eastern Switzerland.
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Achta f Romansh (Archaic)
Short form of Agata.
Adalgott m Romansh, History (Ecclesiastical)
Romansh form of Adalgod. This was the name of Saint Adalgott II of Disentis (died 1165), a 12th-century monk and bishop. His feast day is celebrated on 3 October.
Aden m Romansh
Romansh form of Adam, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Adom m Romansh
Variant of Adam.
Agta f Romansh (Archaic)
Contracted form of Agata.
Aita f Romansh
Romansh variant of Agata, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Alesch m Romansh
Romansh form of Alexis, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Alexi m Romansh
Romansh form of Alexius.
Alfonsa f Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Sicilian, Romansh, Polish
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Alfonso and Polish and Romansh feminine form of Alfons.
Almina f Romansh (Rare)
Diminutive of Alma 1.
Aluis m Romansh
Romansh form of Alois.
Aluisa f Romansh
Feminine form of Aluis.
Aluisia f Romansh
Romansh form of Aloisia.
Ambros m German (Rare), Cornish, Luxembourgish (Archaic), Romansh
German, Luxembourgish, Romansh and Cornish form of Ambrose. This name was borne by Austrian composer Ambros Rieder (1771-1855).
Analisa f Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), Spanish (Rare), Romansh (Rare)
Spanish contraction of Ana and Lisa and Romansh variant of Annalisa.
Andreia m Romansh
Romansh form of Andrew, traditionally found in the Engadine valley and central Grisons.
Andreina f Romansh
Variant of Andrina.
Andreu m Romansh
Variant of Andriu.
Andri m Romansh
Variant of Andrin, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Andrietta f Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Romansh
Swedish and Afrikaans variant of Andriette and Romansh feminine form of Andriu.
Andrin m Romansh
Romansh form of Heinrich, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Andrina f Romansh
Feminine form of Andrin as well as a feminine form of Andreas.
Andris m Romansh
Romansh form of both Andreas and Heinrich.
Andriu m Gascon, Romansh
Gascon variant of Andrieu and Romansh form of Andrew, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Anetta f Hungarian, Polish (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Czech (Rare), Romansh (Rare)
Hungarian variant of Anett, Polish, Czech and Slovak variant of Aneta and Romansh variant of Annetta.
Anghela f Romansh
Variant of Angela.
Angiolina f Romansh
Romansh diminutive of Angela (compare Angelina).
Annafila f Romansh
Combination of Anna and Fila, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Annagheta f Romansh
Contraction of Anna and Gheta.
Annaleta f Romansh (Rare)
Most likely a contraction of Anna and Leta.
Annalis f Alsatian (Archaic), Romansh (Rare)
Alsatian vernacular form of Anneliese and Romansh borrowing of Annalies.
Annamenga f Romansh
Contraction of Anna and Menga.
Annamengia f Romansh
Combination of Anna and Mengia.
Annapitschna f Romansh
Contraction of Anna and Pitschna.
Annarosa f Italian, Sardinian, Romansh
Combination of Anna and Rosa 1.
Annastasia f English (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Romansh (Rare)
Variant of Anastasia. As a Romansh name, it is also a contraction of Anna and Stasia.
Annatina f Romansh
Contraction of Anna and Catrina.
Annigna f Romansh
Variant of Annina.
Annina f Romansh, Italian, Sicilian
Diminutive of Anna.
Annurschla f Romansh
Contraction of Anna and Urschla.
Ans m Romansh
Variant of Hans.
Antieni m Romansh
Variant of Antoni, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
Antimus m Romansh (Rare)
Romansh form of Anthimus.
Antona m Romansh
Variant of Anton.
Antonetta f Romansh
Feminine form of Antona.
Armon m Romansh
Romansh form of Hermann, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Arta f Romansh (Archaic)
Short form of Agata.
Atschalina f Romansh
Feminine form of Atschel.
Baba f Romansh
Contracted form of Barbla.
Babetta f Hungarian, Romansh
Latinate variant of Babette and Babett.
Babigna f Romansh
Variant of Babina.
Babina f Romansh
Diminutive of Baba.
Balser m Romansh
Romansh form of Balthazar.
Baltarmia m Romansh
Romansh form of Bartholomew, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Baltermia m Romansh
Romansh form of Bartholomew, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Baltisar m Romansh
Romansh form of Balthazar.
Baltran m Romansh
Romansh form of Bertram.
Balugna f Romansh
Romansch form of Apollonia, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Balun m Romansh
Romansh form of Apollonius, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Balzer m Romansh, Danish (Archaic)
Romansh regular and Danish vernacular form of Balthasar. It was borne by Danish politician Balzer Jacobsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.
Banadetg m Romansh
Romansh form of Benedict.
Bandet m Romansh
Romansh form of Benedict.
Barbla f Romansh
Variant of Barla.
Barblina f Romansh
Diminutive of Barbla, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Barbulina f Romansh
Diminutive of Barbla, traditionally found in the Engadine valley and in central Grisons.
Barclamiu m Romansh
Romansh form of Bartholomew, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Bardot m Romansh
Variant of Peider.
Barduot m Romansh
Variant of Bardot, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Barla f Romansh
Romansh variant of Barbara, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Baseli m Romansh
Romansh form of Basil 1, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Baselia f Romansh
Feminine form of Baseli.
Bastgaun m Romansh (Archaic)
Surselvan Romansh form of Sebastian.
Batesta m Romansh
Variant of Battesta.
Batist m Romansh
Variant of Battist.
Battarmeu m Romansh
Romansh form of Bartholomew.
Beatris f Russian (Rare), Medieval Occitan, Medieval Spanish, Medieval Flemish, Czech (Rare), Breton, Romansh
Russian, Breton, medieval Spanish and medieval Occitan form of Beatrix as well as a Czech and Romansh variant of that name.
Benedetg m Romansh
Romansh form of Benedict, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Benvenuta f Medieval Italian, Romansh, History (Ecclesiastical)
Feminine form of Benvenuto. Benvenuta Bojani (1254 - 1292) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She dedicated her life to strict austerities as an act of repentance and devotion to God and was known to have visions of angels and demons... [more]
Beta f Slovak, Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romansh
Slovak diminutive of Alžbeta (not used as a given name in its own right), Portuguese diminutive of Elisabete and Romansh variant of Betta.
Betha f Romansh
Variant of Beta.
Betta f Italian, Romansh
Italian and Romansh short form of Elisabetta.
Bigna f Romansh
Romansh form of Barbara as well as a variant of Bina. This name is traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Bignia f Romansh
Variant of Bigna.
Bina f Romansh
Short form of Jacobina, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in the Engadine valley.
Binia f Romansh
Variant of Bignia.
Bistgaun m Romansh
Romansh form of Sebastian, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Blesi m Romansh (Archaic)
Romansh form of Blasius.
Bolonia f Romansh (Archaic)
Truncated form of Appolonia.
Braida f Romansh, Medieval Occitan
Romansh variant of Brigitta, traditionally found in the Engadine valley, as well as an Occitan form of this name.
Brida f Medieval German, Romansh (Archaic)
Medieval German and archaic Romansh short form of Brigitta, via the variant Brigida.
Burga f Romansh
Short form of Walburga, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Burtel m Romansh
Variant of Bartel, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Calist m Lengadocian, Romansh
Languedocian and Romansh form of Callistus.
Callist m Romansh
Variant of Calist.
Camil m Catalan, Romansh, Romanian, Occitan, Provençal, Lengadocian
Romansh, Catalan, Romanian and Occitan form of Camillus.
Carli m Friulian, Romansh
Friulian and Romansh form of Charles.
Carlign m Romansh
Variant of Carlin.
Carlin m Romansh
Diminutive of Carl.
Carlina f German, English, Dutch, Flemish, Sicilian, Romansh
German and Dutch variant of Karlina and Sicilian, Romansh and English feminine diminutive of Carl.
Carmelia f Romansh
Romansh form of Carmel.
Carmelina f Italian, Romansh
Italian diminutive of Carmela and Romansh diminutive of Carmelia.
Castgina f Romansh
Romansh form of Christina, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Cathrina f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese, Swedish (Rare), German (Rare), Romansh
Scandinavian variant of Katrina, German contraction of Catharina and Romansh variant of Catrina.
Catregna f Romansh
Variant of Catrina, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Catrina f Romansh
Romansh form of Katherine, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
Cesar m English, Provençal, Friulian, Romansh
English, Friulian, Romansh and Provençal form of Caesar.
Chasper m Romansh
Romansh form of Caspar, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Chasprot m Romansh
Romansh form of Caspar, traditionally found in Val Müstair.
Chatrina f Romansh
Romansh form of Katherine, traditionally found in the Engadine valley in southeast Switzerland.
Chiaspar m Romansh
Romansh form of Caspar.
Chispar m Romansh
Romansh form of Caspar, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Chrest m Romansh, Ladin
Short form of Christian.
Cilgia f Romansh
Romansh form of Cecilia.
Cla m Romansh
Short form of Nicola 1, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Clà m Romansh
Variant of Cla.
Clagot m Romansh
Variant of Claguot.
Clarigna f Romansh (Rare)
Diminutive of Clara.
Claritta f German (Swiss), Romansh
Swiss German and Romansh diminutive of Clara.
Clau m Romansh
Variant of Cla, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Claudi m Catalan, Lengadocian, Gascon, Romansh
Catalan, Romansh, Languedocian and Gascon form of Claudius.
Clauet m Romansh (Archaic)
Diminutive of Clau.
Clavuot m Romansh (Archaic)
Diminutive of Nicolà, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Clergia f Romansh
Variant of Clara.
Clo m Romansh
Truncated form of Niclo.
Clod m Romansh
Variant of Clot.
Clopath m Romansh (Archaic)
Diminutive of Clo.
Clos m Romansh
Short form of Nicolas.
Clot m Romansh
Variant of Clo.
Clotin m Romansh
Diminutive of Clot.
Conradin m Romansh, Ladin, Literature
English, Romansh and Ladin form of Konradin. Conradin is the protagonist of the short story Sredni Vashtar by Saki.
Constanzia f Romansh (Archaic), Literature, Popular Culture
Variant of Constanza. This name was used as the full name of Michael Corleone's younger sister Connie in the novel The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo, as well as the resulting film adaptation (1972).
Corsin m Romansh
Of uncertain origin and meaning. This name is traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Corsina f Romansh
Feminine form of Corsin.
Crest m Romansh
Variant of Chrest.
Crisost m Romansh
Romansh form of Chrysostomos.
Crist m Romansh
Variant of Crest.
Cristgina f Romansh
Romansh form of Christina, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Cristoffel m Romansh
Romansh form of Christopher, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Culastia f Romansh
Romansh form of Scholastica, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Cundrau m Romansh
Variant of Conrad.
Cunigunda f Romansh
Romansh form of Kunigunde.
Curadin m Romansh
Variant of Conradin.
Curau m Romansh
Contracted form of Cundrau, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Curdegn m Romansh
Variant of Curdin.
Curdin m Romansh
Variant of Curadin, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Curo m Romansh
Variant of Curau.
Custanzia f Corsican, Romansh
Corsican form of Constantia and Romansh variant of Constanzia.
Dea m Romansh
Short form of Andrea 1.
Deita f Romansh
Romansh short form of Margareta, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Deta f Romansh
Short form of Margareta.
Detg m Romansh
Short form of Benedetg.
Detta f German (Swiss), Romansh
Romansh short form of Margaretha, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Dionis m Albanian, Romansh
Albanian variant of Dionisi and Romansh variant of Dionys.
Domeng m Romansh
Variant of Dumeng.
Domeni m Romansh
Variant of Dumeni.
Domenig m Romansh
Variant of Domenic.
Domina f Romansh
Variant of Dumina.
Dorina f Romansh
Romansh diminutive of Dora.
Drea m Romansh
Short form of Andrea 1.
Duff m Romansh (Archaic)
Short form of Rudolf via the form Dulf. The name was early on misunderstood as a Romansh form of David.
Duitg m Romansh
Variant of Ludivic, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Dumeng m Romansh
Romansh form of Dominic, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Dumengia f Romansh
Feminine form of Dumeng. The name coincides with Romansh dumengia "Sunday".
Dumeni m Romansh
Romansh form of Dominic, traditionally used in the Surselva region.
Dumenia f Romansh
Romansh form of Domenica, traditionally used in the Surselva region of Switzerland.
Dumenic m Romansh
Variant of Domenic, traditionally found in the Lower Engadine region.
Dumina f Romansh
Variant of Dumenia, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Duolf m Romansh
Short form of Raduolf.
Duosch m Romansh
Variant of Dusch, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Duri m Romansh
Variant of Durisch, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Durich m Romansh, Ladin
Romansh and Ladin form of Huldrych, now generally considered a form of Ulrich.
Durisch m Romansh
Romansh form of Ulrich.
Dusch m Romansh
Originally a short form of Rudolf, the name was early on conflated with Teodosi and is now considered a Romansh form of both names.
Duscha f Romansh (Archaic)
Variant of Ursula, traditionally found in the Surselva region, as well as a feminine form of Dusch.
Eligi m Romansh
Romansh form of Eligius.
Emerita f Late Roman, Catalan (Rare), Latvian (Rare), German (Swiss), Romansh, Hungarian
Derived from Latin emeritus "earned, completed one's service" (past participle form of emereo; see Emerentius). This was the name of a Roman-era saint, martyred with Saint Digna in 259.
Erco m Romansh
Romansh form of Hercules.
Ervina f Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh
Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh and Lithuanian feminine form of Ervin.
Eulscha f Romansh
Variant of Elisabet, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Eusebi m Catalan, Romansh
Catalan and Romansh form of Eusebius.
Fadri m Romansh
Romansh form of Frederick, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Fadrina f Romansh
Feminine form of Fadri.
Faust m Romansh
Romansh form of Faustus.
Feleci m Romansh
Variant of Felici.
Felici m Romansh, Corsican (Modern)
Corsican variant of Filice and Romansh variant of Felix.
Fiana f Romansh (Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning.
Fida f Romansh
Contracted form of Frida 1.
Fideli m Romansh
Romansh form of Fidelis.
Fila m & f Romansh
Romansh short form of Filomena as well as a Romansh short form of Filip and Teofil.
Fina f Catalan, Spanish, Galician, Romansh
Romansh, Catalan and Spanish short form of Josefina and Galician short form of Xosefina.
Flisch m Romansh
Variant of Felix, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
Florio m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Romansh (Archaic)
Italian and Spanish form of Florius. A known bearer of this name was the Uruguayan architect and art critic Florio Parpagnoli (1909-1978).
Fluregn m Romansh
Variant of Flurin, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Fluri m Romansh
Romansh form of Florus.
Flurin m Romansh
Romansh form of Florinus.
Flurina f Romansh
Feminine form of Flurin.
Flurinda f Romansh
Elaboration of Flurina.
Fort m Romansh
Short form of Confortus, in former times this name was bestowed on children whose next older sibling had died and whose birth was supposed to provide comfort to their grieving parents... [more]
Forti m Romansh
Variant of Fort.
Fortunat m Romansh, Polish (Rare), Ukrainian (Archaic), Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon, Croatian (Archaic), French (Archaic)
Romansh, Croatian, Polish, Ukrainian, French and Occitan form of Fortunatus.
Franca f Romansh
Feminine form of Franc.
Francestg m Romansh
Romansh form of Francis.
Franzestg m Romansh
Romansh form of Francis, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
Franzisc m Romansh
Romansh form of Franciscus.
Franzisca f Romansh
Feminine form of Franzisc, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Freana f Romansh
Romansh name of unknown meaning traditionally found in central Grisons. One theory links this name to Verena.
Frena f Romansh, Ladin
Ladin form and Romanish variant of Freana, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Frideric m Germanic, Romansh
Derived from Old High German fridu "peace" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler."
Fridolin m Medieval German, German, Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Archaic), Romansh
Diminutive of Frid or Frido, which are both a short form of masculine names that contain the Germanic element frid or fridu meaning "peace", such as Friedrich and Gottfried... [more]
Fridolina f German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romansh
Feminine form of Fridolin. This name is borne by Swedish soccer player Fridolina Rolfö (b. 1993).
Fumia f Romansh
Romansh short form of Eufemia.
Gada f Asturian, Romansh
Asturian and Surselvan Romansh form of Agatha.
Gallas m Romansh
Variant of Gallus, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Gaudenz m Upper German (Archaic), Romansh
German and Romansh form of Gaudentius.
Geda f Romansh
Variant of Gada, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Geletta f Romansh
Romansh cognate of Giulietta, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
Gelgia f Romansh
Romansh form of Julia, traditionally found in the Surselva region. The name coincides with Romansh gelgia "lily".
Geli m Romansh
Variant of Giuli, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
Gelli m Romansh
Variant of Geli.
Genia f Polish, Kashubian, Romansh
Polish, Kashubian and Romansh short form of Eugenia as well as a Polish and Kashubian diminutive of Genowefa.
Geronas m Romansh
Romansh form of Jerome, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Geronim m Romansh
Romansh form of Jerome.
Gervasi m Georgian (Rare), Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon, Romansh
Georgian, Romansh and Occitan form of Gervasius.
Gheta f Romansh
Short form of Margheta.
Giachem m Romansh
Variant of Jachiam.
Giachen m Romansh
Romansh form of Jacob.
Giacob m Romansh
Variant of Jacob.
Giacum m Romansh
Romansh form of Iacomus.
Giacumin m Romansh
Romansh form of Jacominus.
Giacun m Romansh
Romansh form of Jacob, traditionally found in the Surselva region. Giacun Caduff (born 1979) is a Swiss director and producer.
Giahannes m Romansh
Romansh form of Johannes.