Romi

Locally spelled Romy in US United States, ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• Indonesian:/rˈomi/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Spanish:/romi/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Romi, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Liel
• Shira
• Schneider
• Orli
• Orly

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Romi is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Romí, Rômi

• Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Romi

• English given name12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, India

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Roemi, Römi, Rōmï, Ròmi, Romî

• French given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Cameroon

  Also written Römî, Rômi, Rômî

• Lao given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, India, Thailand, United States

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Romî, Rómí

• Bangla given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Bangladesh, Malaysia

  Also written Romy, রোমি

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Romi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Faroese, A Romani; a member of the Roma/Romani people.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In se, accusative/genitive singular of ropmi

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In rar, to squeeze, to massage, to knead

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In crs, rummy (card game)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Čigāni; čigānu valodā "rom" - "cilvēks"

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Princess Francisca of Brazilb. 1824BRnot in their usual namePrincess of Brazil (1824-1898)
• Romi Pakub. 1972JPJapanese voice actress
• Romi Rainb. 1988USAmerican porn actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

69 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 37 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Romi?

It depends on the language: in Indonesian /rˈomi/; in Spanish /romi/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Romi a male or female name?

Romi is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; Brazil (IBGE): listed under both sexes; Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed as female; Poland (dane.gov.pl, 2026): listed as female. We don't publish a percentage split.

Which countries have the most people named Romi?

Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Romi in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled romi. After it come United States, Poland, Pakistan and Spain; the country table on this page ranks them.

What does the name Romi mean?

Recorded meaning: de Rhomaeus/Romaeus; pode ser redução coloquial de Romildo

How common is the name Romi?

In Brazil, the national register counted 691 people named Romi in 2022, about 1 in 306 thousand residents.