Given name & surname
Romão
Romão is a masculine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Portuguese use, Romão shares an earlier linguistic root with Roman. An origin associated with Roman is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese romão, from Latin Rōmānus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Romão’s family of names
Romão shares a linguistic root with Roman. In Portuguese usage, Romão has a related form in Romaõ. In Portuguese usage, Romão has a conventional equivalent in the English form Roman.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Romão has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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