Given name & surname
Romain
Romain is a masculine given name from French. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In French use, Romain shares an earlier linguistic root with Roman. An origin associated with Roman is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Romain developed from Romanus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 541
- 536 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,205 as a first name in 2020; 3,170 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Romain’s family of names
Romain shares a linguistic root with Roman. In French usage, Romain has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Romano. Romain has a related form in Roman.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Romain has relatives in 10 languages.
7 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Romaineequivalent
- Ramanequivalent
- Romanefeminine form · French
- Romanusroot · Latin
- RomanoItalian, Galician
- Romàequivalent
- Раманequivalent
- Романequivalent
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People named Romain
- Romain RollandFrench author (1866-1944)
- Romain GaryFrench writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
- Romain GrosjeanFrench and Swiss racing driverborn 1986
- Romain SaïssMoroccan association football playerborn 1990
- Romain DurisFrench actor (born 1974)
- Romain BardetFrench racing cyclistborn 1990
- Romain CannoneFrench fencerborn 1997
- Romain HamoumaFrench footballerborn 1987
- Romain MaesBelgian road bicycle racer (1912–1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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