Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 322
- 196 boys · 126 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #4,508 for boys · #6,072 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +88%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,508 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 20 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 1,324 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.
Romani’s family of names
In Italian usage, Romani as a surname has an affectionate form in Romanucci. In Greek usage, Romani as a surname is a transliteration of Ρομανί.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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