Given name & surname
Romano
Romano is a surname. It is used in English, Italian, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Romano shares an earlier linguistic root with Roman. An origin associated with Roman is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 322
- 322 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 731 as a first name in 2020; 27,782 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.
Romano’s family of names
Romano shares a linguistic root with Roman. In Italian usage, Romano has a conventional equivalent in the French form Romain. Romano has a related form in Roman.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Romano has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Romano
- Romano ProdiItalian politician and economist (born 1939)
- Romano GuardiniGerman Catholic philosopher (1885–1968)
- Romano SchmidAustrian association football playerborn 2000
- Romano MussoliniItalian jazz pianist, painter, film producer, and the fourth child and youngest son of Benito Mussolini (1927–2006)
- Romano FogliItalian footballer (1938–2021)
- Romano Floriani MussoliniItalian association football playerborn 2003
- Romano ScarpaItalian creator of Disney comics (1927–2005)
- Romano FenatiItalian motorcycle racerborn 1996
- Romano SgheizItalian rowerborn 1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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