Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Romer as a surname developed from Römer.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 50 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 7 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 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389 as a first name in 2020; 3,090 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.
Romer’s family of names
In English usage, Romer as a surname developed from the German form Römer. In Greek usage, Romer as a surname is a transliteration of Ρομέρ. In German usage, Romer as a surname has a related form in Römer.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Romer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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