Given name
Romilda
“woman from Rome”·“a glorious battlemaiden”
Romilda is a variant of Roma. One Italian interpretation is “woman from Rome.” Romilda is a variant of Romhilda. One German interpretation is “a glorious battlemaiden.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Romilda is a variant of Roma. One Italian interpretation is “woman from Rome.” Romilda is a variant of Romhilda. One German interpretation is “a glorious battlemaiden.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Its Germanic formation brings together hrom (“fame”) and hild (“battle”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romilda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 358
- 0 boys · 358 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 20 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 girls is 5 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Romilda’s family of names
Romilda has a related form in Roma. Romilda has a related form in Romhilda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Romilda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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