Given name
Romola
“woman from Rome”
Romola is a variant of Roma. One Italian interpretation is “woman from Rome.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Romola is a variant of Roma. One Italian interpretation is “woman from Rome.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Romola is a variant of Roma. An origin associated with Roma is Italian. In Italian use, Romola is a feminine form of Romolo. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Romola is a feminine form of Romolo.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 56
- 0 boys · 56 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 10 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 1940. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1927.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Romola’s family of names
In Italian usage, Romola is a feminine form of Romolo. Romola has a related form in Roma.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Romola
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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