Given name & surname
Romolo
Romolo is a masculine given name. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romolo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 250
- 250 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 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 boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 252 as a first name in 2020; 112 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.
Romolo’s family of names
Romolo has a feminine form in Romola. Romolo has a related form in Romulus. In Italian usage, Romolo has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ρωμύλος.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Romolo has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 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.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Romolo
- Romolo ValliItalian actor (1925-1980)
- Romolo CatastaItalian rower (1923-1985)
- Romolo BizzottoItalian footballer (1925-2017)
- Romolo GuerrieriItalian film director and screenwriterborn 1931
- Romolo GessiItalian explorer1831–1881
- Romolo MurriItalian priest and politician (1870–1944)
- Rom Di PriscoCanadian composerborn 1972
- Romolo MarcelliniFilm director, Screenwriter (1910-1999)
- Romolo CarboniItalian archbishop (1911–1999)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
Similar names
If you love Romolo, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Rial
“brook”
>99% boys
Rutilio
Rutilio is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.
>99% boys
Livio
Livio is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.
>99% boys
Fulvio
Fulvio is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.
>99% boys
Baltasar
“baal protect the king”
>99% boys
Ovide
Ovide is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
>99% boys
Orban
Orban is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English, Romanian, and Walloon.
>99% boys
Solon
Solon is a surname. It is used in Cebuano.
>99% boys