Given name & surname
Romuald
“fame”
Romuald is a masculine given name from Old High German, meaning “fame.” It is used in French and Polish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romuald through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 149
- 149 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 12 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 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 472 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.
Romuald’s family of names
In Polish usage, Romuald has a diminutive in ROMEK. In Polish usage, Romuald has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form ROMUALDO. In Polish usage, Romuald has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form ROMUALDS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Romuald has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Old High German roots to each of them.
8 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ronaldequivalent
- RomualdoItalian, Portuguese
- Romaldasequivalent
- Romualdafeminine form
- РомуальдUkrainian, Russian
- RomualdsLatvian
- RomualdusLatin
- Rómùôldcsb
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People named Romuald
- Romualdfounder of the Camaldolese order951–1027
- Romuald WadagniPresident of Benin (born 1976)
- Romuald KlimSoviet and Belarusian hammer thrower (1933–2011)
- Romuald TrauguttPolish general and war hero (1826-1864)
- Romuald II of BeneventoItalian Duke
- Romuald FiguierFrench singer1938–2026
- Romuald I of BeneventoItalian duke630–687
- Romuald GuarnaItalian archbishop1115–1181
- Romuald HazoumèYoruba artist from the Republic of Bénin (born 1962)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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