Given name & surname
Romulo
“legendary founder of Rome”
Romulo is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Tagalog and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Romulo goes back to Latin Rōmulus, meaning “legendary founder of Rome.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Romulo is a variant of Romulus. An origin associated with Romulus is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Spanish Rómulo, from Latin Rōmulus (“legendary founder of Rome”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romulo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 842
- 842 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,535 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,535 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,771 as a first name in 2020; 331 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.
Romulo’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Romulo has a diminutive in MULONG. Romulo has a related form in Romulus. In Filipino usage, Romulo was borrowed from the Spanish form Rómulo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Romulo has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Romulo
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