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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Strong, powerful
  • Latin : Place name: Rome, Italy; from Rome

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : from the personal name Romanos, Latin Romanus, borne by several saints and martyrs, particularly Romanos Melodos (6th century), the major hymn writer of the Greek Orthodox Church. It was originally an ethnic byname from Roma ‘Rome’.

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