Roma

Where Roma comes from

From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roma
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1911
    Peak, #493
    70 babies named Roma — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1931
    Roma Dasgupta born
    Indian actress
  4. 1960
    Roma Downey born
    Irish actress and Emmy nominated producer and author from Derry, Northern Ireland
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,058.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin of English-speakers.
Namesakes
  • Roma Dasgupta · Indian actress, 1931–2014
  • Roma Downey · Irish actress and Emmy nominated producer and author from Derry, Northern Ireland, born 1960
  • Roma Maffia · American actress, born 1955
  • Roma Ryan · Irish writer, born 1950
  • Roma Gąsiorowska · Polish actress, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.