Romeo

Where Romeo comes from

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Romeo
  • Romance
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1945
    Romeo Benetti born
    Italian footballer
  3. 1983
    Romeo Castelen born
    Dutch footballer
  4. 2024
    Peak, #283
    1,191 babies named Romeo — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Romance languages.
Namesakes
  • Romeo Benetti · Italian footballer, born 1945
  • Romeo Castelen · Dutch footballer, born 1983
  • Romeo Miller · American rapper, actor and basketball player, born 1989
  • Romeo Bertini · Italian athlete, 1893–1973
  • Romeo Neri · Italian gymnast, 3 Olympic golds, 1903–1961

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.