Romy

Where Romy comes from

The dictionaries list Romy as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1956
    Romy Kermer born
    East German pair skater
  2. 1958
    Romy Müller born
    East German sprinter
  3. 1959
    First appearance
    #6,245 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1959
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #694
    407 babies named Romy — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • Diminutive of Rosemary.
  • Female equivalent of Roman.
  • Alternative form of Romi.
Namesakes
  • Romy Müller · East German sprinter, born 1958
  • Romy Kermer · East German pair skater, born 1956
  • Romy Haag · Dutch-German dancer, singer, actress and nightclub manager, born 1951
  • Romy Rosemont · actress, born 1964
  • Romy Saalfeld · East German rower, born 1960

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.