Romeo: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ROH-mee-oh · 3 syllables

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek (Rhomaios, “Roman”).

How popular is Romeo?

Romeo was the #301 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,129 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Romeo in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Romeo are older than 27; most are between 18 and 75. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Romeo have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Romeo is pronounced ROH-mee-oh.

Romeo was the #301 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,129 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Romeo are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 75.