Roman

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What are your thoughts on the name Roman?

I only know of Roman Kemp, but as you can tell from my username, I approve Martin uses the nn Ro for his son (gogglebox) which I love.

When I first hear it I lived it. Then I taught a little Roman who was “challenging” and the name has connotations as a result. He was very cute though!

Love the name and always have ever since I heard it when I was young.

Roman? Like Greek?

I much prefer Rowan.

I know six Romans, aged from 15 down, but 3 of them were born in the last year! , so v popular around here (East London).

Unfortunately it makes me think of Roman Polanski

I like and don't like it.

On one hand it feels strong.
On the other it feels silly.
Mariah Carey has a son called Moroccan.

Sounds too much linked to Rome and the Romans.

Reuben or Rowan are nicer names imo.

It's a Polish name and should be pronounced Raw-man, ( stress on the first syllable but second is not quite as short as schwa, although it would pass)

Nothing to do with Rome.

ps - I like it, but the mispronunciation would bug me if it was my child.

It's an ok name. Roman is extremely popular now though. Was top fastest rising boy name in 2018 (see graph below to see official ONS graph of statistics). The name has completely booked faster than almost any other:

names.darkgreener.com/#roman

Problem is it's got so popular at the same time as other names such as Rowan and Reuben - all 3 names in top 100 and rising fast. As all these names are so popular now they merge into one for me and lost the shine they may have had a few years ago sadly.

Depends if popularity bothers you or not. If you're picking this name to be a bit different though, don't. There's 2 Roman's in my Nct class of 8 babies. I know numerous Roman, Rohan, Rowan, Ronan, Roan and so on.

• name has completely boomed faster than almost any other Not Booked!

I don't like it. Rowan is ok.
Roman makes me think of Roman Polanski but I don't like the name anyway.

It is a name that has grown on me and now I really like it.

Really don't like it.

To me Roman is a person or thing from Roman times. You wouldn't call a baby Saxon or Viking would you?

South east and I know of three baby Romans this year

To me Roman is a person or thing from Roman times. You wouldn't call a baby Saxon or Viking would you?*

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I don't like it.
And it's over-used.
And Days of our Lives.

I like it!
I taught a young Roman once; he was mischievous, but very clever. He said his mum so named him because he was born with a big nose!

Unfortunately, there is the Roman Polanski link.

Name of the moment. Extremely popular now if that's an issue for you. Probably Roman Kemp and a famous YouTuber also called Roman propelled this name into the mainstream a few years ago. Gets a bit confusing with all the similar sounding names about now too that are also on big upswings. I'd pick something else less trendy personally.

It's such a lovely name I really like it.
It's a nice strong name and not too unusual now it's becoming popular.

There are so many popular names it hardly makes the slightest difference what you choose so long as you like it.
Jack and Jake were popular and top of the list for about 10 years in a row.

What would be the short version? Would Romy work?

Romy is a girls name!

It's a family name for us (Polish) and therefore doesn't have the Polanski/toga references. I like it, it's strong. Anyone who lives somewhere with a Polish population won't be confused.

Makes me think of Succession (the series on Prime)