Thoughts on Romy?

[Graceyland]

I like it but not too sure on how the name is viewed. Any thoughts?

I like the sound of it but not the spelling for some reason. Romy just doesn't look like a real name on paper if that makes sense. Prefer the spelling Romee.

I've never met someone named Romy but I like it!

I like Romy. It's traditionally short for Rosemary, which is old fashioned now but still a very pretty name.

Luredbyapomegranate

CoffeeBeansGalore

Prefer Romilly or Remy. Know a lovely Remy.

Remy is a French bloke’s name

She's definitely a girl! Her mum named her after a fictional female character.

Terrible sorry.

Reminds me of Romy and Michele's high school reunion.
I like it

Makes me think of Boris before anything eĺse, so no.

Don’t like it

Don’t worry about the Boris connection, he’ll be old news one day and no one will remember his kids’ names. I think Romy is very nice, a pretty, gentle name. I’d be happy to introduce myself as Romy.

Sprog of Boris

Love it. Would've used it if I'd had a girl (only have boys)

It’s a lovely feminine name. It’s more popular in other European countries, I think particularly so in France. I wouldn’t worry about the Boris connection, very soon no one give it any thought and certainly not your daughters peers who won’t know who he is be a shame to not use a name you loved because of that

I know someone whose son is called Roman and they use Romy as his nickname.

I don't get the hype about Roman, I've seen it mentioned loads on here but it's not popular at all where I live I've never met one but I've have met a couple of female Romy's though.

And Michelle

@mintich

Reminds me of Romy and Michele's high school reunion. I like it

The first thing I thought of.

I had no idea Boris Johnson had a child called Romy.

I dont like it at all. It just doesn't appeal.

I love Romany.

I love it but Boris and Carrie have absolutely ruined it for me.

I like it. Although that weirdly huge baby in Spiral comes to mind.

@guiltyjellyfish Roman is the fastest rising boy name. Here's the graph showing it's usage (graph uses the official ONS data). It's not just people on mumsnet saying it's popular, the numbers speak for themselves, it's now top 30 but will be higher by the time the 2021 statistics come out

names.darkgreener.com/#roman

Yes I know it's fast rising, it's just not common where I live (a very big city) I haven't met one, I've come across Romy on girls though. Its fine, it seems like name that will be very of it's time. I reckon It'll peak soon then fall out of popularity.

@bloominglovelyorange that graph is really interesting thanks. Where did the popularity come from? Im wondering if it's linked to Roman Abramovich taking over Chelsea in 2003, as it seems to start going up around then. I wonder if it stated to seep into public consciousness? Hearing it more in the news etc and people thinking that's a nice name.

I like it even more now BoJos used it 😊

Love it. I worked with a Romy for a number of years and it always sounded lovely.