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I was raised Catholic where being named after a saint is a still a strong tradition. I didn't find any saints names that I liked so I went to the Bible and saw the book of Romans. I also thought it spoke to our religious tradition because we are Roman Catholic.

Personal experiences with the name Roman: | Edit

I have at times been complimented on my name by others when introducing myself to them. The name Roman is not over used and that makes it nice when amongst others, because I never had to ask which Roman. I am glad that there are no nicknames, teasing names, or shortenings asociated with my name.

My Roman is named after my grandfather. Roman was his last name and he only had daughters, so we are keeping the name alive. Our family originates from southern Spain, where the name is pronounced with enphasis in the second syllable, roMOHN.

Nicknames for Roman: | Edit

Romey, Romezilla, Romiolli, Roman-noodles, Rome, Romulus, Romanov, Romeo

Meanings and history of the name Roman: | Edit

Our fourth son is named Roman. We are a Christian family and I wanted a Biblical name to go with all our other sons names...something that anyone could spell-- (e.g. Ethan, Benjamin, Lucas, and now Roman).

Roman Paul is his name...named for the Book of Romans (Romans Road---leads to salvation) and Paul is the author of the Book of Romans.

His nick name is Romey. Everyone we encounter love his name...

Famous real-life people named Roman: | Edit

Roman Polanski, film director
Roman Coppolla, film director, son of film director, Francis Ford Coppolla.
Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and owner of the Chelsea Football Club.
Roman Opalka, Polish painter
Roman Harper, American football safety with the New Orleans Saints.
Son of Cate Blanchett
Son of Angel Porrino
Son of Debra Messing
Roman Gabriel, NFL Star

Roman in song, story & screen: | Edit

Roman Grant - character from the TV series "Big Love"
Roman Brady - long running character on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" (USA)
Roman DeBeers- character from the TV series "Party Down"