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Roman is a masculine given name meaning from Rome, which originated within the Roman Empire, via Latin. In its initial sense, the title "Roman", (Romanus in Latin and Romanos in Greek) denotes a member of the Roman Empire, or belonging to or identifying with Roman (or Byzantine) culture.[1][2] It most likely evolved from Romulus, the legendary co-founder of Rome.[3]
 Roman the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | Being Roman, belonging to the Roman/"Byzantine" Empire or From Rome |
| Region of origin | Europe |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Cyrillic: Роман. Román, Romão, Romain |
| Variant form(s) | Female form Romana |
| Related names | Romulus, Romanus, Romanos, Romano, Romeo, Rodman |
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Due to Byzantine cultural influence the name Roman (the Slavic variant of Romanos/Romanus) is widely used amongst Eastern and Western Slavs. The name day for Roman varies between countries. Román in Spanish is a popular given name in Spanish-speaking countries, especially in Latin-America.
Variations of the name include:
- French: Romain
- German: Roman
- Hungarian: Román
- Italian: Romano
- Latvian: Romāns
- Portuguese: Romão
- Spanish: Román
- Greek: Ρωμανός
- Polish, Czech, Slovak: Roman
- Russian, Ukrainian: Роман (Roman)
- Belarusian: Раман (Raman)
Roman may refer to:
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Pre-20th century
- Roman of Đunis (9th century), Christian saint
- Roman of Bulgaria (early 930s – 997), Tsar of Bulgaria
- Roman Svyatoslavich (c. 1052 – 1079), Prince of Tmutarakan in Kyyivs’ka Rus'
- Roman I of Kyiv (died 1180), Prince of Smolensk, Grand Prince of Kyiv and Prince of Novgorod
- Roman the Great (c. 1152 – 1205), Grand Prince of Kyiv
- Roman Danylovich (c. 1230 – c. 1261), Prince of Black Ruthenia (Navahradak), Prince of Slonim?
- Roman I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (1391–1394)
- Roman II of Moldavia, co-ruler of Moldavia (1447–1448)
- Roman Bagration (1778–1834), Georgian prince and Imperial Russian Army general
Modern
- Roman Abramovich (born 1966), Jewish Russian oligarch
- Roman Atwood (born 1983), American YouTube personality and prankster
- Roman Berezovsky (born 1974), Armenian football coach and former player
- Roman Bohnen (1901–1949), American actor
- Roman Chwalek (1898–1974), German trade unionist and politician
- Roman Ciorogariu (1852–1936), Romanian bishop
- Roman Coppola (born 1965), American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and entrepreneur
- Roman Griffin Davis (born 2007), English actor
- Roman Dmowski (1864–1939), Polish politician
- Roman Dzindzichashvili (born 1944), American chess player
- Roman Eremenko (born 1987), Finnish football player
- Roman Fosti (born 1983), Estonian long-distance runner
- Roman Gabriel (1940–2024), American football player
- Roman Glick, American bass guitarist
- Roman Golanowski (born 1969), Polish long jumper
- Roman Golovchenko (born 1973), Belarusian politician and current prime minister of Belarus
- Roman Greenberg (born 1982), Israeli boxer
- Roman Hamrlík (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
- Roman Harper (born 1982), American football player
- Roman Herzog (1934–2017), German politician
- Roman Hruska (1904–1999), American politician
- Roman Hubník (born 1984), Czech football player
- Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), Polish philosopher
- Roman Ivanovsky (born 1977), Russian swimmer
- Roman Jakobson (1896–1982), Russian-American philologist
- Roman Josi (born 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
- Roman Jugg, Welsh punk musician
- Roman Kantor (1912–43), Polish épée fencer
- Roman Kemp (born 1993), English radio host
- Roman Kroitor (1926–2012), Canadian filmmaker
- Roman Mars, American radio journalist and producer
- Roman Neustädter (born 1988), German football player
- Roman Opałka (1931–2011), Polish painter
- Roman Pavlyuchenko (born 1981), Russian football player
- Roman Polák (born 1986), Czech ice hockey player
- Roman Polanski (born 1933), Polish film director
- Roman Protasevich, Belarusian journalist, blogger, activist
- Roman Ptitsyn (born 1975), Russian politician
- Roman Quinn (born 1993), American baseball player
- Roman Rashada (born 2001), American football player
- Roman Rasskazov (born 1979), Russian race walker
- Roman Repilov (born 1996), Russian luger
- Roman Reigns (born 1985), American professional wrestler, currently signed to the WWE
- Roman Romanenko (born 1971), Russian cosmonaut
- Roman Romulo (born 1967), Filipino politician
- Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Roman Rurua (born 1942), Soviet wrestler
- Roman Safiullin (born 1997), Russian professional tennis player
- Roman Šebrle (born 1974), Czech decathlete
- Roman U. Sexl (1939–1986), Austrian physicist
- Roman Shirokov (born 1981), Russian football player
- Roman Shukhevych (1907–1950), Ukrainian politician and military leader
- Roman Skorpion, Ukrainian singer
- Roman Smishko (born 1983), Ukrainian football player
- Roman Sorkin (born 1996), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Roman Tam (1950–2002), Hong Kong singer
- Roman Toi (1916–2018), Estonian composer
- Roman Trakhtenberg (1968–2009), Russian radio journalist
- Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961), American artist
- Roman Ubakivi (born 1945), Estonian football player and coach
- Roman (Robert) von Ungern-Sternberg (1886–1921), Russian Lieutenant General
- Roman Verostko (born 1929), American artist and educator
- Roman Vishniac (1897–1990), Russian photographer
- Roman Vlasov (born 1990), Russian wrestler
- Roman Volodkov (born 1973), Ukrainian diver
- Roman Weidenfeller (born 1980), German football player
- Roman Wilson (born 2001), American football player
- Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
- Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
- Roman Yaremchuk (born 1995), Ukrainian football player
- Roman Yegorov (born 1974), Russian swimmer
- Roman Zaretski (born 1983), Belarusian-Israeli ice dancer
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- Roman, a character in the TV series Star-Crossed
- Roman Armitage in Get Out
- Roman Bellic, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
- Roman Brady, a character in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Roman Bridger, a character in the film Scream 3
- Roman DeBeers, a character in the series Party Down
- Roman Godfrey, a character in Hemlock Grove
- Roman J. Israel, a character in the film Roman J. Israel, Esq.
- Roman Nagel, a character in the Ocean's Eleven franchise
- Roman Pearce, reformed street racing criminal from The Fast and the Furious series
- Roman Reigns, ring name of professional wrestler Leati Joseph Anoaʻi in WWE
- Roman Roy, a character in the HBO TV series Succession
- Roman Russo, a character in the TV Series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
- Roman Sionis, a supervillain appearing in DC comics
- Roman Sanders, an aspect of a personality, representing Creativity in 'Sanders Sides', a webseries.
- Roman Strauss, protagonist of the 1991 neo-noir film Dead Again
- Roman Zazo, recurring character in the TV series Jane the Virgin
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