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Roma
Pronounced /ˈɹoʊmə/
Rank in 2024
#1,679
Born in 2024
121
Peak year
1930 · #508
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 121 girls were named Roma, about 1 in every 13,332.
- It peaked in 1930 with 174 babies, ranked #508.
- It first shows up in the records in 1883.
- 8,143 girls have been named Roma since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Roma per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,450 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 2,238 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,210 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 351 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 266 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 594 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 792 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Romani roma, plural of rom (“man, husband, Romani man”). The latter probably comes from Sanskrit डोम्ब (ḍomba, “lower-caste person working as a wandering musician”), from Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru, “drum”), which may have been borrowed from a Dravidian language. Folk etymology pointed to a legend that the ethnic group were an exiled people from Roman Imperial times. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.
- A female given name from Latin of English-speakers.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈɹoʊmə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Roma, CC BY-SA 4.0.