Rom
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Rom by the numbers
Rom was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 1960, making it a 1960s name.
What we can tell you about Rom
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rom. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Royking522 in the US (2017)
- Romyrosemary; a form of Rosemary or diminutive of Romilda282 in England and Wales (2025)
- Romacitizen of Rome49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ronexalted father; a form of Ronald10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rampleasing; a Hindu deity20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roedeer; roe deer5 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rom
Names that are said the same way as Rom, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Rome215 in England and Wales (2025)