Romey

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
29
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1035
29 babies

Romey by the numbers

In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Romey. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Romey

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 Romey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Romyrosemary; a form of Rosemary or diminutive of Romilda282 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Romneywide, open space; a place name8 in the US (2017)
  • Romee38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rorey13 in the US (2017)
  • Ramey10 in the US (2017)
  • Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Romey

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