Meaning and Origin of: Roma

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Italian : From Rome

Girl name variations

Romana
Romy

Boy name origins & meanings

  • American : Wanderer

Boy name variations

Roam
Roamey
Rome

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : habitational name from the city of Rome (Italian Roma).
  • Catalan (Romà) : from the personal name Romà (from Latin Romanus (‘from Rome’), borne by several saints).
  • Catalan and Galician : habitational name from any of several places in Valencia and Galicia named Roma, of uncertain derivation.

Famous people with this first name

Roma Downey