Romani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROH-muh-nee
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Romani is a girls' name, meaning “of the Roma people”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Romani mean?
Romani language, from rom 'man, husband'
“of the Roma people”
The name of the Roma people and their Indo-Aryan language; Romany is the older English spelling.
Is Romani a girl's or a boy's name?
Romani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 20 girls and 23 boys in the US.
How popular is Romani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Romani, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Romani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Romani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Romani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 146% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Romani, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000. 20 girls were also named Romani in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Romani in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 47% of the babies named Romani in the US were girls.
Romani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Nicknames for Romani
- Roma 54 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Romani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Liyana, Raya, Remi, Inaya, Rehmat, Ayra, River, Nusaybah, Anaya, Haniya, Saanvi, Ayat
Names related to Romani
Romany, Romina, Romana, Romanie, Roman, Ramon, Rumani, Romyn, Rmani, Romen, Rmoni
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Romani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romani, updated 20 October 2026.