Romily
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROM-i-lee
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Romily is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Romily mean?
French: spelling of Romilly; English surname from French place names
Taken from a surname derived from places in France called Romilly.
Meaning borrowed from Romilly.
Is Romily a girl's or a boy's name?
Romily is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Romily in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 111% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Romily, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Romily in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the UK were given Romily or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #501, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Romily in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Nicknames for Romily
- Romy 337 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Romily
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruby, Lily, Daisy, Ivy, Melody, Tilly, Fatima, Poppy, Violet, Amelie, Freya, Honey
Other spellings of Romily
Romilly, Romillie
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Romily: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romily, updated 20 October 2026.