Romualdo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-MWAHL-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
Romualdo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Romualdo mean?
Germanic: Italian and Spanish form of Romuald
“famous ruler”
Saint Romuald (c. 951-1027) founded the Camaldolese order of hermit monks in Italy.
Is Romualdo a girl's or a boy's name?
Romualdo is a boys' name.
How popular is Romualdo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Romualdo in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Romualdo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
Names like Romualdo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rodrigo, Osvaldo, Alonzo, Alvaro, Marquez, Pablo, Eduardo, Paolo, Marco, Romero, Rolando, Luis
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Romualdo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romualdo, updated 20 October 2026.