Roman (given name)

Roman is a masculine given name meaning  from Rome, which originated within the Roman Empire, via Latin. In its initial sense, the title "Roman", (Romanus in Latin and Romanos in Greek) denotes a member of the Roman Empire, or belonging to or identifying with Roman (or Byzantine) culture. It most likely evolved from Romulus, the legendary co-founder of Rome.

Due to Byzantine cultural influence the name Roman (the Slavic variant of Romanos/Romanus) is widely used amongst Eastern and Western Slavs. The name day for Roman varies between countries. Román in Spanish is a popular given name in Spanish-speaking countries, especially in Latin-America.

Variations of the name include:
 * French: Romain
 * German: Roman
 * Hungarian: Román
 * Italian: Romano
 * Latvian: Romāns
 * Portuguese: Romão
 * Spanish: Román
 * Greek: Ρωμανός
 * Polish, Czech, Slovak: Roman
 * Russian, Ukrainian: Роман (Roman)
 * Belarusian: Раман (Raman)

Roman may refer to:

Pre-20th century

 * Roman of Đunis (9th century), Christian saint
 * Roman of Bulgaria (early 930s – 997), Tsar of Bulgaria
 * Roman Svyatoslavich (c. 1052 – 1079), Prince of Tmutarakan in Kyyivs’ka Rus'
 * Roman I of Kyiv (died 1180), Prince of Smolensk, Grand Prince of Kyiv and Prince of Novgorod
 * Roman the Great (c. 1152 – 1205), Grand Prince of Kyiv
 * Roman Danylovich (c. 1230 – c. 1261), Prince of Black Ruthenia (Navahradak), Prince of Slonim?
 * Roman I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (1391–1394)
 * Roman II of Moldavia, co-ruler of Moldavia (1447–1448)
 * Roman Bagration (1778–1834), Georgian prince and Imperial Russian Army general

Modern

 * Roman Abramovich (born 1966), Jewish Russian oligarch
 * Roman Atwood (born 1983), American YouTube personality and prankster
 * Roman Berezovsky (born 1974), Armenian football coach and former player
 * Roman Bohnen (1901–1949), American actor
 * Roman Chwalek (1898–1974), German trade unionist and politician
 * Roman Ciorogariu (1852–1936), Romanian bishop
 * Roman Coppola (born 1965), American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and entrepreneur
 * Roman Griffin Davis (born 2007), English actor
 * Roman Dmowski (1864–1939), Polish politician
 * Roman Dzindzichashvili (born 1944), American chess player
 * Roman Eremenko (born 1987), Finnish football player
 * Roman Fosti (born 1983), Estonian long-distance runner
 * Roman Gabriel (1940–2024), American football player
 * Roman Glick, American bass guitarist
 * Roman Golanowski (born 1969), Polish long jumper
 * Roman Golovchenko (born 1973), Belarusian politician and current prime minister of Belarus
 * Roman Greenberg (born 1982), Israeli boxer
 * Roman Hamrlík (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
 * Roman Harper (born 1982), American football player
 * Roman Herzog (1934–2017), German politician
 * Roman Hruska (1904–1999), American politician
 * Roman Hubník (born 1984), Czech football player
 * Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), Polish philosopher
 * Roman Ivanovsky (born 1977), Russian swimmer
 * Roman Jakobson (1896–1982), Russian-American philologist
 * Roman Josi (born 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
 * Roman Jugg, Welsh punk musician
 * Roman Kantor (1912–43), Polish épée fencer
 * Roman Kemp (born 1993), English radio host
 * Roman Kroitor (1926–2012), Canadian filmmaker
 * Roman Mars, American radio journalist and producer
 * Roman Neustädter (born 1988), German football player
 * Roman Opałka (1931–2011), Polish painter
 * Roman Pavlyuchenko (born 1981), Russian football player
 * Roman Polák (born 1986), Czech ice hockey player
 * Roman Polanski (born 1933), Polish film director
 * Roman Protasevich, Belarusian journalist, blogger, activist
 * Roman Ptitsyn (born 1975), Russian politician
 * Roman Quinn (born 1993), American baseball player
 * Roman Rashada (born 2001), American football player
 * Roman Rasskazov (born 1979), Russian race walker
 * Roman Repilov (born 1996), Russian luger
 * Roman Reigns (born 1985), American professional wrestler, currently signed to the WWE
 * Roman Romanenko (born 1971), Russian cosmonaut
 * Roman Romulo (born 1967), Filipino politician
 * Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Roman Rurua (born 1942), Soviet wrestler
 * Roman Safiullin (born 1997), Russian professional tennis player
 * Roman Šebrle (born 1974), Czech decathlete
 * Roman U. Sexl (1939–1986), Austrian physicist
 * Roman Shirokov (born 1981), Russian football player
 * Roman Shukhevych (1907–1950), Ukrainian politician and military leader
 * Roman Skorpion, Ukrainian singer
 * Roman Smishko (born 1983), Ukrainian football player
 * Roman Sorkin (born 1996), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Roman Tam (1950–2002), Hong Kong singer
 * Roman Toi (1916–2018), Estonian composer
 * Roman Trakhtenberg (1968–2009), Russian radio journalist
 * Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961), American artist
 * Roman Ubakivi (born 1945), Estonian football player and coach
 * Roman (Robert) von Ungern-Sternberg (1886–1921), Russian Lieutenant General
 * Roman Verostko (born 1929), American artist and educator
 * Roman Vishniac (1897–1990), Russian photographer
 * Roman Vlasov (born 1990), Russian wrestler
 * Roman Volodkov (born 1973), Ukrainian diver
 * Roman Weidenfeller (born 1980), German football player
 * Roman Wilson (born 2001), American football player
 * Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
 * Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
 * Roman Yaremchuk (born 1995), Ukrainian football player
 * Roman Yegorov (born 1974), Russian swimmer
 * Roman Zaretski (born 1983), Belarusian-Israeli ice dancer

Fictional characters

 * Roman, a character in the TV series Star-Crossed
 * Roman Armitage in Get Out
 * Roman Bellic, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
 * Roman Brady, a character in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
 * Roman Bridger, a character in the film Scream 3
 * Roman DeBeers, a character in the series Party Down
 * Roman Godfrey, a character in Hemlock Grove
 * Roman Grant, a character in the TV series Big Love
 * Roman J. Israel, a character in the film Roman J. Israel, Esq.
 * Roman Nagel, a character in the Ocean's Eleven franchise
 * Roman Pearce, reformed street racing criminal from The Fast and the Furious series
 * Roman Reigns, ring name of professional wrestler Leati Joseph Anoaʻi in WWE
 * Roman Roy, a character in the HBO TV series Succession
 * Roman Sionis, a supervillain appearing in DC comics
 * Roman Sanders, an aspect of a personality, representing Creativity in 'Sanders Sides', a webseries.
 * Roman Strauss, protagonist of the 1991 neo-noir film Dead Again
 * Roman Zazo, recurring character in the TV series Jane the Virgin