Romeo (given name)

Romeo is an Italian masculine given name. It arose from the Greek Ρωμαίος for a Roman citizen or a pilgrim to Rome. The popularity of the name is primarily due to Luigi da Porto naming his tragic hero Romeo Montecchi in his 1524 novel Giulietta e Romeo, 70 years later adapted by Shakespeare into the play Romeo and Juliet. People with this name include:


 * Romeo Acop (born c.1948), Filipino politician
 * Romeo Acquarone (1895–1980), Monegasque tennis player
 * Roméo Affessi (born 1984), Ivory Coast-born footballer
 * Romeo Alaeff (born 1970), American visual artist
 * Romeo Anaya (1946–2015), Mexican boxer
 * Romeo Antoniazzi (1862–1925), Italian violin maker
 * Romeo Bandison (born 1971), Dutch American-football defensive tackle
 * Roméo Beaudry (1882–1932), French Canadian author, composer, pianist and record producer
 * Romeo Beckham (born 2002), son of David and Victoria Beckham
 * Romeo Bégin (1895–?), Canadian (Ontario) politician
 * Romeo Benetti (born 1945), Italian football defender
 * Romeo Bertini (1893–1973), Italian long-distance runner
 * Romeo Bezușcu (born 1964), Romanian rugby player
 * Romeo Roy Blanchette (1913–1982), American Roman Catholic Bishop
 * Romeo T. Boisvert (1916–1981), American (Maine) Democratic politician
 * Romeo Bosetti (1879–1948), Italian-born French actor and screenwriter
 * Romeo Bragato (1859–1913), Italian-born Australian and New Zealand winemaker
 * Romeo A. Brawner (1935–2008), Filipino public official
 * Romeo Brin (born 1973), Filipino boxer
 * Romeo Bunică (born 1974), Romanian football forward
 * Romeo Munoz Cachola (born 1938), Philippines-born American (Hawaii) politician
 * Roméo Calenda (born 1972), French football
 * Romeo Callejo Sr. (born 1937), Filipino Supreme Court Justice
 * Romeo Cascarino (1922–2002), American classical composer
 * Romeo Castelen (born 1983), Dutch football winger
 * Romeo Castellucci (born 1960), Italian theatre director, playwright and designer
 * Romeo Challenger (born 1950), Caribbean-born, British-based musician
 * Romeo Corbo (born 1952), Uruguayan football striker
 * Romeo Crennel (born 1947), American football coach
 * Romeo de la Cruz (born 1936), Filipino lawyer
 * Roméo Dallaire (born 1946), Canadian senator, general, humanitarian and author
 * Romeo Diaz (born 1940s), Filipino film score composer
 * Romeo Doubs (born 2000), American football player
 * Romeo Elton (1817–1889), American academic and author
 * Romeo Fernandes (born 1992), Indian football winger
 * Romeo Filipović (born 1986), German-born Croatian football player
 * Roméo Fortin (1886–1953), Canadian (Quebec) politician
 * Romeo H. Freer (1846–1913), American (West Virginia) politician and Attorney General
 * Roméo Gagné (1905–1959), Canadian (Quebec) politician
 * Romeo Galán (born 1933), Argentine sprinter
 * Romeo Gigli (born 1949), Italian fashion designer
 * Romeo Gontineac (born 1973), Romanian rugby player
 * Romeo A. Horton (1923–2005), Americo-Liberian banker
 * Romeo James (born 1958), Indian field hockey player
 * Romeo Jenebyan (born 1979), Armenian football midfielder
 * Romeo Johnson (born c.1970), American singer-songwriter, composer, and vocal coach
 * Romeo Jozak (born 1972), Croatian football player and coach
 * Romeo Kambou (born 1980), Burkinabé football striker
 * Romeo Kapudija (born 1970), American-Croatian race car driver
 * Romeo Kreinberg (born 1950s), American–German business executive
 * Romeo Lahey (1887–1968), Australian businessman, civil servant and conservationist
 * Romeo Lamothe (1914–1991), Canadian (Alberta) politician
 * Romeo Langford (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Roméo LeBlanc (1928–2009), Canadian journalist, politician, and statesman; Governor General of Canada 1995–99
 * Romeo Lemboumba (born 1980), Gabonese boxer
 * Roméo Lorrain (1901–1967), Canadian (Quebec) politician
 * Romeo Mancini (1917–2003), Italian painter and sculptor
 * Romeo Mathieu (1917–1989), Canadian trade unionist and progressive political activist
 * Romeo McKnight (born 1998), American football player
 * Romeo Menti (1919–1949), Italian footballer
 * Romeo Miller (born 1989), American rapper, actor, entrepreneur and model
 * Romeo Mitrović (born 1979), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football goalkeeper
 * Romeo Montenegro (born 1974), Filipino civil servant and nurse
 * Romeo Muller (1928–1992), American screenwriter and actor
 * Romeo Muradyan (born 1979), Armenian actor
 * Romeo Murga (1904–1925), Chilean poet, writer and translator
 * Romeo Nedelcu (born 1939), Romanian bobsledder
 * Romeo Nelson (1902–1974), American boogie woogie pianist
 * Romeo Neri (1903–1961), Italian gymnast
 * Romeo Niram (born 1974), Spanish painter
 * Romeo Okwara (born 1995), American football linebacker
 * Romeo Olea (1962–2011), Filipino radio commentator
 * Romeo Oliva (1889–1975), Italian admiral during World War II
 * Romeo Ortega (born 1954), Mexican-French computer scientist
 * Romeo Papini (born 1983), Italian football midfielder
 * Romeo Parkes (born 1990), Jamaican football striker
 * Romeo Pazzini (1855–1942), Italian sculptor, painter and ceramist
 * Roméo Phillion (1939–2015), Canadian person wrongfully convicted of murder
 * Romeo Rivera (born 1939), Filipino actor
 * Romeo Rivers (1907–1986), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Romeo Romanutti (1926–2007), Italian basketball player
 * Romeo Roselli (born 1980), American professional wrestler Johnny Roselli
 * Roméo Sabourin (1923–1944), Canadian soldier and spy during World War II
 * Romeo Sacchetti (born 1953), Italian basketball player and coach
 * Romeo Saganash (born 1961), Canadian Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister
 * Romeo Santos (born 1981), American bachata singer and songwriter Anthony Santos
 * Romeo Shahinas (born 1996), Albanian football midfielder
 * Romeo Sisti (fl. 1928), Italian rower
 * Romeo Stavarache (born 1962), Romanian mayor
 * Romeo Stodart (born 1977), Trinidad-born English pop rock musician
 * Romeo Surdu (born 1984), Romanian footballer
 * Romeo Tabuena (1921–2015), Filipino painter and printmaker
 * Romeo Tan (born 1985), Singaporean actor
 * Romeo Tanaka (born 1973), Japanese video game designer
 * Romeo Tanghal (born 1945), Filipino comics artist
 * Romeo Tirone (born 1960s), American cinematographer and television director
 * Romeo Travis (born 1984), American-born Macedonian basketball player
 * Romeo Valentino (born 1968), American professional wrestler and promoter
 * Romeo Van Dessel (born 1989), Belgian football midfielder
 * Romeo Vasquez (1939–2017), stage name of Filipino actor Ricardo Sumilang
 * Romeo Vásquez Velásquez (born 1957), Honduran politician and brigadier general
 * Romeo Venturelli (1938–2011), Italian racing cyclist
 * Romeo Wouden (born 1970), Dutch footballer
 * Romeo Zhivikj (1962–2004), Serbian-Macedonian gangster
 * Romeo Zondervan (born 1970), Dutch football midfielder


 * Fictional characters
 * Romeo Montague, tragic hero of Romeo and Juliet
 * Romeo Santana, a main character from The Steve Harvey Show
 * Romeo Smith, character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
 * Romeo, one of the evil UniSols in Universal Soldier 2
 * Romeo Nightingale, a character from the British soap Hollyoaks
 * Romeo F. Neumann, the true name of Bedman from Guilty Gear
 * Romeo, one of the villains from children's TV series PJ Masks