Romy

Meaning: Dew of the sea (herb sense)
Origin: Variant of Rosemary · Combination of Rose and Mary · The herb sense comes from Latin (from Latin)

Girl's name · #698 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Romy is climbing: on the charts since 1959, it reached #698 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 410 girls given the name last year. Roughly 3,300 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

See where Romy is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Romy is especially popular in France.

#8 in France (2025) · #35 in Belgium (2025) · #81 in Scotland (2025) · #85 in Austria (2025) · #97 in Switzerland (2025) · #153 in Netherlands (2025) · #174 in England & Wales (2025) · #261 in Ireland (2025) · #328 in New Zealand (2025) · #498 in N. Ireland (2025) · #2,162 in Ecuador (2025) · #76 in Canada (2024).

Famous Romys

Romy Schneider — German-French actress (1938–1982)
Romy Müller — East German sprinter
Romy Kermer — East German pair skater
Romy Haag — Dutch-German dancer, singer, actress and nightclub manager
Romy Rosemont — American actor (born 1964)

In stories & tradition

Romy Mathis — Babygirl (film)

What Romys become

Among 241 notable people named Romy:

Entertainers appear 1.66× more often than among typical names — e.g. Romy Schneider, German-French actress (1938–1982).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Romi (#818) and Romee (#1977), Romy would rank around #364 with about 840 births last year — the newborns split about 48/40/12 across Romy, Romi, and Romee.

Similar names: Romee · Bennett · Rome · Nahomi · Jovi · Romina

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