Roman (name)

Roman is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language. It comes from the Latin word "romanus", which means "of Rome". In this initial sense, the title "Roman" means "a citizen of the Roman Empire", a man of Roman (or Byzantine) culture, Latin or Greek. The name day festival for Roman may take place on different days depending on the country.

Variations of the name include:

• French: Romain
• German: Roman
• Hungarian: Román
• Italian: Romano
• Portuguese: Romão
• Spanish: Román
• Polish, Czech: Roman
• Russian: Роман (Roman)
• Ukrainian: Роман (Roman)

Roman may refer to:

People

Pre-20th century

• Roman of Bulgaria (early 930s-997), Tsar of Bulgaria
• Roman Svyatoslavich (c. 1052-1079), Prince of Tmutarakan in Kievan Rus'
• Roman I of Kiev (died 1180), Prince of Smolensk, Grand Prince of Kiev and Prince of Novgorod
• Roman the Great (c. 1152-1205), Grand Prince of Kiev
• 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), Russian businessman
• Roman Atwood (born 1983), American comedian
• Roman Berezovsky (born 1974), Armenian football player
• Roman Ciorogariu (1852-1936), Romanian bishop
• Roman Coppola (born 1965), American film director
• Roman Eremenko (born 1987), Finnish football player
• Roman Fosti (born 1983), Estonian long-distance runner
• Roman Glick, American bass guitarist
• Roman Golanowski (born 1969), Polish long jumper
• Roman Greenberg (born 1982), Israeli boxer
• Roman Hamrlík (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
• Roman Harper (born 1982), American football player
• Roman Herzog (born 1934), 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 Kantor (1912–43), Polish épée fencer
• Roman Kroitor (born 1926), Canadian filmmaker
• Roman Madrolle, music artist and producer
• 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 Polanski (born 1933), Polish film director
• Roman Quinn (born 1993), American baseball player
• Roman Rasskazov (born 1979), Russian race walker
• Roman Romanenko (born 1971), Russian cosmonaut
• Roman Rurua (born 1942), Soviet wrestler
• 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 Smishko (born 1983), Ukrainian football player
• Roman Tam (1950-2002), Hong Kong singer
• Roman Toi (born 1916), Estonian composer
• Roman Trakhtenberg (1968–2009), Russian radio journalist
• Roman Ubakivi (born 1945), Estonian football player and coach
• 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 Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
• Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
• Roman Yegorov (born 1974), Russian swimmer
• Roman Zaretski (born 1983), Belarusian-Israeli ice dancer

Fictional characters

• 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 Grant, a character in the TV series Big Love
• Roman, a character in the TV series Star-Crossed
• Roman Godfrey, main character in the Netflix original TV series, Hemlock Grove
• Roman Torchwick second antagonist in the American style anime series RWBY.
• Roman Pearce, reformed street racing criminal from The Fast and the Furious series.
• Roman Bridger, the killer in the third installment of the famous horror franchise Scream 3

See also

• Romain (disambiguation)
• Romano (disambiguation)
• Romanus (disambiguation)