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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

RomanIn Hebrew: רומן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רוֹמָן

Roman (Hebrew: רומן) is a boy's name of international origin. 5,089 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1982, with 158 babies.

People in Israel
5,089
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1982
158 babies
USA, 2025
6,162
rank #42

Writing and saying Roman

In Hebrew letters the name is רומן, read right to left. Roman is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Roman by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Roman: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Roman in English-speaking countries

Roman in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20256,162#422025 (6,162)
United Kingdom20251,547#322021 (2,081)
England and Wales20251,420#272021 (1,923)
Scotland2025112#332021 (138)
Northern Ireland202515#1492024 (21)
Ireland202527#1782022 (42)
British Columbia202346#622019 (54)
Alberta202558#672025 (58)
Quebec202526#2102023 (27)
New South Wales2025144#502022 (145)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Roman has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Roman

How do you write Roman in Hebrew?

Roman is written רומן in Hebrew (with vowel points: רוֹמָן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Roman?

5,089 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רומן: 33 women and 5,056 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Roman a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.4% of the people named רומן are men.

Is Roman used outside Israel?

The name Roman appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 6,162 boys were given it in 2025 (#42), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,547 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.