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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

RomiIn Hebrew: רומי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רוֹמִיRomanization: rómi

Romi (Hebrew: רומי) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 13,380 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 490 girls and ranked #38. Its peak year was 2018, with 806 babies.

People in Israel
13,380
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
490
rank #38
Peak year
2018
806 babies
USA, 2025
333
rank #817

Writing and saying Romi

In Hebrew letters the name is רומי, read right to left. Romi is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "rómi" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name, Romi and Romy
From רוֹם (rom, “elevation”).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Romi by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls 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).

Romi: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Romi in English-speaking countries

Romi in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025333#8172025 (333)
United Kingdom2025149#3222024 (157)
England and Wales2025101#4032025 (101)
Scotland202540#1122024 (56)
Northern Ireland20258#2052025 (8)
Alberta20254#9822023 (5)
Quebec20255#7732018 (9)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Romi has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

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

Questions about Romi

How do you write Romi in Hebrew?

Romi is written רומי in Hebrew (with vowel points: רוֹמִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "rómi".

How many people in Israel are named Romi?

13,380 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רומי: 13,051 women and 329 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 Romi a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 97.5% of the people named רומי are women.

What does the name Romi mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Romi and Romy" Etymology: From רוֹם (rom, “elevation”).

Is Romi used outside Israel?

The name Romi appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 333 girls were given it in 2025 (#817), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 149 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.