# 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
* Romeo, the main antagonist of the second season of the video game Minecraft: Story Mode