# Roman (given name)

Roman is a masculine given name meaning from Rome, which originated within the Roman Empire, via Latin. In its initial sense, the title "Roman", (Romanus in Latin and Romanos in Greek) denotes a member of the Roman Empire, or belonging to or identifying with Roman (or Byzantine) culture. It most likely evolved from Romulus, the legendary co-founder of Rome.
Due to Byzantine cultural influence the name Roman (the Slavic variant of Romanos/Romanus) is widely used amongst Eastern and Western Slavs. The name day for Roman varies between countries. Román in Spanish is a popular given name in Spanish-speaking countries, especially in Latin-America.
Variations of the name include:
* French: Romain
* German: Roman
* Hungarian: Román
* Italian: Romano
* Latvian: Romāns
* Portuguese: Romão
* Spanish: Román
* Greek: Ρωμανός
* Polish, Czech, Slovak: Roman
* Russian, Ukrainian: Роман (Roman)
* Belarusian: Раман (Raman)
Roman may refer to:

## People named Roman
### Pre-20th century

* Roman of Đunis (9th century), Christian saint
* Roman of Bulgaria (early 930s – 997), Tsar of Bulgaria
* Roman Svyatoslavich (c. 1052 – 1079), Prince of Tmutarakan in Kyyivs’ka Rus'
* Roman I of Kyiv (died 1180), Prince of Smolensk, Grand Prince of Kyiv and Prince of Novgorod
* Roman the Great (c. 1152 – 1205), Grand Prince of Kyiv
* 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), Jewish Russian oligarch
* Roman Atwood (born 1983), American YouTube personality and prankster
* Roman Berezovsky (born 1974), Armenian football coach and former player
* Roman Bohnen (1901–1949), American actor
* Roman Burki (born 1990), Swiss Football Goalkeeper
* Roman Chwalek (1898–1974), German trade unionist and politician
* Roman Ciorogariu (1852–1936), Romanian bishop
* Roman Coppola (born 1965), American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and entrepreneur
* Roman Griffin Davis (born 2007), English actor
* Roman Dmowski (1864–1939), Polish politician
* Roman Dzindzichashvili (born 1944), American chess player
* Roman Eremenko (born 1987), Finnish football player
* Roman Fosti (born 1983), Estonian long-distance runner
* Roman Gabriel (1940–2024), American football player
* Roman Glick, American bass guitarist
* Roman Golanowski (born 1969), Polish long jumper
* Roman Golovchenko (born 1973), Belarusian politician and current prime minister of Belarus
* Roman Greenberg (born 1982), Israeli boxer
* Roman Hamrlík (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
* Roman Harper (born 1982), American football player
* Roman Herzog (1934–2017), 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 Josi (born 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
* Roman Jugg, Welsh punk musician
* Roman Kantor (1912–43), Polish épée fencer
* Roman Kemp (born 1993), English radio host
* Roman Kroitor (1926–2012), Canadian filmmaker
* 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 Polák (born 1986), Czech ice hockey player
* Roman Polanski (born 1933), Polish film director
* Roman Protasevich, Belarusian journalist, blogger, activist
* Roman Ptitsyn (born 1975), Russian politician
* Roman Quinn (born 1993), American baseball player
* Roman Rashada (born 2001), American football player
* Roman Rasskazov (born 1979), Russian race walker
* Roman Repilov (born 1996), Russian luger
* Roman Reigns (born 1985), American professional wrestler, currently signed to the WWE
* Roman Romanenko (born 1971), Russian cosmonaut
* Roman Romulo (born 1967), Filipino politician
* Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Roman Rurua (born 1942), Soviet wrestler
* Roman Safiullin (born 1997), Russian professional tennis player
* 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 Sorkin (born 1996), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Roman Tam (1950–2002), Hong Kong singer
* Roman Toi (1916–2018), Estonian composer
* Roman Trakhtenberg (1968–2009), Russian radio journalist
* Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961), American artist
* Roman Ubakivi (born 1945), Estonian football player and coach
* Roman (Robert) von Ungern-Sternberg (1886–1921), Russian Lieutenant General
* Roman Verostko (born 1929), American artist and educator
* 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 Wilson (born 2001), American football player
* Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
* Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
* Roman Yaremchuk (born 1995), Ukrainian football player
* Roman Yegorov (born 1974), Russian swimmer
* Roman Zaretski (born 1983), Belarusian-Israeli ice dancer

## Fictional characters

* Roman, a character in the TV series Star-Crossed
* Roman C. Kitt, a character in the book Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
* Roman Armitage in Get Out
* 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 Bridger, a character in the film Scream 3
* Roman DeBeers, a character in the series Party Down
* Roman Godfrey, a character in Hemlock Grove
* Roman J. Israel, a character in the film Roman J. Israel, Esq.
* Roman Nagel, a character in the Ocean's Eleven franchise
* Roman Pearce, reformed street racing criminal from The Fast and the Furious series
* Roman Reigns, ring name of professional wrestler Leati Joseph Anoaʻi in WWE
* Roman Roy, a character in the HBO TV series Succession
* Roman Russo, a character in the TV Series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
* Roman Sionis, a supervillain appearing in DC comics
* Roman Sanders, an aspect of a personality, representing Creativity in 'Sanders Sides', a webseries.
* Roman Strauss, protagonist of the 1991 neo-noir film Dead Again
* Roman Zazo, recurring character in the TV series Jane the Virgin