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

See also

• Romeo (disambiguation)
• Romeu, a Portuguese-language variant