Meaning of the nameRômulo

Male
Latin origin
Rô-mu-lo

Rômulo is the Brazilian spelling of Rómulo, from Latin Romulus, the name of the legendary founder of Rome and probably derived from the name of the city itself.

Meaning

“diminutive derived from Roma, the Latin name of the city”

Source: Behind the Name: Romulus · Wiktionary: Romulus (Latin)

People (2022): 51,558
Rank in Brazil: #554
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 53,441; people

Rômulo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rômulo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (13,963 people).

249 women 51,309 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rômulo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rômulo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amapá 0.071%
Rio de Janeiro 0.053%
Pará 0.048%
Espírito Santo 0.047%
Distrito Federal 0.042%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio de Janeiro	8,521	0.053%
Minas Gerais	7,268	0.035%
São Paulo	5,756	0.013%
Pará	3,897	0.048%
Ceará	2,860	0.033%
Bahia	2,286	0.016%
Maranhão	2,188	0.032%
Pernambuco	2,022	0.022%
Goiás	1,801	0.026%
Espírito Santo	1,788	0.047%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,774	0.016%
Paraná	1,587	0.014%
Amazonas	1,519	0.039%
Distrito Federal	1,179	0.042%
Santa Catarina	1,112	0.015%
Piauí	1,030	0.032%
Paraíba	892	0.022%
Rio Grande do Norte	771	0.023%
Mato Grosso	575	0.016%
Amapá	521	0.071%
Tocantins	455	0.030%
Alagoas	382	0.012%
Sergipe	365	0.017%
Rondônia	295	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	288	0.010%
Roraima	238	0.037%
Acre	188	0.023%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Rômulo

Wiktionary gives Latin Rōmulus as probably formed from Rōma, the name of the city, with the suffix -ulus, and Behind the Name describes the same origin: Roma plus a diminutive suffix. In Roman mythology, Rômulo is the legendary founder of Rome; Behind the Name notes that the name of the city probably came before the name of the founder. Wiktionary records Rômulo as the standard spelling in Brazilian Portuguese and Rómulo as the European form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 51,558 people named Rômulo, with a median age of 32. Proportionally, the name is most common in Amapá.

Sources

Behind the Name: Romulus · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Romulus (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Rômulo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Wiktionary: Rómulo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Rômulo

What does the name Rômulo mean?

Rômulo means “diminutive derived from Roma, the Latin name of the city”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Rômulo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 51,558 people with the first name Rômulo, which ranks it number 554 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Rômulo a boy's or a girl's name?

Rômulo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 249 women and 51,309 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rômulo?

Rômulo is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rômulo most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.071% of the state's population is named Rômulo (521 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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