MEANING & HISTORY
What does Romeo Emilio mean?
Romeo is the Italian Romaeus form, from Late Greek Romaios, Roman or from Rome. Shakespeare’s character made the form familiar in literature, but lover is a literary association rather than the name’s literal root.
Emilio is a documented Aemilius form in Italian and Spanish, with Portuguese use also recorded. The linked Emil account derives the Roman family name from Latin aemulus, rival, rather than treating industrious as its exact literal root.
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Origin and name formation
Italian; Late Latin and Greek; Romance-language forms; Latin
Parts of this name
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- Rochelle♀French place-name form meaning little rock
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
ROMEO EMILIO
· CSV row 3,641 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Romeo (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Emilio (opens in a new tab)
- Nordic Names: Emilio (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: emil (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Romeo (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Emilio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)