MEANING & HISTORY
What does Romulo mean?
Romulo is explicitly recorded in Tagalog as borrowed from Spanish Rómulo, continuing Latin Romulus. Romulus is associated with Rome and a diminutive ending in the classical name account.
The legendary founder’s story is a cultural association rather than evidence that the city was historically named after him. The unaccented Philippine spelling retains the documented borrowing path. It should be preserved in records even when a source uses the accented Spanish form.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈɾomulo/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˌɾoː.mʊˈlo]Standard-Tagalog
Ro · mu · lo3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Rómulo, from Latin Rōmulus (“legendary founder of Rome”).
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Romulo (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
a male given name
Wiktionary: Romulo (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Romulo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Romulo Valles
Filipino Catholic archbishop
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Romulo Valles
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Romulo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Romulo
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Rómulo♂Spanish form of Romulus, derived from Rome
- Romano♂Roman, through Spanish and Latin
- Romeo♂Roman; one connected with Rome
- Romualdo♂Fame or glory and power
- Paulo♂Small or little
- Rocco♂Germanic saint-name, possibly linked with crow or rook
- Rodolfo♂Fame and wolf
- Roel♂Dutch familiar form of Roeland or Roelof
What rhymes with Romulo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Romulo
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Romulo further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q121171153 — Romulo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Romulo Valles (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q121171153 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Romulo (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Romulo (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — Romulus (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.