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.[1][2] 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:

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
  • Romeo, the main antagonist of the second season of the video game Minecraft: Story Mode
  • Romeo Scorpius Lucci, a character from the supernatural mobile game Tokyo Debunker

See also

References

  1. ↑ Romeo Name Meaning in the Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press (2013)
  2. ↑ Romeo at behindthename.com
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