Brazilian Portuguese masculine name, likely a variant of Romano or built on Germanic hrod (fame) and wild (will); distinctly Brazilian in feel and entirely absent from European naming traditions.
Nicknames
romi
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels firmly tied to Brazil's mid-20th century naming creativity; rare in new births since the 1980s.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1940s through the 1970s; almost entirely absent from new birth registrations since.
Other Germanic-Brazilian Portuguese names with similar texture: