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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Roman m. Latin romanus 'a Roman'.

The name of a 3rd C legendary saint, a 4th C martyr, a 5th C saint, a 6th C saint, a 9th C pope, two 10th C Byzantine emperors, a 10th C emperor of Bulgaria, the birthname of an 11th C pope, the name of two 11th C Byzantine emperors, a 12th C grand prince of Kiev and Novgorod, a 12th-13th C grand prince of Kiev, a 14th C voivode of Romania, and a 15th C co-ruler of Romania.

France
Latin
● 909 Romanus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 77; 1080x1105 Romanus (nom) StVdM-II 699; 1082x87 Romanus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 120; 1115 Romanus (nom) CartNDJosaphat V; 1132 Romanus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 5; 1378 Romanus (nom) hanquetvol1 947; 1038x? Romani (gen) St-Bernard-Romans 122
Old French
● 1296 Rommain paris1296 p. 63
Germany
Latin
● 1216 Romanus (nom) hennes-vol1 25
Italy
Latin
● 1348 Romani (gen) INP 17
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Roman". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Roman.