Italian and Spanish: from the personal name Romano,
Latin Romanus, borne by several saints and martyrs. This was
originally a byname for someone from Rome or for a Roman citizen, from
Roma ‘Rome’. See also Roman.Italian:
(Romanò): in Calabria, a term for someone from Nea
Rhome ‘New Rome’, a medieval Greek name for Constantinople.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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