Rommel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Surname cluster with o/u vowel variation (Rom-/Rum- forms); the plate shows Romel, Rommel, Rummel, Rohmell
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɑməɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rommel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- NINicaragua≈1 in 3.6K
- PEPeru≈1 in 13K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rommel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 289 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈98,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Surname cluster with o/u vowel variation (Rom-/Rum- forms); the plate shows Romel, Rommel, Rummel, Rohmell. Bearer counts not given here.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rommel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #137 | ≈98,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Rommel | 136 |
| EC Ecuador | #640 | 5,172as Romel | 1 in 3.3K | 5.2K | Rommel | 47 |
| US United States | — | 3,783 | 1 in 88K | 3.8K | Rommel | 289 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Rommel | 59 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 2,180as Romel | 1 in 13K | 2.2K | Rommel | 38 |
| NI Nicaragua | #313 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Rommel | 26 |
| HN Honduras | #803 | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Rommel | 32 |
| GY Guyana | — | 376as Romel | 1 in 2K | 376 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rommel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, 2356 bearers. Map type for vowel variation; this plate contrasts o- and u-forms (Rommel vs. Rummel).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
for an obstreperous person, from MLG, MDu. rummeln, rumpeln to make a noise, create a disturbance (of imitative origin). Roof see Rolf Vars.: Rommele, Rommler; Rummel, Riimmele, Riimmler.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, Erwin, German general
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, Übername wie Rummel, aber mit ursprünglichem germ. o (mhd. uo, mnd. ô) statt u; 2356 Belege. Die Karte zeigt den Wechsel o/u im Familiennamen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In Dutch, trash, garbage, rubbish
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Geno Rommel Ruiz Reáteguib. 1943PEPeruvian politician
- Javier Rommel Padilla Romerob. 1967PEPeruvian politician
- Rommel Marbilb. 1969PHchief of the Philippine National Police
- Rommel Banlaoib. 1970PHPhilippine international-security specialist
- Rommel Curámingb. 1970PHPhilippine political historian
- Rommel Jalosjosb. 1973PHFilipino politician and businessman (born 1973)
- Pierre Kalulub. 2000FRnot in their usual nameFrench and Congolese footballer (born 2000)
- Rommel R. RojasPEPeruvian herpetologist
- Rommel RodriguesIndian writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 64 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 4.4K | #303 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.8K | #4,785 |
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 1.6K | #1,019 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 48 | #546 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 20 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 15 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9 | #4,785 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Rommel come from?
- Surname cluster with o/u vowel variation (Rom-/Rum- forms); the plate shows Romel, Rommel, Rummel, Rohmell. Bearer counts not given here. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Rommel?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɑməɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Rommel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Surname cluster with o/u vowel variation (Rom-/Rum- forms); the plate shows Romel, Rommel, Rummel, Rohmell.
- Is Rommel a male or female name?
- Rommel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rommel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 98 thousand people named Rommel in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rommel.
- How common is the name Rommel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,783 people named Rommel in 2020, about 1 in 88 thousand residents.
- How common is Rommel compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Rommel is the 137th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rommelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rommel” — the 137th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.