Surname meaning and origin

Romero

Spanish: Pilgrim (originally a pilgrim to Rome)

Pronounced roh-MEH-roh (Spanish [roˈme.ɾo]; US English roh-MAIR-oh)

Where the name comes from

  • Spanish
    Pilgrim (originally a pilgrim to Rome)
    Spanish romero "pilgrim"
    Nickname surname. DAFN: "Spanish: nickname from romero ‘pilgrim’ originally ‘pilgrim to Rome’ (see Romeo)." The same Spanish word also means "rosemary"; DAFN does not give that sense for the surname.

Romero across traditions

  • New Mexico. DAFN: "In the US this surname is also found among Native Americans (mainly Pueblos)." In 1880, 2,650 Romero families lived in New Mexico, about 67% of all US Romeros.

Forms in other languages

Romeo (Italian cognate), Romaro

Romero in letter-number systems

Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.

585
Hebrew Standard
9
Hebrew Ordinal
84
English Simple
504
English Sumerian
78
English Reverse
385
Greek Isopsephy
9
Chaldean
3
Pythagorean

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