Romualdas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Romualdas

What is the meaning of the name Romualdas ?

The baby name Romualdas is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced roh-moo-AHL-dahs (IPA: /rɔmuˈɑldɐs/).

Romualdas is Germanic in Origin.

Romualdas is the Lithuanian form of the Germanic name Romuald, built from elements meaning “fame, glory” (hruom) and “rule, power” (wald), thus conveying “famous ruler” or “glorious rule.” It entered Baltic onomastics through Christian influence and the cult of Saint Romuald (c. 951–1027), an Italian hermit and founder of the Camaldolese order. In Lithuania the name was especially favored in the mid-20th century, though it is rarer among newborns today.

International variants include Romuald (Polish, French, English), Romualdo (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), Romualds (Latvian), and the Latinized Romualdus; a feminine counterpart Romualda appears in several languages. Notable Lithuanian bearers include writer Romualdas Granauskas, photographer Romualdas Rakauskas, and statesman Romualdas Ozolas. The regular Lithuanian -as ending marks masculine grammatical gender, while the core Germanic meaning remains consistent across its forms.