Romanoff Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Romanoff surname comes from the Russian version of the Latin given name Romanus, which was probably originally a name for someone from Rome. The name was extremely popular throughout Christian Europe, due to it being born by several early saints. Romanoff, or any variants of this name ending in "ov/ev" were Patronymic surnames created by adding the suffix to the personal name.

Romanoff Early Origins

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The surname Romanoff was first found in Russia, where the name originated in early times.

Romanoff Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Romanov, Rominov, Rominov, Romanoff, Romanovich, Romanychev, Romin and many more.

Romanoff Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Romanoff research. Another 507 words (36 lines of text) covering the years 1613, 1918, 1543, 1613, 1629, 1689, 1725, 1666, 1750, 1722, 1203, 1269, 1207, 1211, 1221, 1231, 1231, 1269, 1586 and 1563 are included under the topic Early Romanoff History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Romanoff Early Notables (pre 1700)

Another 45 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Romanoff Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Andrew Romanovski, who arrived in Alabama in 1913; as well as a Romanow who is on record arriving in New York city in 1850 from Hamburg.

Contemporary Notables of the name Romanoff (post 1700)

Andrew Romanoff, American Democrat politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2000 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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Citations

^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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The Romanoff Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Romanoff Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 20 October 2015 at 11:46.