Romney

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:

    1. An unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

    2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

    3. An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas.

    4. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, named after Romney in Kent.

  3. An English earldom.

Origin

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

Forms

Rumney

Derived

New Romney Romnesia Romney hut Romney Marsh

Noun

  1. One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.

Forms

Romneys Rumney