Romney

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒmni/, /ˈɹʌmnɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːmni/

Romney

1. A surname.
2. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, named after Romney in Kent.
3. An English earldom.

Romney (plural Romneys)

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

• New Romney

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Romney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.