Romilly (given name)

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Romilly is a unisex given name, a transferred use of an English surname derived from the French place name Romilly. [1]

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  1. Barber, Henry (1903). British Family Names--Their Origin and Meaning. London. p. 75.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)