I'm Italian born and bred, and I've never heard it used as a person's name. It's the Italian word for the city Rome and would be considered quite odd as a person's name. Same for any other city name.
*BtN's resident 10th century Japanese novelist*
My lovely !!! are
Mehitabel,
Hypatia and
Zohar.
"A tuo ammaestramento. Sai tu qual sia, in questa nera valle, la risultanza di ogni sforzo e sacrifizio umano? Calci, nel deretano."
Brancaleone da Norcia