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Ramon - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ramon

[ 2 syll. ra-mon, ram-on ] The boy name Ramon is pronounced RahMOWN KEY. Ramon's origin is Germanic, and its use, Spanish. Ramon is a form of Raymond (English and French). Ramon is also a variant spelling of Ramón (Spanish).

Ramon is an all-time favorite. At present it is still rather popular as a baby boy name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. The name's popularity rose from the 1910s up to the 1930s. At the height of its usage in 1930, 0.067% of baby boys were given the name Ramon. It had a ranking of #182 then. The baby name has seen a decline in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #417 with a usage of 0.033%. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Ramon, Raymond (English and French) was the most frequently used. The name was twice as popular as Ramon in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Ramon include Ramone (English and Spanish), Ramón (Spanish), Raheem (English), Rahim (Arabic and Iranian), Rahman (Turkish), Raimon (English), Raini, Rama (Indian), Ramey (English), Rami (Arabic and Iranian), Ramin (Iranian), Ramy (English), Ranen (Hebrew), Ranon (Hebrew), Rayan (Arabic and Iranian), Raymon (English and Spanish), Rayno (Slavic), Rayshawn (English), Reamonn (Irish), and Rehema (Swahili).

KEY: English pronunciation for Ramon: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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