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Ramona

girl name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
3
Peak era
1920s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

feminine form of Ramon/Raymond, meaning 'wise protector'

Goes by Mona

Ramona's name family

One shared root links 5 names across 2 languages.

Shared root: from Germanic Raginmund, ragin "counsel" + mund "protection"

The constellation

RamonaSpanish · feminine formRaymondEnglishRamonSpanish

More branches

RaymundoSpanish · variantRayEnglish · short form

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1920s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ramona peaked in the 1920s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

5,349 people · the #2,620 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 38,462 · median age 49

1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Ramona living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 96 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Ramona

Most people given the name Ramona in the United States were born between 1950 and 1989. The Ramona you meet today is most often in her 50s or 60s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Ramona

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The Ramona deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Ramona truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Ramona fits with your family’s names and surname.

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