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Ramona - name meaning, origin|
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The girl's name Ramona \r(a)-mo-na\ is pronounced ra-MOH-nah. It is of Spanish and Old German origin, and its meaning is "protecting hands". Feminine form of Ramon and Raymond. Made famous as the name of a successful 19th-century historical novel. Also a character in a popular series of children's books of the same name by Beverly Cleary.
Ramona has 17 variant forms: Mona, Rae, Ramee, Ramie, Ramoena, Ramohna, Ramonda, Ramonde, Ramonita, Ramonna, Ramowna, Remona, Remonna, Romona, Romonda, Romonde and Romonia.
Baby names that sound like Ramona are Rimona, Romina and Romana.
Ramona is a very common first name for women (#296 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)
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