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What does Ramona mean?
Ramona ▼ as a girls' name is pronounced ra-MOH-nah. It is of Spanish and Old German origin, and the meaning of Ramona is "protecting hands". Feminine 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.
ASSOCIATED WITH 19th century
Variations
VARIANTS Mona▼, Rae, Ramee, Ramie, Ramoena, Ramohna, Ramonda, Ramonde, Ramonita, Ramonna, Ramowna, Remona, Remonna, Romona, Romonda, Romonde, Romonia
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ramona Madeleine (R.M.), ..
How popular is Ramona?
Ramona is a very prominent first name for women (#296 out of 4276, Top 7%) and a slightly less prominent last name for all people (#140756 out of 150436, Top 94%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ramona reached its highest rank of #186 in the U.S. during 1930-1939, and is at #835 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Rae (#1122 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Mona (#1872), Raymond, Remona and Romona are the popular related forms of Ramona (#835) listed in the Top 2000. These forms of Ramona were favored as baby names in the 1930s (USAGE OF 0.18%) and have become significantly less common since (USAGE 0.04%, ▼79.2%), with forms such as Ramona becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Ramona▼ is alike in pronunciation to Rimona, Romana and Romina▲. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Aarona, Armona, Demona, Dimona, Hamna, Hazona (see Chazona), Jamina, Javona, Latona, Madona, Pamina, Pomona, Raina▲, Rama, Rana, Ranna, Ravena, Ravina, Rayana, Rayna▲, Rayona, Rhona, Rianon, Riona, Romane, Romene, Romola, Rona, Sadona, Simona, Symona, Talona, Tamora, Varona, Yamina and Yarona. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ramona.
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