Rama

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ram in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 19 more, Rom in PH Philippines, CH Switzerland, Raam in PK Pakistan and ริม in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rama is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name480K records spelled Rama7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Ethiopia

  Also written Rāma, Ramā, Rāmā, Ramã, Rämä

• English given name108K records spelled Rama43 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Syria, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Rāma, Raemae, Ramà, Råmå, Rãmã

• Indonesian given name83K records spelled Rama17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Syria

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Rama', 'Rama, Řämä, Râmâ, Ŕama

• Spanish given name63K records spelled Rama26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Philippines, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Rameh, Rämä, Ramà, Ramá, Rámà

• Arabic given name53K records spelled Rama143 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, India, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia

  Also written Rãmã, Râmâ, Ràmà, Řama, Rämã

• Sinhala given name19K records spelled Rama3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Türkiye

  Also written Rãmä, Řãmã

• Turkish given name15K records spelled Rama16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, India, United States

  Languages: Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani

  Also written Рама, Řamă, Řàmà, Rãmä, Ramã

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Rama is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Sanskrit: ‘pleasing’. Three famous bearers of the name are known: Parasurama ‘Rama of the axe’, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu; Balarama ‘the strong Rama’, elder brother of Krishna and eighth incarnation of Vishnu; and above all Ramachandra, seventh incarnation of Vishnu, whose story is told in the Ramayana. Ramakrishna $ Compound name from RAMA and KRISHNA.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• causing rest; enchanting; all pervading; omnipresent; pleasing; charming; lovely; pleasant; pleasure; joy; delight; dark.

  as a name·The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys

• ramo de árvore; tree branch

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Swedish, Rama kan härstamma från flera olika språk. Som persiskt kvinnonamn betyder det ’lycklig; jublande’ och på sanskrit ’angenäm’. Som mansnamn är det ett av den hinduiske guden Vishnus namn med betydelsen ’vacker, behaglig’.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Rama DaSarathi (R); Rama Jamadagnya (R);

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 124 years between 1894–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rama Chellappab. 1953USbiomedical data engineering researcher (1953-)
• Rama Sithanenb. 1954MUpolitician from Mauritius
• Rama Khokhab. 1957CAIndian Canadian medical biophysicist
• Rama Burshteinb. 1967USIsraeli film director and screenwriter
• Rama Yadeb. 1976SNSenegalese and French politician and the author
• Rama Thiawb. 1978SNdirector and filmmaker
• Rama Duwajib. 1997USAmerican artist, First Lady of New York City (born 1997)
• Rama Kumilgob. 1999Track and field athlete from Papua New Guinea
• Rama BijapurkarINIndian academic
• Rama BrewGHGhanaian actress and musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 716 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rama?

We estimate roughly 16 thousand people bear Rama (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Rama have the most bearers?

Rama is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ram.

How common is Rama compared with other names?

In India, Rama is the most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Rama a male or female name?

Rama is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Rama mean?

Recorded meaning: Sanskrit: pleasing; alternative name for the Hindu god Vishnu