Ramiro

Spellings & scripts●

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 2 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◐

Ramiro is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name224K records spelled Ramiro12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Ramíro, Rämïrö, Řămĩřõ

• a separate given name34K records spelled Ramiro2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, United Kingdom

  Also written Ramíro

• Catalan given name21K records spelled Ramiro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Rămiro

• Russian given name946 records spelled Ramiro7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Spain, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Рамиро, Раміро

58 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●

Ramiro 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.

• In Spanish, a male given name from Gothic, feminine equivalent Ramira

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, a male given name from Gothic

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Germánico; contracción de Ranimiro, de rana 'cuña' y mêrs 'ilustre, famoso'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, do nome germ. Raginmir; o sobrenome espanhol Ramirez deriva dele

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, in den i97oer-Jahren aus dem Spa­ nischen entlehnter männl. Vom. westgoti­ scher Herkunft. Der erste Namenbestandteil enthält german. *ran »Ecke, Keil«, wohl als »keilförmige Anordnung des Heeres« zu verstehen, der zweite entspricht ahd. märi »bekannt, berühmt, angesehen«.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 113 years between 1913–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ramiro I of Asturiasb. 791ESKing of Asturias
• Ramiro II of Leónb. 898ESKing of León from 931 to 951
• Ramiro III of Leónb. 961ESKing of León
• Ramiro I of Aragonb. 1008ESAragonese king
• Ramiro II of Aragonb. 1086ESKing of Aragon and monk
• Ramiro de Maeztub. 1874ESSpanish political theorist, journalist, and literary critic (1874–1936)
• Ramiro Ledesma Ramosb. 1905ESSpanish author (1905–1936)
• Ramiro de León Carpiob. 1942GTPresident of Guatemala (1993-1996)
• Ramiro Castillob. 1966BOBolivian footballer (1966-1997)
• Ramiro Funes Morib. 1991ARArgentine association football player

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 · 761 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ramiro?

We estimate roughly 67 thousand people bear Ramiro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Ramiro have the most bearers?

Ramiro is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ramiro.

How common is Ramiro compared with other names?

In Argentina, Ramiro is the 250th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Ramiro a male or female name?

Ramiro 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 Ramiro mean?

Recorded meaning: Visigothic: probably composed of elements meaning ‘advice famous’.