Ramon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ramón in CO Colombia, SV El Salvador.

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 7 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◐

Ramon is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name173K records spelled Ramon6 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Ramón, Ramôn, Ramòn, Rámon, Ramoń

• Catalan given name127K records spelled Ramon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra, Argentina

  Also written Ramón

• Polish given name6.3K records spelled Ramon18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Spain, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Ramón, Рамон, Ramòn, Rамоn

• Polish given name3.8K records spelled Ramon117 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Poland, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Spanish

  Also written Raymond, Raimon, Раймонд, Рамон, Rajmond

• Lao given name3.7K records spelled Ramon10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Chile, Spain

  Also written Ramón, Ramòn, Rámón, Rämon, Ràmòn

88 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●

Ramon 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 Swedish, Ramón är en spansk form av → Raymond.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Catalan, a male given name, equivalent to English Raymond

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

• In Esperanto, accusative singular of ramo

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

• In odt, to put into a frame

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

• In French, broom

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

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Raymond IV, Count of Toulouseb. 1041FRnot in their usual nameCount of Toulouse (1094-1105) and Count of Tripoli (1102-1105)
• Ramon Berenguer IVb. 1113ESPrince of Aragon, Count of Barcelona and consort of the Queen of Aragon
• Raymond V, Count of Toulouseb. 1134FRnot in their usual nameCount of Toulouse from 1148 to 1194
• Raymond VI de Toulouseb. 1156FRnot in their usual nameCount of Toulouse
• Raymond of Penyafortb. 1175ESnot in their usual nameDominican Master General, archbishop and saint, catholic jurist from Catalonia
• Ramon Llullb. 1232ESMajorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)
• Ramon Casasb. 1866ESSpanish artist (1866-1932)
• Bernard Stasib. 1930FRnot in their usual nameFrench politician (1930-2011)
• Ray Wilsonb. 1934GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (1934-2018)
• Scott Mescudib. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper, singer, record producer and actor (born 1984)

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 · 1,357 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ramon?

We estimate roughly 547 thousand people bear Ramon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Ramon have the most bearers?

Ramon is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ramon.

Where is Ramon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ramon is densest in Paraguay — about 1 in 33 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ramon compared with other names?

In Argentina, Ramon is the 13th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Ramon a male or female name?

Ramon 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 Ramon mean?

Recorded meaning: forma popular e coloquial, redução de Ramondo