Ramu

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 4 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◐

Ramu is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name219K records spelled Ramu2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan

  Also written Rāmu

• Japanese given name2.4K records spelled Ramu6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Japan, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Ram, Ràm, Râmú, Rám, Rắm

41 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●

Ramu 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 English, A language family of Papua New Guinea.

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

• In scn, A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

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

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of らむ

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

• In ain, to think of, consider

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

• In Asturian, bunch (of flowers)

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 103 years between 1897–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ramu de Bellescizeb. 1968FRjurist
• Ramu Yalamanchib. 1974USAmerican businessman

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 · 247 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ramu?

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

In which country does Ramu have the most bearers?

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

How common is Ramu compared with other names?

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

Is Ramu a male or female name?

Ramu 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 Ramu mean?

Recorded meaning: Variant of RAM or RAMA, Or pet form of any of the many compound names formed with Ramor Rama-.