Ramona
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ramona is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In the Dominican Republic it is the 10th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Ramon/Raimond, from Germanic elements meaning 'counsel' and 'protector'.
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 265(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 389
- PYParaguay≈1 in 400
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- #598 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 421 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 265 (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Dominican Republic, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Feminine form of Ramon/Raimond, from Germanic elements meaning 'counsel' and 'protector'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ramona counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #111 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 389 | 43 | Ramona | 78 |
| US United States | #560 | 62,766 | 1 in 5.3K | 63K | Ramona | 421 |
| DE Germany | #262 | ≈60,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Ramona | 215 |
| RO Romania | #603 | ≈50,000 est. | ≈1 in 426 | — | Ramona | 66 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #10 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 265 | 20K | Ramona | 51 |
| PY Paraguay | #12 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 400 | — | Ramona | 34 |
| NI Nicaragua | #47 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 790 | — | Ramona | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; JCE — Nombres más registrados (annual). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ramona 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 Vietnamese, From Spanish and Germanic; means “protector”; used for women.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
In English, Spanish feminine form of Ramon/Raymond; wise protector
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In Swedish, Ramona är en femininform till → Ramon. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 15 juli.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Forme espagnole de Raymonde; origine germanique, « conseil du monde ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mercedes of Orléansb. 1860ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Spain
- Mercédès Jellinekb. 1889ATnot in their usual namenamesake of Mercedes-Benz
- Victoria Ocampob. 1890ARnot in their usual nameArgentine writer and translator (1890-1979)
- Sapphireb. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican author and poet
- Delta Burkeb. 1956USnot in their usual nameactress
- Avril Lavigneb. 1984CAnot in their usual nameCanadian singer (born 1984)
- Ramona Bachmannb. 1990CHSwiss footballer
- Ramona Youngb. 1998USAmerican actress
- Ramona Marquezb. 2001GBBritish actress
- Ramona BartaRORomanian Female 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(measured from records)
Attested in 101 sources across 51 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 63K | #786 |
| DO Dominican Republic | JCE — Nombres más registrados (annual) | 2025 | 20K | #6 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 373 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 146 | #786 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 43 | #1,142 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 6 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 6 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ramona mean, and where does it come from?
- Feminine form of Ramon/Raimond, from Germanic elements meaning 'counsel' and 'protector'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Ramona?
- In the etymology graph, Raimunda, Raymonde and Raylene are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Ramona a male or female name?
- Ramona is a female 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.
- In which country does Ramona have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 117 thousand people named Ramona in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ramona.
- How common is the name Ramona?
- In the United States, the national register counted 62,766 people named Ramona in 2020, about 1 in 5.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Ramona compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Ramona is the 111th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ramonaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ramona” — the 111th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.