Ramie

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

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

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Brazil, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ramié

• French given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa

  Also written Ramié

• Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Syria, Philippines, Egypt

  Also written Ramïe, Ramié

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Ramiè, Ramié

48 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●(measured from records)

Ramie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Romanian, RÁMIE s. f. Plantă textilă cultivată în zonele subtropicale din sud-estul Asiei, ale cărei fibre sunt lungi, elastice și rezistente și din care se fac țesături fine, dantele, mătase artificială etc. (Boehmeria nivea). [Pr.: -mi-e].

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

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)

• Ramie Dowlingb. 1921IEIrish hurler (1921–2005)
• Ramie Leahyb. 1950IEIrish artist
• Ramie Targoffb. 1950USAmerican literary scholar
• Ramie Strengdirector and filmmaker

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).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ramie mean, and where does it come from?

A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Ramie?

A machine transcription gives /ɹˈæmi/ (IPA) for English.

Is Ramie a male or female name?

Ramie is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

In which country does Ramie have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 thousand people named Ramie in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ramie.

Where is Ramie most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ramie is densest in Albania — about 1 in 17 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Ramie?

In the United States, the national register counted 914 people named Ramie in 2020, about 1 in 364 thousand residents.