Ramiro

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Ramiro

Say it: rah-MEE-roh

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Meaning

From a Visigothic Germanic name, probably with an element meaning 'counsel' and mir 'famous'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A royal name in Asturias, León and Aragon in the 9th to 12th centuries.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 2000s

In the United States

010203018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2001per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 25,002 babies given this name since 1913
  • At its height in 2001, about 1 in 3,700 boys
  • 186 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  3. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

SpanishPortuguese

The family of the name

PortugueseRamiro

Famous bearers

  • Ramiro I, king of Asturias

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Where this comes from

  • Royal and noble genealogies
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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