Given name & surname
Radames
“a hero”
Radames is used as a given name and a surname. One Egyptian interpretation is “a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Egyptian interpretation is “a hero.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Egyptian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Radames through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 819
- 819 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,379 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Radames’s family of names
Radames has a related form in Radamaes. Radames has a related form in Radamaese. Radames has a related form in Radamais.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Radames
- Radames PeraAmerican actorborn 1960
- RadamésBrazilian footballerborn 1986
- Radamés SalazarMexican politician1974–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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