Given name & surname
Raman
“one who is full of compassion”
Raman is a variant of Rahman. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is full of compassion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raman is a variant of Rahman. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is full of compassion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raman is a variant of Rahman. An origin associated with Rahman is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 332
- 332 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 15 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,786 as a first name in 2020; 2,779 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raman’s family of names
Raman has a related form in Rahman. In Belarusian usage, Raman is a transliteration of Раман. In Greek usage, Raman as a surname is a transliteration of Ράμαν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Raman
- Roman ProtasevichBelarusian journalist and opposition activistborn 1995
- Raman ParimalaIndian mathematicianborn 1948
- Raman PiatrushenkaBelarusian canoeist (1980)
- Raman SinghIndian politicianborn 1952
- Raman HuiHong Kong film directorborn 1963
- Death of Raman BandarenkaBelarusian artist killed during protests in Belarus (2020) by supporters of Alexander Lukashenko1989–2020
- Raman HrabarenkaBelarusian ice hockey playerborn 1992
- Raman YaliotnauBelarusian biathleteborn 1993
- Raman SundrumAmerican physicistborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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