Given name & surname · also Turkish
Ramazan
“scorching heat”
Ramazan is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ramazan is a romanization of Рамазан. Рамазан goes back to a word meaning “scorching heat.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ramazan comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Ramazan developed from رمضان.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ramazan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 6 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. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 457 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.
Ramazan’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Ramazan developed from the Persian form رمضان. In Kazakh usage, Ramazan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Рамазан.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ramazan has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ramazan
- Ramazan ÖzcanTurkish-Austrian association football player (born 1984)
- Ramazan ŞahinTurkish wrestler (born 1983)
- Ramazan BashardostScientistborn 1961
- Ramazan KarimovKazakhstani association football playerborn 1999
- Ramazan Abbasovfootballerborn 1983
- Ramazan RragamiAlbanian footballer1944–2022
- Ramazan KöseTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Ramazan TunçTurkish association football player (born 1975)
- Ramazan CivelekTurkish association football player (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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