Given name & surname
Ramel
“a godly man”
Ramel is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “a godly man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a godly man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ramel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,561
- 1,561 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,561 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,561 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 54 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,200 as a first name in 2020; 356 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.
Ramel’s family of names
Ramel has a related form in Ramell. Ramel has a related form in Raymel. Ramel has a related form in Ramelle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ramellvariant
- Raymellevariant
- Raymellvariant
- Raymelvariant
- Ramellevariant
- Rammellikely variant
- Raymelevariant
- Ramelevariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ramel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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