Given name
Ramesses
“born of the sun god”
Ramesses is a variant of Ramses. One Egyptian interpretation is “born of the sun god.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ramesses is a variant of Ramses. One Egyptian interpretation is “born of the sun god.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ramesses is a variant of Ramses. An origin associated with Ramses is Egyptian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ramesses through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 214
- 214 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,363 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,363 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ramesses’s family of names
Ramesses has a related form in Ramses.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ramesses
- Ramesses IIEgyptian third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty1302 BC–1212 BC
- Ramesses IIIEgyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty1216 BC–1154 BC
- Ramesses Ifounding pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty1300 BC–1289 BC
- Ramesses IV3rd pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt1200 BC–1155 BC
- Ramesses VIfifth ruler of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt1175 BC–1135 BC
- Ramesses XIEgyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty1200 BC–1076 BC
- Ramesses VEgyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty1200 BC–1144 BC
- Ramesses VIIIEgyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty1200 BC–1128 BC
- Ramesses Xninth ruler of the 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt1150 BC–1106 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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