Given name & surname
Ramie
“a loving man”·“one who offers wise protection”
Ramie is a variant of Rami. One Arabic interpretation is “a loving man.” Ramie is a variant of Ramona. In Spanish use, Ramona carries the interpretation “one who offers wise protection.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ramie is a variant of Rami. One Arabic interpretation is “a loving man.” Ramie is a variant of Ramona. In Spanish use, Ramona carries the interpretation “one who offers wise protection.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ramie is a variant of Rami. An origin associated with Rami is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ramie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 947
- 257 boys · 690 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 46 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 girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 914 as a first name in 2020; 229 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.
Ramie’s family of names
Ramie has a related form in Ramona. Ramie has a related form in Rami.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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