Given name & surname
Ramirez
“a great judge”
Ramirez is a variant of Ramiro. One Portuguese interpretation is “a great judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ramirez is a variant of Ramiro. One Portuguese interpretation is “a great judge.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ramirez is a variant of Ramiro. An origin associated with Ramiro is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Ilocano usage, Ramirez as a surname developed from Ramírez.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ramirez through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 65 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 10 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 10 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 628 as a first name in 2020; 544,204 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.
Ramirez’s family of names
In Ilocano usage, Ramirez as a surname developed from the Spanish form Ramírez. Ramirez has a related form in Ramiro. In Hiligaynon usage, Ramirez as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Ramírez.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ramirez has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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