Given name & surname · also Portuguese, Germanic
Ramiro
“a great judge”
Ramiro is used as a given name and a surname. One Portuguese interpretation is “a great judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Portuguese interpretation is “a great judge.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
From Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *rana- (“corner, wedge”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ramiro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,958
- 25,930 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 528 babies
- 2025
- 201
- #1,074 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 201 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,074 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 528 in 2001. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (73). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 38,754 as a first name in 2020; 1,154 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.
Ramiro’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Ramiro shares a linguistic root with the Catalan form RAMIR. Ramiro has a related form in Ramirez. Ramiro has a related form in Rameerez.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ramiro has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ramiro
- Ramiro II of AragonKing of Aragon and monk1080–1157
- Ramiro I of AragonAragonese king1008–1063
- Ramiro I of AsturiasKing of Asturias791–850
- Ramiro II of LeónKing of León from 931 to 951898–951
- Ramiro III of LeónKing of León961–985
- Ramiro de MaeztuSpanish political theorist, journalist, and literary critic (1874–1936)
- Ramiro de León CarpioPresident of Guatemala (1993-1996)1942–2002
- Ramiro Ledesma RamosSpanish author (1905–1936)
- Ramiro BlacutBolivian football player and coach (1944–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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