Given name & surname · also French
Ramus
“branch”
Ramus is a surname from French, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in English and Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ramus goes back to Old French ramu, meaning “branch.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ramus comes from French, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), from Dutch Ramus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ramus’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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