Given name & surname
Ransome
“the warrior's shield”
Ransome is a variant of Ransom. One English interpretation is “the warrior's shield.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ransome is a variant of Ransom. One English interpretation is “the warrior's shield.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ransome is a variant of Ransom. An origin associated with Ransom is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ransome through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 152
- 152 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1934
- 12 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 6 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1934. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 164 as a first name in 2020; 1,567 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.
Ransome’s family of names
Ransome has a related form in Ransom.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ransome
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ransome, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Radford
“from the red ford”
>99% boys
Rayford
“from the roe deer crossing”
>99% boys
Remo
“woman from the town of Rheims” · “man from the town of Rheims”
>99% boys
Romaine
“woman from Rome”
>99% boys
Arland
“a solemn, binding promise”
>99% boys
Arlon
>99% boys
Talmadge
“one who loves nature”
>99% boys
Rives
“one who lives by the riverbank”
>99% boys