MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ramon mean?
Ramon is documented in Tagalog and Cebuano as borrowed from Spanish Ramón. Ramón belongs to Raymond, ultimately a Germanic compound of counsel or advice and protection.
A separate Catalan Ramon shares that family without the Spanish accent. The local spelling should be preserved while the source route is stated precisely.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ɾaˈmon/Standard-Tagalog
- [ɾɐˈmon̪]Standard-Tagalog
Ra · mon2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Ramón. The municipality was named after Filipino former president Ramon Magsaysay.
a male given name from Spanish
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Ramón.
a male given name from Spanish
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Ramon
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ramon Revilla
Filipino actor and politician
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ramon Paje
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
84
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
39
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ramon Paje, Ramon Revilla
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ramon in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Ramon
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Ramón♂Counsel and protection
- Ramona♀Feminine form of Ramón; counsel and protection
- Ram♂Exalted in Hebrew; also a form of Rama
- Ramil♂Arabic sand-word connection in a documented Eurasian name tradition
- Ramy·Arabic Rami spelling; archer or marksman
- Raven♂♀The raven bird
- Raymond♂Counsel and protection
- Simon♂Biblical name related to Simeon; “he has heard”
What rhymes with Ramon?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- AaronTagalog · /-on/
- AgatonTagalog · /-on/
- ConcepcionTagalog · /-on/
- ConsolacionTagalog · /-on/
- CorazonTagalog · /-on/
- GastonTagalog · /-on/
- PurificacionTagalog · /-on/
- ShaunTagalog · /-on/
- ShawnTagalog · /-on/
- YvonneTagalog · /-on/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Ramon
6 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Alipio Vittorio Ramon·Source record
- Don Ramon·Source record
- Emilio Ramon·Source record
- Jose Ramon·Source record
- Ramon Martin·Source record
- Redan Ramon·Source record
Explore Ramon further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18220435 — Ramon (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ramon Paje (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18220435 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Ramon Revilla (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18220435 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ramon (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ramon (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — Ramon (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Ramón (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Raymond (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.