MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ramona mean?
Ramona is the Spanish feminine counterpart of Ramón, related to Raymond. The older Germanic name combines counsel and protection.
The final a supplies the feminine personal-name form rather than a separate root. Wise protector is a conventional interpretation, while counsel and protection give the individual elements. The name does not describe an actual protective duty.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Ramona.
A female given name from Spanish.
Wiktionary: Ramona (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Feminine form of Ramón, the Spanish equivalent of Raymond.
a female given name
Wiktionary: Ramona (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Ramona
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
Ramona Go
Filipina brigadier-general and mayor
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
1
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
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ramona Go, Ramona Snyder
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ramona 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 →
Similar names to Ramona
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
- Ramon♂Ramón/Raymond family: counsel + protection
- Ramón♂Counsel and protection
- Alona♀Feminine of Hebrew Alon, associated with oak
- Mona♀Irish noble-name form; also short for Monica
- Raymond♂Counsel and protection
- Corona·Crown
- Leona♀Feminine form of Leon; lion
- Radha♀Success or prosperity in Sanskrit
What rhymes with Ramona?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Ramona 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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q2130276 — Ramona (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ramona Go (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2130276 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Ramona Snyder (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2130276 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ramona (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ramona (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Ramona (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Ramón (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology supporting the stated formation or root.