The baby name Ramiro is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish: [raˈmiɾo] (ra-MEE-roh); English approximation: /rəˈmiːroʊ/ (ruh-MEE-roh).
Ramiro is Spanish in Origin.
The baby name Ramiro is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish: [raˈmiɾo] (ra-MEE-roh); English approximation: /rəˈmiːroʊ/ (ruh-MEE-roh).
Ramiro is Spanish in Origin.
Ramiro is the Spanish and Portuguese form of a Visigothic-Germanic name, Latinized as Ranimirus/Ramirus, built from ragin “counsel, decision” + māri “famous, renowned.” Its core meaning is “renowned for counsel” or “famous advisor.” The patronymic Ramírez (“son of Ramiro”) preserves the same root, and a feminine Ramira exists in Iberian usage. Short forms include Rami and Miro.
Medieval Iberia made the name prominent: kings Ramiro I of Asturias (9th c.), Ramiro II of León (10th c.), and Ramiro I and II of Aragon (11th–12th c.) anchored it in royal and ecclesiastical circles during the Reconquista. The form Ramiro remains standard in Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician, with occasional use in Italian and across Latin America as well. It has enjoyed steady, if modest, popularity in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and the Southern Cone, valued for its traditional Iberian flair and dignified meaning.
| Ramiro Garcés of Viguera Ramiro Garcés of Viguera is best known as the first King of Viguera, ruling from the kingdom’s founding in 970 until his death on 9 July 981. Also known in Basque as Ramiro Gartzia, he was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona and his second wife, Teresa Ramírez of León. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BO | Boys | 0 | #29 | 6,619 | 9,244 |
| BO | 0 | #43 | 750 | 6,868 | |
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| HN | Boys | 0 | #49 | 4 | 749 |
| PR | 0 | #55 | 1 | 1,497 | |
| LU | 0 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| AO | 0 | #74 | 4 | 2,729 | |
| BG | 0 | #82 | 1 | 1,799 | |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| EC | 0 | #86 | 30 | 2,502 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #89 | 302 | 3,322 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #92 | 2,333 | 7,628 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #96 | 11,590 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #97 | 10,298 | 16,355 |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| PA | 0 | #114 | 17 | 3,797 | |
| AR | 0 | #118 | 69 | 2,915 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #119 | 1,116 | 5,922 |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #122 | 864 | 9,305 |
| MU | 0 | #130 | 8 | 3,613 | |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #132 | 903 | 7,625 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #135 | 3 | 1,769 |
| UY | 0 | #137 | 41 | 2,477 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #148 | 375 | 7,951 |
| CR | 0 | #159 | 7 | 5,526 | |
| PR | Boys | 0 | #160 | 15 | 2,508 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| GT | 0 | #176 | 143 | 5,948 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #184 | 59 | 5,568 |
| RU | 0 | #193 | 2 | 3,641 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #198 | 2,694 | 14,506 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #203 | 16 | 4,970 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #221 | 1,341 | 13,390 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #225 | 2,043 | 5,610 |
| PT | 0 | #228 | 19 | 4,161 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #233 | 2 | 5,842 |
| CO | 0 | #249 | 297 | 7,768 | |
| MX | 0 | #249 | 176 | 8,339 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #251 | 3 | 6,830 |
| PE | 0 | #252 | 59 | 6,350 | |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #254 | 3 | 7,111 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #258 | 1 | 3,650 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #258 | 2 | 3,997 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #260 | 99 | 8,477 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #269 | 273 | 10,188 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #295 | 9 | 7,909 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #324 | 8 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| France | Boys | 1982 | #335 | 4 | 1,572 |
| BR | 0 | #335 | 11 | 5,969 | |
| CL | 0 | #336 | 77 | 6,867 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| Spain | 0 | #353 | 100 | 2,326 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #371 | 13 | 11,440 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #451 | 355 | 12,213 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #471 | 11 | 9,861 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #496 | 10 | 7,500 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #523 | 4 | 12,621 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #528 | 9 | 6,731 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #559 | 3 | 10,655 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #567 | 45 | 9,488 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #572 | 2 | 11,342 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #574 | 26 | 8,289 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #595 | 3 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #621 | 5 | 10,983 |
| IT | 0 | #701 | 14 | 4,183 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #713 | 180 | 7,044 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #800 | 7 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #863 | 3 | 13,765 | |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #892 | 60 | 5,873 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #909 | 7 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #910 | 9 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #923 | 21 | 14,861 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #936 | 17 | 5,697 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #967 | 17 | 5,561 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #991 | 2 | 12,708 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #996 | 83 | 16,140 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,078 | 15 | 22,615 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,095 | 89 | 17,781 |
| MA | 0 | #1,116 | 13 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,148 | 31 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,153 | 321 | 10,046 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,164 | 13 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,573 | 42 | 28,008 |
Ramiro is popular in 60 countries — most recent births per country:
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