Ramses IV as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ramses IV

What is the meaning of the name Ramses IV ?

The baby name Ramses IV is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈræm.siːz/ (RAM-seez).

Ramses IV is Egyptian in Origin.

Ramses IV is a theophoric Egyptian royal name derived from ancient Egyptian Ra-ms-sw (often vocalized Ramesses): Ra, the sun god, + ms “to give birth, beget,” + pronominal suffix -sw “him.” The sense is “Born of Ra” or “Ra has fashioned/begotten him.” Through Greek and Latin transmission, spellings diversified, producing English Ramses/Ramesses/Rameses.

Used by several New Kingdom pharaohs of the 19th–20th Dynasties, it identifies the fourth ruler to bear it (12th century BCE), son and successor of Ramesses III. The numeral emphasizes a specific royal namesake rather than altering meaning. Modern given-name use most often drops the numeral - Ramses/Ramsés/Ramsès - and appears in Arabic- and Spanish-speaking contexts, as well as in English. Variants: Ramesses, Rameses, Ramsés (Spa.), Ramsès (Fr.), Ramzes (Pol.). Informal shortenings like Ram or Ramy occur but are nonstandard for this etymology.

⚙ Ramses IV is vanishingly rare. We hold just 1 recorded use of it, from 1 country.