Meaning of the nameRamira

Ramira is a feminine name of Germanic origin, the feminine form of Ramiro, a name of Gothic origin.

Meaning

“feminine form of Ramiro, a name of Gothic origin”

Source: Wiktionary: Ramira · Wiktionary: Ramiro · Behind the Name: Ramiro · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário

People (2022): 1,104
Rank in Brazil: #7,727
Median age: 58 years
2010 Census: 1,433; people

Ramira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ramira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (199 people).

1,093 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ramira is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ramira in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	238	0.001%
Bahia	151	0.001%
Minas Gerais	150	0.001%
Paraná	59	0.001%
Pará	53	0.001%
Pernambuco	49	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	48	0.000%
Maranhão	43	0.001%
Ceará	40	0.001%
Goiás	36	0.001%
Mato Grosso	36	0.001%
Piauí	31	0.001%
Paraíba	28	0.001%
Santa Catarina	23	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	19	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	18	0.000%
Distrito Federal	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ramira

Wiktionary records Ramira as the feminine of Ramiro. Ramiro comes from a Gothic name formed from elements that Wiktionary glosses as 'wedge' and 'famous'; Behind the Name presents the first element also as possibly 'law', and does not give a single meaning. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), in its morpheme list, gives -mira and -miro from the Germanic element mir, 'renowned, illustrious', and cites Ramiro among the examples. Hence the meaning of Ramira is that of the base, with this caveat. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,104 people named Ramira, with a median age of 58. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Ramira · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Ramiro · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Ramiro · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Ramira

What does the name Ramira mean?

Ramira means “feminine form of Ramiro, a name of Gothic origin”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ramira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,104 people with the first name Ramira, which ranks it number 7,727 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Ramira a boy's or a girl's name?

Ramira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,093 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ramira?

Ramira is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ramira most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Ramira (151 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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