Ramona (name)

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Pronunciation /rəˈmoʊnə/		Gender female
Language(s) Spanish, Old German and Romanian Meaning protecting hands, decision and protector Related names Mona, Rae, Ramee, Ramie, Ramoena, Ramohna, Ramonda, Ramonde, Ramonita, Ramonna, Ramowna, Remona, Remonna, Romona, Romonda, Romonde, Romonia

Ramona is usually a feminine given name, the feminine form of Ramon (Spanish) and Raymond (Old German), meaning "protecting hands", today is used the form "Ramona" in Spain, Romania, Republic of Moldova and Portugal, also in some countries of Latin America and North America It was made popular by the 19th century novel Ramona and by a series of Ramona children's books by Beverly Cleary.

The name Ramona was a popular first name for women (rank 296 of 4276) in the United States in 1960.

First name

Ramona (vocalist) (1909−1972), American 1930s cabaret singer and pianist

Comandante Ramona (died 2006), Mexican guerrilla leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)

Ramona Farcău (born 1979), Romanian handballer

Ramona Marquez (born 2001), British child actress

Ramona Mănescu (born 1972), Romanian politician

Ramona Sarsgaard (born 2006), daughter of actors Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Middle name

Avril Ramona Lavigne (born 1984), Canadian singer

Groups

Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians, in Riverside County, California, U.S.

Fictional people named Ramona

Ramona, main character in the 1884 Ramona novel by Helen Hunt Jackson

Ramona Victoria Flowers, one of the protagonists in the Scott Pilgrim series

Ramona Quimby, main character in a series of children's stories by Beverly Cleary

Ramona Ramirez, Spanish nanny in the British TV series Cold Feet

Ramona Gibbler, character in the main cast of the Netflix show, Fuller House, portrayed by Soni Bringas.

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