Surname meaning and origin
Ramírez
Spanish: Son of Ramiro
Pronounced rah-MEE-res (Spanish [raˈmi.ɾes]; US English ruh-MEER-ez)
Where the name comes from
- SpanishSon of RamiroRamiro, a medieval Iberian personal namePatronymic. DAFN: "Spanish (Ramírez): patronymic from the personal name Ramiro." Ramiro is generally described as a Gothic name that came into Iberia with the Visigoths; DAFN does not give its origin, and its elements are not settled. The origin of the Spanish -ez patronymic ending is debated: proposals include a Latin genitive, a pre-Roman (Iberian or Basque) suffix, and Latinized Gothic genitives; none is settled.
Ramírez across traditions
- Medieval Iberia. Ramiro was a royal name: Ramiro II of León (reigned 931–951) and Ramiro I of Aragón (reigned 1035–1063).
Forms in other languages
Ramires (Portuguese), Remírez (Navarre), De Ramírez
Ramírez in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
453
Hebrew Standard
3
Hebrew Ordinal
81
English Simple
486
English Sumerian
81
English Reverse
253
Greek Isopsephy
3
Chaldean
9
Pythagorean
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