Ramona
Feminine form of RAMÓN. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Helen Hunt Jackson's novel 'Ramona' (1884), as well as several subsequent movies based on the book.
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| RAYMOND male English, French From the Germanic name Raginmund, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and mund "protector". The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Reimund. It was borne by several medieval (mostly Spanish) saints, including Saint Raymond Nonnatus, the patron of midwives and expectant mothers, and Saint Raymond of Peñafort, the patron of canonists. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ENGLISH: Ramona |
| FRENCH: Raymonde |
| GERMAN: Raimunde |
| ITALIAN: Raimonda |
| ROMANIAN: Ramona |
| SPANISH: Ramona |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| ENGLISH: Rae, Raelene, Raelyn, Raylene |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| ANCIENT GERMANIC: Raginmund, Raimund |
| BASQUE: Erramun |
| CATALAN: Ramon |
| ENGLISH: Ray, Raymond, Raymund |
| FINNISH: Raimo, Reima |
| FRENCH: Raymond |
| GERMAN: Raimund, Reimund |
| IRISH: Réamann, Redmond, Redmund |
| ITALIAN: Raimondo |
| LATVIAN: Raimonds |
| LIMBURGISH: Mao, Remao |
| LITHUANIAN: Raimondas |
| POLISH: Rajmund |
| PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Raymundo |
| PORTUGUESE: Raimundo |
| SLOVENE: Rajmund |
| SPANISH: Raimundo, Ramón, Raymundo |