Rami
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, Albanian, or Finnish. Borrowed from Arabic رَامِي (rāmī), masculine singular construct form of رَامٍ (rāmin). This surname is predominantly found in Morocco and India.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Rami (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Rami has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | 17 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2010 | 17 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 283 |
| 2000 | 317 |
| 2001 | 336 |
| 2002 | 370 |
| 2003 | 398 |
| 2004 | 417 |
| 2005 | 451 |
| 2006 | 498 |
| 2007 | 557 |
| 2008 | 624 |
| 2009 | 676 |
| 2010 | 709 |
| 2011 | 773 |
| 2012 | 816 |
| 2013 | 894 |
| 2014 | 988 |
| 2015 | 1,132 |
| 2016 | 1,297 |
| 2017 | 1,373 |
| 2018 | 1,428 |
| 2019 | 1,470 |
| 2020 | 1,486 |
Rami in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Rami.Hi! My name is Rami.
- Rami har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Rami has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Rami i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Rami this afternoon.
- Ramis mamma är lärare.Rami's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ramis mamma is Rami's mum.
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Questions about Rami
How do you pronounce Rami in Swedish?
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What does the name Rami mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, Albanian, or Finnish. Borrowed from Arabic رَامِي (rāmī), masculine singular construct form of رَامٍ (rāmin). This surname is predominantly found in Morocco and India.
How popular is Rami in Sweden?
9 babies were named Rami in 2022. In 2020, 1,486 people in Sweden had Rami as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.