Ramona
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Spanish. Borrowed from Spanish Ramona.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Ramona (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, Ramona has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 722 |
| 2000 | 732 |
| 2001 | 744 |
| 2002 | 755 |
| 2003 | 773 |
| 2004 | 775 |
| 2005 | 771 |
| 2006 | 784 |
| 2007 | 801 |
| 2008 | 822 |
| 2009 | 835 |
| 2010 | 832 |
| 2011 | 830 |
| 2012 | 849 |
| 2013 | 852 |
| 2014 | 859 |
| 2015 | 855 |
| 2016 | 865 |
| 2017 | 874 |
| 2018 | 874 |
| 2019 | 864 |
| 2020 | 863 |
Ramona in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ramona.Hi! My name is Ramona.
- Ramona bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Ramona lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Ramona kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ramona is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ramonas mamma är lärare.Ramona's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ramonas mamma is Ramona's mum.
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Questions about Ramona
How do you pronounce Ramona in Swedish?
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What does the name Ramona mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Spanish. Borrowed from Spanish Ramona.
How popular is Ramona in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Ramona in 2022. In 2020, 863 people in Sweden had Ramona as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2012 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.