Ramona Name Meaning & Origin
Ramona
Origin of the name Ramona:
Feminine form of Ramon (wise protection).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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- Nicknames for Ramona
Rae, Mona, Ramo, Ramie/Ramey, Romy, Monie, Momo, Mo, Nona
- Meanings and history of the name Ramona
Spanish Origin. Meaning "Mighty, Wise.."
Helen Hunt Jackson wrote an 1884 novel titled "Ramona." It was the the story of a California Native American-Scottish girl who suffers from racial discrimination. The book gained huge popularity and became the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of sorts for Native Americans. Ramona, California the town is named after the character in the book.
- Famous real-life people named Ramona
Ramona Sarsgaard, daughter of actor Peter Sarsgaard and actress Maggie Gyllenhaal
Ramona Marquez, actress, plays Karen in Outnumbered
Ramona is the middle name of Canadian singer Avril Lavigne- Ramona in song, story & screen
Ramona Quimby stars in a number of Beverly Cleary's books for young children. (Her sister Beezus is actually named Beatrice.)
"Ramona," classic novel by Helen Hunt Jackson.
"To Ramona," song by Bob Dylan
"Romona," song by Guster
The name Ramona appears in the comic Scott Pilgrim character being "Ramona Flowers" as also the movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World as a young delivery girl where her love interest Scott has to defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her.
"Waiting For My Ruca" by Sublime
"Ramona" sung by Sons of the Pioneers
Ramona is the name of Kimmy Gibbler's daughter on the Netflix sitcom "Fuller House"
Ramona Vega, character portrayed by Jennifer Lopez in the 2019 Film "Hustlers"